How does search-powered technology solve data challenges?

The ability to make decisions that impact digital transformation, scability and customer experience relies on technology that turns data into action.

Test your knowledge on today's data challenges.

Enterprises live in a hybrid cloud world with multiple cloud vendors and partners, on-prem locations, and workload needs. Answer the questions below to test your data knowledge.

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What's one of the biggest barriers to accelerated business growth?

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Where search-powered technologies come in.

Organizations want to move towards an integrated platform rather than isolated point solutions, which contribute to silos, over the next three years. This is where search-powered technologies come in.

Respondents say they need their next search-powered platform to have:

High storage capacity

Flexibility of cloud-based solutions

Full integration of search with existing data tools and technologies

Let’s test your knowledge again.

How many respondents are looking at natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning/AI to help power personalized search experiences?

Search-powered technology

(Related: answer to your big data problems)

Search-powered technologies are tools that enable the searching of data across multiple sources like websites, applications, databases, hybrid cloud environments, and other enterprise-type sources. They deliver data and insights to stakeholders in the moment they’re needed, regardless of where the data is located.

of organizations are considering investments in search-powered technology.

Organizations use search-powered technology for:

  • Cybersecurity
    %
  • Digital transformation initiatives
    %
  • Cloud migration and utilization
    %
  • Improving customer experience
    %

What are the benefits of search-powered technology?

More than 4 out of 5
data leaders agree that search-powered technology helps them:

  • Work faster with an increase in speed and productivity of their organizations

  • Implement successful digital transformations

  • Reduce costs for their business, when deployed as an integrated platform

  • Improve their customer and employee experiences

  • Deliver important insights that speed up decision-making

  • Give time back to their teams to do meaningful work


Learn how organizations are using search-powered technologies to
accelerate the journey from data insight to business value.

Sources:
“Search-Powered Technologies: A Mission-Critical Enabler For The Digital Future Of Business,” a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Elastic, August 2022.
This study surveyed 832 respondents consisting of C-level, VPs, and directors from 8 countries and 3 industries.