2014

BIG DATA
THROUGH THE EYES OF YOUR IT STAFF

10%
46%

59%

OF RESPONDENTS RATE BIG DATA

AS A TOP 5 PRIORITY

OF ORGANIZATIONS HAVE AN
ENTERPRISE-WIDE BIG DATA
ARCHITECTURE DEFINED

TAKE A DECENTRALIZED
APPROACH TO BIG DATA
IMPLEMENTATION

TALENT HAS EMERGED AS A KEY ISSUE

IN BIG DATA IMPLEMENTATION

86%
77%
74%

MAJOR
CHALLENGES
IN WORKING
WITH
BIG DATA

AS BIG DATA TAKES OFF, THE DEMAND

FOR DATA SCIENTISTS IS EXPLODING

190,000

FINDING THE RIGHT TALENT

FINDING THE RIGHT TOOLS

TIME

DATA
ENGINEER

MACHINE
LEARNING
SPECIALIST

PROJECTED SHORTFALL IN
DATA SCIENTISTS BY 2018 (McKinsey)
TO GET ALL THE SKILLS REQUIRED,
ORGANIZATIONS MAY NEED TO THINK

STATISTICIAN

D EVO PS
ENGINEER

NATURAL
LANGUAGE
PROCESSING
SPECIALIST

COMPOSITE DATA SCIENTIST,

COMPOSED OF TEAMS OF INDIVIDUALS

MATHEMATICIAN

HADOOP
ENGINEER
DATA
VISUALIZATION
DESIGNER

ORGANIZATIONS ARE POISED TO MOVE

FROM DATA EXPLORATION TO DATA EXPLOITATION

50%

29%

7%
13%

BIG DATA DEPLOYED

COMPANY-WIDE

SOLUTIONS DEPLOYED IN
MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS

INITIAL USE-CASE
DEPLOYMENT

DATA EXPLORATION
STAGE

OPEN SOURCE IS GAINING

WIDER ACCEPTANCE

50%

OF RESPONDENTS ARE
PRIORITIZING OPEN SOURCE
TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES
OVER PROPRIETARY AND
LEGACY SOFTWARE

OPEN SOURCE AND WEBSCALE TOOLS RANK

2x AS HIGH AS ORACLE AND 3x AS HIGH AS
SAP WHEN IT COMES TO THE BIG DATA PATH
TECHNOLOGY OF CHOICE

OPEN SOURCE &

WEBSCALE TOOLS

ORACLE

SAP

TOP REQUIREMENTS
OF BIG DATA SOLUTIONS

#1
#2
#3

EASE OF
MANAGEMENT

SPEED TO DEPLOY
FLEXIBLE
ARCHITECTURE

TWO-WAY
TIE

SECURITY

IS THE CLOUD RISK REAL

OR MERELY PERCEIVED?
PREFERRED OPTIONS

#1

FOR BIG DATA PROJECTS

#2 #3

TO CLOUD OR
NOT TO CLOUD
MORE THAN

1/3 OF RESPONDENTS

ARE NOT LOCKED IN TO A PREFERRED

DEPLOYMENT OPTION AND WILL EVALUATE
BASED UPON THE ACTUAL USE CASE

INTERNAL
DATA CENTER

VIRTUAL
PRIVATE CLOUD

PUBLIC
CLOUD

In the first quarter of 2014, Infochimps, a CSC Big Data Business, and SSWUG.org surveyed more than 300 IT
department employees, 52% of whom were actively involved in a big data project, for this report.
Infochimps was acquired by CSC in 2013. The CSC subsidiary delivers open standards-based big data systems with
unprecedented speed, scale and flexibility to enterprise companies. With CSC Big Data Platform as a Service,
powered by Infochimps, enterprises focus on solving business problems, not on managing complex infrastructure.
To learn more about these technologies, go to www.csc.com/big_data.

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