CRM Initiatives: A checklist to help discern if you should outsource your data warehousing

By Gene Feruzza and Steve Meyer

* Scalability means a system can support growth commensurate with a company’s success level. Historically, this has implied data scalability (i.e., the ability to house and support increased data in the warehouse). But there’s one critical issue to consider: It doesn’t incorporate the scalability needed in the transport mechanisms for the data.