Big Data and Business Analytics

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1 Servers and Virtualization Study: Wave 14 Big Data and Business Analytics This report captures IT professionals adoption plans, projected spending, vendor short-lists and considerations in decision-making for big data and business analytics, covering big/unstructured data analytics and real-time, in-memory analytics. NEW YORK BOSTON WASHINGTON DC SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE DENVER LONDON SAO PAULO DUBAI SINGAPORE Research, LLC.

2 About TheInfoPro s Servers and Virtualization Study TheInfoPro s Servers and Virtualization Study takes an in-depth look at key industry trends and tracks the performance of individual vendors. Now in its 10th year, this study was finalized in August 2014 and is based on 192 interviews. TheInfoPro s methodology uses extensive interviews with a proprietary network of IT professionals and key decision-makers at large and midsize enterprises. Each interview explores several fundamental areas, including the implementation and spending plans for technologies, evaluations of vendors observed from business and product perspectives, macro IT influences transforming the sector, and factors affecting decision processes. Results are collated into comprehensive research reports providing business intelligence in the form of technological roadmaps, budget trends and vendor spending plans and performance ratings. Examples of Vendors Covered in the Study BMC Software Brocade CA Cisco Citrix Dell EMC Emerson HP IBM Microsoft Novell/Attachmate Oracle Puppet Labs Red Hat ServiceNow SolarWinds Symantec Teradata Uptime Software VCE Veeam Software VMTurbo VMware About the Authors Peter ffoulkes is Research Director for Cloud Computing, Enterprise Platforms and Infrastructure Software. On the leading edge of IT transitions since 1980, ffoulkes has focused his vendor experience on the technologies required to build datacenter environments that are the foundation of cloud-ready datacenters for enterprise, service providers and highperformance computing. His research focuses on how consumers and vendors manage the transition from static and siloed IT organizations to dynamic, service-based environments that empower responsiveness to rapidly changing business conditions. Nikolay Yamakawa is an Analyst at 451 Research, where he identifies trends, relationships and synergies within and across key IT sectors, including servers and virtualization, cloud computing, storage, networking, information security and convergence. Prior to joining 451 Research, Nikolay served as a Research Manager for four years at International Access Corporation's Washington DC and Tokyo offices. He also worked at Nomura Research Institute in New York and at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Moscow Research, LLC.

3 Guide to Servers and Virtualization Study Reports A wave of research produces a series of reports that are published approximately in this order: 2014/2015 SERVERS AND VIRTUALIZATION OUTLOOK AND METRICS BIG DATA AND BUSINESS ANALYTICS REFERENCE TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP SERVERS AND VIRTUALIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP SERVERS AND VIRTUALIZATION SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP VENDOR VULNERABILITY AND SPENDING VENDOR MARKET WINDOWS AND RATINGS CUSTOMER ASSESSMENTS FOR INDIVIDUAL VENDORS NARRATIVES MARKET DYNAMICS IT professionals describe how 2014 and 2015 look for budgets, projects and pain points, with time series charts to give perspective to the coming year. Also benchmarking organization efficiency, this report contains metrics about the number of internal employees, IT structure changes, and how efficiency is measured. This report captures IT professionals adoption plans, projected spending, vendor short-lists and considerations in decision-making for big data and business analytics, covering big/unstructured data analytics and real-time, inmemory analytics. Allowing comparison of all 26 technologies tracked in the study, this high-level reference contains the Technology Heat Index, the Adoption Index, leading vendor tables, overall technology roadmap and spending charts. It also indicates what is included in the more detailed reports based on each technology segment covered in the study. Capturing IT professionals adoption plans, projected spending and vendor short-lists, the in-depth roadmap covers 10 technologies, including: x86 rack/blade servers, micro servers, Linux OS software, converged infrastructure, database, business analytics and cloud appliances. This report was previously called the Server Hardware Technology Roadmap. Capturing IT professionals adoption plans, projected spending and vendor short-lists, the in-depth roadmap covers 16 software technologies including: system monitoring, VM monitoring, CMDB, policy-based provisioning, service catalogs and commercial or open source cloud orchestration stack. This report allows you to compare IT professionals spending intentions and loyalty ratings for 10 vendors. TheInfoPro s unique Market Window uses IT professionals ratings of vendors on 14 separate criteria to calculate scores for Vendor Promise and Vendor Fulfillment, allowing comparison of vendors effectiveness at strategy, marketing, delivery and execution. Summarizing IT professionals assessments for each of eight vendors, this report profiles individual vendors based on spending, vulnerability and ratings on 10 categories. Time series are included. Compiling open-ended commentary from in-depth interviews with IT professionals, you hear the direct voice of the customer discussing technology, the industry and the future of this sector. Designed for IT professionals, this report captures highlights from the complete study, and provides business intelligence in the form of technological roadmaps, budget trends and voice-of-the-customer narratives. Source: Servers & Virtualization Wave Research, LLC.

4 Table of Contents About TheInfoPro s Servers and Virtualization Study 2 Principal Findings 5 Big/Unstructured Data Analytics 6 Real-time/In-memory Analytics 11 Appendixes Methodology, Sample Variation, Demographics 19 How to Interpret the Data 21 Source: Servers & Virtualization Wave Research, LLC.

5 Each individual report summarizes interesting portions of TheInfoPro s Wave 14 Servers and Virtualization Study and does not comprehensively review the hundreds of pages of research that form the full study. For access to TheInfoPro s reports and services, please contact sales@451research.com. Methodology questions may be addressed to client.services@451research.com. 451 Research, a division of The 451 Group, is focused on the business of enterprise IT innovation. The company s analysts provide critical and timely insight into the competitive dynamics of innovation in emerging technology segments. Business value is delivered via daily concise and insightful published research, periodic deeper-dive reports, data tools, marketsizing research, analyst advisory, and conferences and events. Clients of the company at vendor, investor, service-provider and end-user organizations rely on 451 Research s insight to support both strategic and tactical decision-making. TheInfoPro, a service of 451 Research, is widely regarded as The Voice of the Customer, providing independent, real world intelligence on key IT sectors including Servers and Virtualization, Information Security, Networking, Storage and Cloud Computing. Using one-onone interviews conducted within a proprietary network composed of the world s largest buyers and users of IT, TheInfoPro provides data and insights that are used for strategic planning, technology benchmarking, competitive analysis, and vendor selection and negotiation. Reproduction and distribution of this publication, in whole or in part, in any form without prior written permission is forbidden. The information contained herein has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable. 451 Research disclaims all warranties as to the accuracy, completeness or adequacy of such information. Although 451 Research may discuss legal issues related to the information technology business, 451 Research does not provide legal advice or services and their research should not be construed or used as such. 451 Research shall have no liability for errors, omissions or inadequacies in the information contained herein or for interpretations thereof. The reader assumes sole responsibility for the selection of these materials to achieve its intended results. The opinions expressed herein are subject to change without notice. TheInfoPro and logo are registered trademarks and property of 451 Research, LLC Research, LLC and/or its Affiliates. All Rights Reserved West 37th Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY P F Research, LLC.