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on open source fail; and 3) required to use technology that is often early release and not enterprise-class. New agile processes for solution delivery. Successful firms will embrace agile practices that allow end users of big data solutions to provide highly interactive inputs throughout the implementation process. Integrate structured and unstructured data from multiple sources. Integration of data is one of the most important and also complex processes to serve efficient and effective decision-making. In terms of data, it includes machine data, sensor data, videos, audio, documents, enterprise content in call centers, e-mail messages, wikis and, indeed, larger volumes of transactional and application data. Data sharing is key. In order for a company to build a big data ecosystem that drives business action, organizations have to share data. Build a strong data infrastructure to host and manage data. Make sure to have secured and reliable in-house and/or hosted data (e.g., cloud) and information management infrastructure. Save the Date! Catch the Analytics Wave in Huntington Beach, CA APRIL 12-14, 2015 INFORMS CONFERENCE ON USINESS ANALYTICS & PERATIONS RESEARCH A NA L Y T I C S J U LY / A U G U S T 2 014 | 49