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For all kinds of organizations, whether large multi-national enterprises or small businesses, developing a big data strategy is a difficult and time-consuming exercise. In fact, big data projects can take up to 18 months to finish. While a few within an organization may be very well aware of what Big Data is and what the possibilities of Big Data are, not everyone else, including the decision-makers, are aware of this. Developing a proof of concept (PoC) is a right approach to begin with and develop a business case. This can help organizations to answer questions like where to start, departments to be involved, functional areas to be addressed, and what will be the return on the required investment. All of these aspects should be involved in your big data business case.
Buying Business Intelligence (BI) and Analytics solutions has modified dramatically within the past few years with the advent of emerging technologies and the ever increasing sources of data. Historically, vendors didn't supply a Proof-Of-Concept (POC) stage throughout the buying process and if a vendor did provide one, it'd typically take months to line up ...
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