Just 27% of survey respondents rate their satisfaction level for their organization’s current data capabilities as “high.”
In assessing big data capabilities, only a minority of CIOs and other tech and business leaders give their organizations high marks, according to a recent survey from Snowflake Computing. The report, titled “Overcoming the Reality Gap of Big Data,” reveals that data must get to analysts faster. In addition, survey respondents indicate that they’d like to simplify their data pipeline, while bringing down the cost of deploying, managing and tuning data tools. Those solutions could use some updating: While most survey respondents consider themselves firmly planted in the digital age, the vast majority of organizations still cling to “old school” tools—such as spreadsheets—to perform analytics tasks. “The rush to take advantage of new data capabilities has been likened to a 21st century gold rush,” according to the report. “According to some reports, investment in analytics is outpacing other IT areas.
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