IT professionals' top concerns about working with big data 2012

Published by Statista Research Department, Apr 1, 2013
In a survey conducted in August 2012, it was found the the leading challenge or concern seen by IT professionals with regards to working with big data, was the issue of data security and risk management.

IT professionals' views on the greatest challenges involved in working with big data in 2012

CharacteristicShare of respondents
Data security and risk management 27%
Lack of budget 16%
Lack of time to study big data 14%
Lack of solutions that fit our needs 14%
Lack of IT staff 13%
Lack of expertise 10%
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Share of respondents27%27%16%16%14%14%14%14%13%13%10%10%Data security and risk managementLack of budgetLack of time to study big dataLack of solutions that fit our needsLack of IT staffLack of expertise
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Release date

2013

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

August 2012

Number of respondents

1,800 respondents

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IT professionals

Supplementary notes

The survey participants were sourced from the following 18 countries: United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands, Russia, Poland, Turkey, South Africa, Korea, India, China, Japan and Australia.

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