This multinational telco operates on four continents worldwide. Unfortunately, for historical reasons these operating companies use a wide variety of different database systems and analytical platforms. As data becomes an increasingly important asset for organisations, many companies are taking steps to maximise the value of their data. In addition, most large companies now have access to many new types of data-for example, social media posts. To exploit synergies across the worldwide organisation, this multinational telco decided to standardise database platforms across the group. In order to best meet the challenges of storing and using ‘big data’, the company chose Hadoop as its standard database platform. Hadoop is currently being rolled out across the company’s operations.

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