Bust Big Data Down to Size with PolySpot and Enable Unified Information Access
December 27, 2012
While undertaking a big data strategy is automatically an affordable option for a larger corporation or company, there has been much said on the subject of affordability and feasibility for small businesses. Small Business Labs reports some interesting data in their recent article, “Survey – How Small Businesses View Big Data.”
The facts they report stem from the Big Data for the Little Guy project by Intuit. This company surveyed 500 small business owners. Of course, small business owners see the potential value and unlimited opportunities within big data, but they do maintain concerns over whether or not the big data train is something they can hop on board. Reportedly, four in ten believe that it would be useful.
The article states:
71% of the respondents noted potential barriers, with the top being:
-15% felt big data might be too costly
-14% said they didn’t have the time for implementation
-10% said they didn’t understand it
-9% said they don’t have data
-8% said they lack the expertise required
-6% said they don’t have the tools
-6% said it’s too hard
The survey asked for their top reason, but I’m sure if they had been asked to list all the potential barriers most of these would be listed by most of the respondents.
There are many open source solutions that are priced affordably and are customizable and scalable to fit small businesses. A vital technology companies need to extract value from big data is something that deals in everything related to information access and delivery; for example, solutions from PolySpot are designed for this big data busting purpose.
Megan Feil, December 27, 2012
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
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