Lesson+6+-+Propose+the+Best+Solution

====Our proposed solution of providing a staging area where data tables can be modified and manipulated before being sent to the data warehouse will help Manhattan Associates solve the problem of data redundancy and system lock-ups. The intitial goal of providing Manhattan with consolidate data tables was outside the scope of what our group could accomplish within the time frame of the project. We did, however, provide Manhattan with a high-level view of what tables had overlapping entities to use in future planning. Our final deliverable included a full report on Manhattan's reporting environment, including a complete description of the current environment, our proposed staging solution, and a step-by-step approach of how to move toward this solution. The final report will be a useful consultation report that Manhattan can turn over to developers if the company decides to incorporate the solutions. ====

__Digital Chocolate Boosts Its Games With Xsigo Virtual I/O__ []

====This article discusses how an online game development company, Digital Chocolate, incorporated a similar staging environment that our group proposed to Manhattan. The article includes statistics that show how much their productivity has increased since incorporating the system called Xsigo Virtual I/O, including a report of the MySQL servers being able to handle 35% more requests per second.====