You can read IDC’s study to find out more about the seven characteristics of organizations that are achieving Big Data mastery, and

use IDC’s Big Data maturity model to benchmark your own progress.

HALLMARKS OF BIG DATA INNOVATORS

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If you thought real-time and predictive analytics is the stuff of futuristic thrillers like Minority Report, meetAlex. Like the other Big Data innovators uncovered by IDC, he is already successfully applying real-time capability in his organization, as these seven common characteristics reveal:

WE’RE EXTERNALLY-ORIENTED

AND FOCUS ON PROFITABLE

INNOVATION

WE TYPICALLY DELIVER ROI ON A BIG DATA PROJECT

IN UNDER SIX MONTHS

WE HAVE HIGHER ADOPTION OF NEW

DATA MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES AND

PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS THAN OUR PEERS

WE SEE TECHNOLOGY-LED

TRANSFORMATION AS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF

OUR BROADER STRATEGY

WE HAVE AN ENTERPRISE BUDGET

IN PLACE FOR BIG DATA AND ANALYTICS

INITIATIVES

WE BELIEVE THAT BIG DATA ANALYTICS

CAPABILITIES WILL HELP IT DRIVE

BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION

OUR MANAGEMENT PROMOTES AND

ENCOURAGES THE USE OF BIG DATA AND

ANALYTICSSOLUTIONS

SourceUsing Big Data to Drive Business Transformation: Learning From the Big Data Innovators, IDC, November 2014

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