What Enterprises Want from Hadoop Big Data: Usability
Hadoop and Big Data have made a lot of headlines in 2013, but the adoption of Big Data solutions based on open source technologies—including the recently released Hadoop 2.0 platform—for the enterprise remains slow. That's according to a new report on the state of Big Data, which also highlights what business leaders say needs to change before Hadoop will be in a position to dominate the market.
Hadoop and Big Data have made a lot of headlines in 2013, but the adoption of Big Data solutions based on open source technologies—including the recently released Hadoop 2.0 platform—for the enterprise remains slow. That's according to a new report on the state of Big Data, which also highlights what business leaders say needs to change before Hadoop will be in a position to dominate the market.
The report, by 1010data, surveyed 158 business executives in the United States about their companies' Big Data practices and plans. While respondents seemed clearly to believe that engaging the Big Data revolution will be key to the future, with 79 percent agreeing that "Big Data will reach its potential in the next one to five years," they also expressed reservations with the data processing and analytics solutions available today.
The major reason why appears to be a perceived lack of usability in existing products. Fifty-three percent of respondents said they "need Big Data solutions to better address the needs of business users," and 49 percent reportedly want "simplified solutions for Big Data with fewer moving parts." The finding that 62 percent say they "need more education on how Big Data solves business problems" also suggests that Big Data solutions remain too complex for businesses to deploy readily.
This is all a signal to the channel that integrated Big Data platforms that provide easily deployable, user-friendly solutions for deriving immediate value from data are in demand. Hadoop, the open source BIg Data platform, is plenty powerful, especially in its latest incarnation, Hadoop 2.0. But power can come at the price of simplicity, and that may be the case with Hadoop, if the survey responses are any indication.
Paired by ISVs or channel parters with value-added tools to provide enhanced usability, however, Hadoop will be better poised to appeal to business users. Vendors such as Hortonworks and Talend are already doing that, but the channel apparently wants to see more.
The other solution is to avoid Hadoop altogether using alternative Big Data analytics solutions, like the one 1010data develops. (Yes, the company had a stake in the survey results.) For now, Hadoop enjoys so much mind share that its decline in favor of competing platforms seems unlikely. But with Hadoop currently existing in a middle ground, where it is popular in the abstract but not yet as widely deployed as its promoters envision, anything could happen.
The trends outlined are
The trends outlined are in-line with most technologies that have significant impact to the entirety of the enterprise. Similar to cloud computing in it’s adoption cycle enterprises and buying champions sought education and knowledge before engaging vendors to discuss purchasable solutions. We at LucidWorks while having a robust offering that deliberately touches on robust results delivery capabilities, believe in educating the enterprise IT executive in the practices of Big Data understanding long before commercial communications. The market will continue to accelerate adoption as we are watching the number of internal teams expand in numbers and interest. In parallel the individuals expressing that interest is moving up from developers and managers into the director level. This shows a pattern that while interest and number of buying champions increases, the requisite ask for budget allocation and purchasing authority is also going upward.
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