Big Data in the Cloud

What happens when two very important IT initiatives those are on the minds of companies

across the globe converge? That’s precisely what we will discuss in this blog. Without a doubt,

cloud computing and big data are two aspects that IT managers round the globe are discussing

about and Cloud as an enabler for Big Data analytics is gaining prominence. Big data refers to

the huge sets of data that flows from multiple devices and multiple locations and in every form

possible. With the explosion of Internet and ever increasing usage of smartphones, data is

reaching your organization at a faster rate than you can possibly organize. However, drawing

insights from the data is of prime importance given the fact that it gives your organization the

competitive edge.

Cloud computing offers you unmatched flexibility and has the ability to scale up and down based

on your requirement. More importantly, Cloud computing is cost effective and with service

providers adopting the latest technological advancements, your data is safe, secure and easily

accessible. Cloud computing models can help your organization in accelerating the potential for

scalable analytical solutions. Cloud solutions offer efficiencies and flexibility in accessing data,

drawing insights and hence driving enhanced value. Against this backdrop, the importance of

converging cloud solutions and big data analytics gains significance. Leveraging cloud

computing for Big Data analytics offers business sense.

Big Data analytics entails huge expenditure and achieving cost effectiveness is of primary

importance. With huge amount of data needing to be stored and accessed in-house for analysis, it

is imperative to leverage a private cloud infrastructure with the capability to scale up and scale

down as per your requirement. Additionally, big data is essentially a mixture of both external as

well as internal sources. While sensitive data may reside in your in-house storage systems,

usually huge amount of external data is generated either from your organization or public and

third party providers that may already reside in the cloud. So it makes better sense when you use

the data from the cloud rather than moving all the data behind your firewall. Furthermore, you

can always leverage the power of Analytics as a Service (AaaS) to extract value from big data.

AaaS, supported by your internal private cloud, a hybrid model or a public cloud enables you to

make best use of your IT budgets.

Depending on the cost, workload, data interoperability and security, your IT department can

choose public cloud systems, analytics services and platforms to enhance scalability; utilize their

private cloud infrastructure to eliminate risks and to maintain data control; or also use a hybrid

model that incorporates the features of both the private and public cloud services and resources.

Depending on your need you can choose across a full range of analytics requirements from data

usage and data management and delivery using AaaS. AaaS typically features the following

capabilities:

Captures and extracts unstructured as well as structured data from trustworthy sources. It

also prioritizes the data based on its criticality and identifies which data to be retained

and for how much long time.

Manages and controls data under detailed guidelines and governance policies across the

global locations of an enterprise and in compliance with specific requirements of the

industry

Performs data integration, transformation, visualization and analysis to offer the exact

information at correct time at the right location.

AaaS can be deployed in the cloud based on several cloud service types including PaaS, IaaS and

SaaS.

DoubleHorn is a leading cloud based Managed Services Provider, founded in January 2005 and

based in Austin, TX. We specialize in delivering Cloud Services, Managed Communications

and Consulting to the Enterprise, Government and SME (Small and Medium Enterprise)

sectors. If you are new to the cloud and not sure how to get started, contact us for a

complimentary initial assessment at solutions@doublehorn.com or (855) 61-VOICE.