Why Simplifying Data Is Complicated Business
IT and business executives want to simplify their company’s data pipeline, but many execs grow frustrated with the data gathering and analysis process.
27% of survey respondents rate their satisfaction level for their organization’s current data capabilities as “high.”
58% said they need to get new data to analysts faster.
53% said they’d like to simplify their company’s data pipeline.
51% said they need to reduce the operational cost of deploying, managing and tuning data tools.
50% said they’d like to consolidate data silos and data marts.
More than half said executive management is responsible for analytics solutions investments.
Spreadsheets: 76%, Data warehouses: 71%, Business intelligence software: 65%, Analytics software: 54%
11% of survey respondents said their organization is currently using Hadoop, with just 24% having a positive perception of Hadoop’s costs and a mere 14% feeling good about its security.
Ease of use: 81%, Performance: 79%, Security: 75%
33% of survey respondents said their organization uses the cloud opportunistically rather than consistently.
Only 16% said their company has a defined strategy for the cloud, and just 12% said the cloud is enabling business strategies.