Q: What are the biggest obstacles to implementing real-time digital data stream initiatives?
Cutter recently undertook a survey to find out what IT and organizational capabilities IT shops need in order to unlock the wealth of real-time data flowing around and inside their organizations. Authors Gabe Piccoli and Federico Pigni found that "Companies with higher readiness [to exploit DDS] perceive the financial constraints to be even more challenging. Again, the limit to the deployment of DDS initiatives appears to be that the organization itself -- despite being ready for profiting from these new initiatives -- has problems in allocating the required financial resources. Coupled with the relative novelty of the opportunity, nearly half of respondents are experiencing difficulties in making the case for demonstrating value. Conversely, lack of access to the technology and skills for implementing real-time data initiatives are at the bottom of the list of challenges."
* Excerpted from "Are You Ready to Profit ... From Real-Time Digital Data Streams?," (
) Cutter Benchmark Review, Vol. 13 No. 3.