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March 2012
White Paper:Evaluating Big DataAnalytical Capabilities ForGovernment Use
CTOlabs.com
Inside:
• The Big Data Tool Landscape• Big Data Tool Evaluation Criteria• More Resources
A White Paper providing context and guidance you can use
 
CTOlabs.com
Evaluating Big Data Analytical Capabilities or Government
 This paper, produced by the analysts and researchers of CTOlabs.com, proposes ten criteria forevaluating analytical tools, focused on capabilities in the emerging “Big Data” space. The methods andmodels here can help you select the best capability for your mission needs.
Executive Summary
 The need for sensemaking across large and growing data stores has given rise to new approachesto data infrastructure, including the use of capabilities like Apache Hadoop. Hadoop overcomestraditional limitations of storage and compute by delivering capabilities that run on commodityhardware and can leverage any data type. Hadoop enables scalability to the largest of data sets in avery cost eective way, making it the infrastructure of choice for organizations seeking to make senseof their growing data stores. Its ability to store data without a data model means information can beleveraged without rst knowledge of what questions will be asked of the data, making this a systemwith far more agility than legacy data based. The core capability of Hadoop has now grown to include a full framework of tools that include a datawarehouse infrastructure (Hive), parallel computation capabilities (Pig), scalable distributed databasesable to store large tables (HBase), scalable means of distributing data (HDFS) and tools for rapidlyimporting and managing data and coordinating the infrastructure (like Sqoop, Flume, Oozie andZookeeper). The use of this framework of Hadoop tools has given rise to a new series of innovation insensemaking over large quanties of data and has laid the foundation for a dramatic growth of newanalytical tools which can operate over these Big Data infrastructures.Over the last several years organizations that wanted to leverage this Hadoop framework wrotetheir own analytical capabilities to ride on top of the infrastructure. Now a new trend has emerged.Organizations can turn to commercial vendors who oer analytical packages that ride on top of theHadoop framework. This positive trend makes it easier to deliver advanced big data solutions to endusers. The right tool can enable more agile use of your organization’s data stores and can do so quickly. The right tool can also make Big Data analytics so easy that end users can form their own queries andgenerate their own responses. This new development is particularly exciting to knowledge-basedgovernment organizations seeking to empower their workforce with up to date insights.1
 
A White Paper or the Government IT Community
 This paper provides a framework meant to help in your evaluation of Big Data analytical tools. Wereview ten factors we believe should be paramount in your evaluations of Big Data analytical softwarepackages. We present these factors in a way you should nd easily tailorable to your organizationalneeds.
Ten Evaluation Factors
 The ten factors we believe should be at the forefront of your decision are:• Mission Functionality/Capability• Ease of Use/Interface• Architecture Approach• Data Architecture• Models• Licensing• Security and Enterprise Governance• Partner Ecosystem• Deployment Models• Health of the FirmWe expand on these factors below.
Mission Functionality/Capability:
This may be the most important factor in deciding which BigData analytical tools you decide to leverage in your infrastructure. If the Big Data analytical packageyou are selecting does not have the capability you expect and need then no other factor matters. Theimportance of this factor in evaluating solutions means you should have a well thought out visionyou can articulate for your desired capability. For example, do you need a system that can analyzeall types of unstructured and structured data? Do you need a solution that enables collaborationbetween analysts? Or one that has a focus on extracting knowledge from existing data stores? Do youwant a system that just works in the back oce of an IT shop or one that supports missions throughempowering end-users?
Ease o Use/Interace:
One of the rst questions you should ask when choosing Big Data analyticaltools is who you intend to use them. Do you want to increase the capabilities of your data scientiststo dig deeper into new questions? Do you want to increase the power of your analysts? Or are youhoping to push analytical capabilities out to your entire workforce? Giving more of your enterpriseaccess to Big Data solutions leads to a more informed and agile workforce and reduces the IT2
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