Enterprise leaders know the pressure: deliver AI-driven insight faster, unlock more value from existing data, and do it all without spiralling cloud costs or governance risk.

This independent Economic Validation report from Enterprise Strategy Group (Omdia) examines the real-world impact of moving to a unified data platform for analytics, applications, and AI — using the Starburst Data Platform as the reference architecture.

Based on in-depth customer interviews and conservative economic modelling, the report cuts through the hype to show what organisations actually gain when they remove data silos, simplify operations, and modernise how data is accessed across the business.

What you’ll learn

This report explores how enterprise organisations are:

  • Reducing total cost of ownership by 45% while scaling analytics and AI workloads
  • Improving price-performance and query efficiency without increasing cloud spend
  • Accelerating AI initiatives by accessing more data, faster — without large-scale migration projects
  • Simplifying governance, security, and compliance across distributed data environments
  • Avoiding vendor lock-in through open, federated data architectures built for long-term flexibility.

Why it matters now

As AI moves from experimentation to production, many organisations are discovering that legacy data architectures weren’t designed for today’s scale, speed, or cost expectations.

This report provides practical, evidence-based insight into how enterprises are rethinking their data platforms to support modern analytics and AI — while improving operational efficiency and financial outcomes.