More and more, organizations are implementing big data analytical platforms to achieve higher levels of performance, scalability and availability.  Within an enterprise's analytical framework, however, these platforms can play a variety of parts.  Especially for a business with BI architectures already in place, it is critical to understand how this platform will fit in.

This white paper examines four different roles of a big data analytical platform, including: data warehouse replacement, free-standing analytical sandbox, cloud-based sandbox, and combination platform.  Read on to find out how a platform for large-volume data fits into your specific business environment.