San Ramon, Calif. – January 19, 2012 –  Ventana Research has released its latest Benchmark Research, The Challenge of Big Data, concerning the management of large-scale data management and processing. 

Organizations of all sizes and from across all industries have found themselves being deluged by an increasing and never-ending amount of data, coming from a variety of sources. Organizations are also capturing data at a deeper level of detail and keeping more history than ever before. Together, this data is known as “big data” – defined in this research as beginning at one terabyte and increasing to petabytes and beyond.  Organizations are struggling to find ways to not only store this data, but also analyze it and turn it info useful information.  

Ventana Research undertook this benchmark research to acquire real-world information about levels of maturity, trends and best practices in organizations’ use of large-scale data management systems. It explores how they do this now, how people at various levels feel about the current processes and tools, plans they have to change or improve growing volumes and velocity of data, and benefits they hope to gain by doing so. 

The research found that while 90 percent of organizations are using relational databases on standard hardware for their large-scale data processing, 93 percent of these companies are using or evaluating other technologies as well. Organizations are considering a range of alternatives including: data warehouse appliances; in-memory databases; specialized analytical database and technologies; and also a new approach called Hadoop, an open source based data processing software.  

“The big data market is still evolving, and the variety of technologies being considered suggests organizations need to deploy multiple solutions for their big data needs,” said David Menninger, VP & Research Director of Ventana Research. “Nine out of ten organizations surveyed rated scalability and performance as the most important criteria in their evaluation of big data technologies. This research will provide these organizations with key insights and education on the management of big data.” 

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Those interested in learning more about this benchmark research can find additional information at http://ventanaresearch.com/BGD/ . As a part of your registration you will receive insights and education from Ventana Research on using technology effectively in business. Ventana Research thanks those that participated in the benchmark and media partners SourceMedia Information Management and TechTarget SearchDataManagement and SearchBusinessAnalytics who helped make this industry benchmark research a reality. Ventana Research provides guidance to organizations in sales applications and technology through its Ventana OnDemand ( http://www.ventanaresearch.com/ondemand ) and with its assessment and educational services offerings. ( http://www.ventanaresearch.com/services/ ).  

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