As most companies are well aware, the volume, velocity and variety of data continue to grow and overwhelm enterprises and their applications. Though it can offer tremendous benefits, gaining visibility into large data sets poses challenges for analysts and other business professionals, especially with the current explosion of social media and Web content.

In short, most companies lack the flexible, scalable infrastructure necessary to exploit big data for critical business insights that translate into competitive advantage. This paper discusses common challenges brought on by big data and what strategies organizations are employing in attempt to get a handle on these massive pools of information, including:

• The importance of middleware in the import and export of data bulk loads
• Optimizing data in virtualized architectures
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• And more