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BIG DATA? YES! BUT WHAT FOR?
Do you plan to implement the following tools in the next 3 years?
Currently and in the future, Collaboration tools are the most used and this is true globally. The
size of the company relates to the use of this tool (obviously more used in large companies).
If we compare the number of companies that plan to implement a given tool with the number of
companies that already use that same tool, Big Data has certainly the highest growth rate but use
seems to be capped at 45%: indeed, opportunities offered by Big Data are still perceived vaguely.
Also, adoption would remain limited to a minority, even among those who, for instance, consider
that the need for predictive analysis will grow….
Conservatism or realism? In any case, in line with the general pattern from previous years
regarding information systems, the majority of Management Controllers do not intend to adopt
iconic digitalization tools. Confining themselves to Financial Reporting tools and to spreadsheet,
what could be their Value-added for the decision-making team?
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Corporate performance management
Big data
Agile BI
Tablet
Collaboration platform
In Place Yes No
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