Our discussion, so far, has been focused on the high-level characteristics of design and deployment of big data solutions in an enterprise environment. We will now shift attention to the technical aspects of such undertakings. From time to time, we’ll incorporate high-level messages where appropriate in addition to the technical underpinnings of the topics in discussion.
At the technical level, there are primarily two main considerations:
- Selection of the hardware stack
- Selection of the software and BI (business intelligence) platform
Over the recent 2-3 years, it has become increasingly common for corporations to move their processes to cloud-based environments as a complementary solution for in-house infrastructures. As such, cloud-based deployments have become exceedingly common and hence, an additional section on on-premises...
