How IT Can Get the Most Out of Big Data
How IT Can Get the Most Out of Big Data
Many companies view big data as a strategic—even game-changing—technology development, and they’re looking for new ways to maximize the value of those efforts.
Major Player
66% of the global big data professionals surveyed view big data as strategic and/or game-changing, while just 19% consider it experimental.
Continued Focus
97% said their organization plans to do as much—or more—with big data over the next three months.
Leadership Assessment
57% of the respondents said the IT department is the primary driver for their big data projects, while 33% said business is the driver.
Cloud Is Key
53% said their company is using cloud solutions for big data deployments, and 27% of them house more than half of that data in the cloud.
Competitive Edge
63% of organizations that deploy all their data in the cloud are receiving tangible value out of data efforts, but only 47% of businesses that don’t deploy data in the cloud get tangible value.
Service Issue
53% of the survey respondents said their company doesn’t have self-service access to big data.
Self-Empowered
57% of the respondents at organizations with self-service capabilities said they are achieving tangible value from big data, compared to 43% of those at businesses without self-service capabilities.
Winning Combination
75% said their company plans to use business intelligence tools as part of their big data plan—up from 69% who said that in 2015.
Enhancement Effort
40% of the respondents said their organization intends to use big data to augment existing enterprise data warehouse initiatives.
Top Big Data Value-Drivers
Scaled-out use cases: 56%,
Revenue generation: 53%,
New applications: 49%,
Cost savings: 40%
Biggest Big Data Concerns
Governance: 21%,
Security: 12%,
Accessibility: 4%
