
Executives at the company believe the following trends will come to fruition as big data efforts continue to develop and as cloud-based big data initiatives grow over the course of the new year.
1. The Big Data and cloud relationship becomes more intricate
By now, many organisations are using the cloud for deploying big data platforms. However, the primary contribution of cloud computing to big data will soon reside in the cloud being a source (or rather, many sources) of big data, whether it be public and social data, open data or syndicated data. In 2014, big data projects will gather steam from these new sources of data in the cloud. To be prepared, enterprises should build a big data infrastructure that is comprehensive in the data sources it taps, expanding well beyond “conventional” data sources (databases, ERP/CRM, etc.) to whichever other sources are relevant.2. Hadoop graduates to platform status
In its initial incarnation, Hadoop was essentially a single-task batch data processing system. With new advancements made in 2013 such as YARN, Hadoop has become a true enterprise computing platform, able to run all kinds of concurrent workloads, ranging in latency from batch to real-time. Hadoop 2.0 provides the foundation for native deployments of big data processes, boosting the trajectory of projects as they scale from sandbox into productive use in 2014.3. Cloud renders the data centre hybrid
4. Big Data moves toward operational
As big data crosses the chasm and transitions into mainstream adoption, most initial use cases are analytical. Today, thanks to a dramatic increase in the volume of data that can be stored or processed, early adopter companies apply big data to tasks such as customer behaviour or advanced risk analysis. Now that operational big data technology is becoming available, new categories of use cases will start to flourish. In 2014, big data will start to be used for operational purposes and will ultimately be consumed by many applications, apps and devices.5. Companies become data companies
As the saying goes, “every company is an IT company”, and for the vast majority of companies, IT is critical to running the business. In 2014, taking a step beyond IT, many companies will use data to profoundly transform their business and will either outright monetise their data assets, or exploit them to create new business models or take advantage of untapped segments.Share this story