IT Failing to Optimize as Big Data Grows, Productivity Loss Imminent

The tsunami of big data is challenging the already-overburdened IT sector and causing costly I/O performance issues. Instead of buying new hardware, organizations can solve the problem more cost effectively with software. While the growth of big data makes advances possible in dozens of fields, it also presents serious challenges to the already-overburdened IT sector. It’s estimated that big data performance issues will increase IT spending by hundreds of millions of dollars over the next few years, causing problems for organizations that can’t keep up the pace.