--- title: "Webinar | Bigger Data On Your Budget · Appnovation" url: "https://www.appnovation.com/insights/bigger-data-your-budget" description: "Webinar: get big insights from your business's big data without breaking the bank, including how to use the 80% of data that's unstructured." --- Article # Bigger Data On Your Budget [![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/ey850001/production/b331e37f0be8705e6d59a737df9a4790888b2da6-68x68.jpg?w=68&auto=format) Vanessa Burley](/people/vanessa-burley.md) Jan 17, 2017 2 min read ![Bigger Data On Your Budget](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/ey850001/production/abd64ad4c701395ab2436124c51aa36af94dacd1-1440x600.jpg?w=1400&auto=format) *****Getting Big Insights from your business's Big Data WITHOUT breaking the bank.***** According to IBM, 80% of the world’s data is unstructured, and most businesses don’t even attempt to use this data to their advantage. Additionally, for most companies even trying to attempt to process large amounts of data (ie. Big Data), the information itself, in terms of size and complexity, has far exceeded typical ways (databases, management reporting tools) used to capture, curate, store, search, share, analyze and visualize it. One thing is clear though, now and in the future, those businesses and their leaders who able to not only solve the aforementioned challenges associated with capturing, processing and presenting their data but who can also put this information to good use once they have it in hand, will find themselves and their organizations on the leading edge. But before we implement the next major shift if corporate strategy, let’s take a step back and get better understanding of what Big Data is, what all is involved for companies that are quickly accumulating exceedingly large amounts of complex data, what the options are to handle this information and most importantly, what this data can do for the company once translated into a usable format. During this webinar we cover several key concepts related to Big Data. By the end of this presentation you should understand: * What Big Data is * Challenges associated with Big Data * Options to overcome the challenges of Big Data * Uses of Big Data * How Hadoop enables Bigger Data for your budget It is pretty clear that Big Data isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, and if anything, its only getting bigger. Those organizations that start taking advantage of this information that’s coming in faster and faster, not to mention all the data they already have, will have a substantial strategic competitive advantage and be well positioned in the marketplace to act quickly and make better business decisions. Hadoop allows your business to address these opportunities without big-budget hardware that legacy solutions require. [![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/ey850001/production/b331e37f0be8705e6d59a737df9a4790888b2da6-68x68.jpg?w=68&auto=format) Vanessa Burley Appnovation](/people/vanessa-burley.md) ## Keep reading [![Lifecycle Management and the Value of Operations](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/ey850001/production/3e9c8097fcc73bded9470d4f87682be2aee2c59a-1200x644.jpg?w=640&auto=format)](/insights/2021-05-lifecycle-management-and-value-operations.md) Article · 1 min May 11, 2021 ### [Lifecycle Management and the Value of Operations](/insights/2021-05-lifecycle-management-and-value-operations.md) By adopting a lifecycle mentality – as opposed to thinking of projects as tactile pieces of work – your entire team benefits. [Cindy Simpson](/people/cindy-simpson.md) Article [![Reuters Pharma Webinar: How to Practice Patient Centricity](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/ey850001/production/a6c84d34a0b222a2b88a383569eb49e6d44eb198-1200x644.png?w=640&auto=format)](/insights/2021-04-reuters-pharma-webinar-how-practice-patient-centricity.md) Article · 1 min Apr 08, 2021 ### [Reuters Pharma Webinar: How to Practice Patient Centricity](/insights/2021-04-reuters-pharma-webinar-how-practice-patient-centricity.md) Joined by four other industry leaders, Appnovation’s Steve Peretz recently moderated a lively discussion on how to offer true patient centricity in the rapidly evolving healthcare sector. [Cindy Simpson](/people/cindy-simpson.md) Article [![Contentful Fast Forward Banner](https://www.appnovation.comFastForward_SocialSpeakerCards_Singles_GavinEstey.png)](/insights/2020-11-marketers-orchestrators-and-engineers-dynamics-managing-large-scale-contentful.md) Article · 1 min Nov 06, 2020 ### [Marketers, Orchestrators, and Engineers - The Dynamics of Managing a Large Scale Contentful Implementation in the Enterprise](/insights/2020-11-marketers-orchestrators-and-engineers-dynamics-managing-large-scale-contentful.md) [Appnovation](/people/appnovation.md) Article ## Get the thinking, *before everyone else.* One considered email a month. New essays, field notes from live engagements, and the occasional strong opinion. No noise.