44pc Indian cos have implemented big data

MUMBAI, INDIA: The results of a global study commissioned by CA Technologies has revealed that Enterprise Big Data strategies are delivering key benefits to organizations, despite noted challenges in implementation.

44 pc of the Indian respondents have already implemented a Big Data project while 36 percent plan to implement one in the coming year. In addition to this, 12 percent of the Indian respondents have stated that they have implemented four Big Data projects to date.

The study, titled The State of Big Data Infrastructure: Benchmarking Global Big Data Users to Drive Future Performance, revealed the top five major obstacles Indian organizations need to overcome for successful big data project implementation.

These include: insufficient existing infrastructure (33 percent), organizational complexity (25 percent), security/compliance concerns (28 percent), lack of budget/resources (25 percent), and lack of visibility into information and processes (21 percent).

Indian organizations have listed the following reasons for implementing Big Data strategy: improve customer experience (67 percent), need to enter new markets (52 percent) and need to get new customers (49 percent).

Additional key findings revealed:

· 68 percent of Indian respondents are investing in training existing resources on Big Data technologies.

· 33 percent of Indian respondents state that their Big Data tools provide them with sufficient data which enables them to make effective changes to their infrastructure.

· 45 percent of respondents believe that the major challenge lies in the complexity which emerges due to the large scale implementation.