IT architecture is bedrock of Big Data strategy: Report

IBM and the University of Oxford’s Said Business School conducted a survey of 1,144 business people from 95 countries across 26 industries to learn about the companies' strategies and opinions about the potential for Big Data for their businesses. According to the report, IT architecture is the bedrock of a Big Data strategy. “The promise of achieving significant, measureable business value from Big Data can only be realised if organizations put into place an information foundation that supports the rapidly growing volume, variety and velocity of data,” according to the report.
 Respondents rated integrated information as the most important part of Big Data architecture, 65 percent; followed by scalable storage infrastructure, 64 percent; high-capacity warehouse, 59 percent; security and governance, 58 percent; and scripting and developer tools, 54 percent.