How IT Can Get the Most Out of Big Data
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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%
The majority of companies worldwide 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, according to a recent survey from AtScale. The accompanying "2016 Big Data Maturity Survey" report states that the cloud plays a major role in big data's value for most organizations. In fact, findings reveal that companies that store all of their data in the cloud are reaping more business value out of that data than those that avoid the cloud entirely. In addition, too many businesses haven't launched self-servicing capabilities—another big data value driver. To continue to make progress, the IT organization will need to work with business leaders to overcome obstacles in the form of governance, security and accessibility issues. By doing that, IT will help their company prosper through better scaled-out use cases, increased revenue, new applications and greater cost savings. More than 2,550 global big data professionals took part in the research.