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    Big Data Applications Start to Gain Traction

    For all the talk about Big Data being a nascent technology, it turns out there have been quite a few Big Data application projects under way.

    A new survey of 516 IT professionals, conducted by King Research on behalf of Actuate, a builder of open source BIRT reporting tools, found on average that organizations are planning to use 4.5 Big Data applications each, and organizations with revenue of over $1 billion reported they already have 3.2 Big Data applications in use.

    Clearly, Big Data is starting to move from theory into actual practice at a fairly rapid pace.

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    Click through for results from a survey on Big Data application usage, conducted by King Research on behalf of Actuate.

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    Slightly leans toward larger companies.

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    Customer-oriented applications dominate.

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    Distribution of data is a priority.

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    Hadoop dominates the conversation.

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    Every, and any, way possible.

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    Big expectations across the board.

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