There’s a large amount of untapped data sitting in CRM, ERP and other enterprise systems, ripe with possibilities. Big Data solutions like Hadoop will allow businesses and software vendors to put that data to use. Nucleus Research predicts we’ll soon see enterprise applications with embedded analytics, integration of role-based interfaces, and a push-model for information, which is already available with some collaborative applications such as Salesforce.com’s Chatter
The possibilities are endless. Many times today we see HDFS and other Hadoop-technologies used to store messages (think Facebook) or log/analytics files (think Google search) but ERP and accounting data can also be stored there and the business intelligence world is just starting to see the possibilities here. This is going to be fun!
