BusinessAnalyticsandBigData

IDCandComputerworld March2012SurveyResults

BigData:MorethanSheerVolume

50% 11%
50%
Largeamount ofdata(volume) Highspeeddata processingorstreaming data(velocity)

11%

Multipledatatypesor formats(variety)

50% Alloftheabove
Q. What does Big Data mean to you?

Source: IDC and Computerworld BI and Analytics Survey Research Group IT Survey, 2012, N = 111
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DecentralizedAnalyticsGroup StrategyFavored
Don'tknow 5%
Yes, we have quantitative analysts across business units (decentralized) 32%

No 38%

Yes 51%

Yes, we have a separate group (centralized) 19%

Weoutsource thequantitative analysisfunction 7%

Q. Does your organization have an analytics group consisting of quantitative analysis staff with expertise in data mining, statistical modeling or predictive analytics?

Source: IDC and Computerworld BI and Analytics Survey Research Group IT Survey, 2012, N = 111
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CustomerRelatedServicesTopPriority
Customeracquisition Customerretention Internalprocessoptimization Product/ServiceInnovation Workforceoptimization Compliance Supplychainoptimization 4.20 4.11 3.89 3.73 3.47 3.38 3.27 5=Veryimportant;1=Notatallimportant
Q. Please rate the importance of the following initiatives for BI/analytics projects in the next 12 months.

Source: IDC and Computerworld BI and Analytics Survey Research Group IT Survey, 2012, N = 111
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BroadSpectrumofInvestmentsPlanned
Relationaldatabase Searchindex RulesEngines Columnarorcolumnorienteddatabase DocumentStore(MondoDB,SimpleDB,CouchDB,etc.) ComplexEventProcessing Inmemorydatabase Datawarehouseappliancethatcombinessoftwareandhardwareintoasingle preconfiguredbundle KeyValueStores(Cassandra,Dynamo,BigTable,etc.) Hadoop

73% 51% 33% 30% 28% 23% 22% 21% 13% 11% 13% 17% 20% 15% 10% 21% 18% 15% 27% 36% 44% 44% 27% 31% 33% 15% 25%

9% 7% 18%

Havealreadydone

Planningtoaddwithin12months

Noplans

Q. Does your organization use or have plans to deploy the following technologies?

Source: IDC and Computerworld BI and Analytics Survey Research Group IT Survey, 2012, N = 111
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DemandforBI&AnalyticsSkillsIncreasing
Decreasedmorethan10% Decreased510% Decreasedlessthan5% Nochange Increased510% Increasedlessthan5% Increasedmorethan10% 16% 16% 13% 16% 33% 22% Next12months Past12months 2% 2% 4% 4% 4% 31% 36%

Q.Howhasthenumberofpeopleemployedbyyourorganizationwithskillstoconsult,design,develop,orimplement businessintelligenceandanalyticstechnologieschanged?

Source: IDC and Computerworld BI and Analytics Survey Research Group IT Survey, 2012, N = 45 services firms
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AdvancedAnalyticsSkillsInDemand &HardtoFind
SkillsRequired
69% 47% 47% 36% 24% 22% 22% 20% 20% Advancedanalytics/ predictiveanalytics BItools DataIntegration Projectmanagement Industry/businessprocess expertise Rulesmanagement Complexevent processing Masterdatamanagement Datawarehousing 2.5 2.4 2.8 3.0 2.7

DifficultyFindingSkills(1=verydifficult; 5=veryeasy)
2.2 2.5 2.7 3.4

Q. What type of skills are you looking for most over the next 12 months? Q. How difficult it is to find talent with the following skills?

Source: IDC and Computerworld BI and Analytics Survey Research Group IT Survey, 2012, N = 45 services firms
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FormoreinformationcontactVP/PublisherJohnAmato,508.820.8279, john_amato@computerworld.comorSVPandGroupPublisher,BobMelk at bmelk@idgenterprise.com

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