Posted by Infinium Infinium on December 04th, 2018 in Blog, Cloud Services, Cloud Solutions, Network Services
When it comes to understanding the real business impact of the big data era, look no further than the exponential growth rate of the Apache Hadoop architecture. The open-source technology is fast becoming the de-facto standard for big data management packages. With that, it has also become an important part of business intelligence solutions (BI) which are working tirelessly to make sense of all this data. This could include predictive analytics and analysis of social media metrics, RFID tag analysis, data mining, visualization of sales data, and much more. Most organizations from mid-size to Fortune 500 companies have some sort of data warehouse set up, where data is collected, sorted and stored. Hadoop offers a data management architecture, that sits beside most DW infrastructures, that can help manage structured and unstructured data at higher speeds and at lower costs. This Hadoop architecture is making it possible for organizations to manage their big data liabilities and the growing need to process, store and analyze this data quickly.
The analyst firm Market Analysis, predicts that the Hadoop market (hardware, software, and services) will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) 58% surpassing $16 billion by 2020 (Source: Market Analysis). Even more surprising are numbers cited by MIT Technology Review. This study tells us that less than .5% of data collected, ever get analyzed or used (Source: MIT Technology Review). Of course, not all data that is collected SHOULD BE ANALYZED! But, it’s clear that organizations are accumulating more data than ever before. And, they are looking for more effective strategies for unlocking the real business value of data. If you are dealing with management challenges around big data, you may want to consider innovative options from service providers and cloud providers.
“For example, consider the big data coming from sensory devices, such as robotics in manufacturing, RFID in retail, or grid monitoring in utilities. Older analytic applications that need large data samples—such as customer base segmentation, fraud detection, and risk analysis—can benefit from the additional big data managed by Hadoop. Likewise, Hadoop’s additional data can expand 360-degree views to create a more complete and granular view of customers, financials, partners, and other business entities.” (Source: TDWI Research)
When it comes to today’s big data management challenges, most would agree that the Hadoop architecture (and its family of products: MapReduce, Pig, Hive, HBase, etc.) stand alone as THE open source, cost-effective option for providing scalable, big data analytics. If your organization is considering stepping up its game when it comes to extracting business value from your data, it’s important to do your research. Ask smart questions about how Hadoop, big data analytics services, and cloud options can fit into your overall big data strategy.