Enterprises need access to large volumes of data and rely on great insights from the data to make better business outcomes. Big Data is generated by almost everything around us at all times. The Big Data market is estimated to grow from USD 28.65 Billion this year to about 66.79 Billion by 2021, at CAGR of 18.45%. Have a look at the company profiles of some major players in USA big data market.
- IBM
IBM is a multinational technology company headquartered in New York, United States, with operations in more than 170 countries. It originated as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR) and was renamed IBM in 1924. The company manufactures and markets computer software and hardware, and offers consulting and hosting services in areas such as mainframe computers and nanotechnology. IBM big data solutions, including enterprise Hadoop solutions, allow users to store, manage and evaluate data across many sources while making data available to business analysts, data scientists, and IT users. The company has momentum in the Big Data market and generated $1.37 billion in revenues for 2013.
- Oracle
Founded in 1977 by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner, and Ed Oates, Oracle is a multinational computer technology company, headquartered in Redwood Shores, California. It mainly specialises in creating and manufacturing cloud engineered systems and enterprise software products, and marketing database software and technology. In 2015, Oracle was the 2nd-largest software maker by revenue. By Revenue, the big data account for $745M in revenue
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company is a multinational enterprise information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California. It was founded last year as part of a splitting of the Hewlett-Packard Company. It is a business-focused organization with four divisions: Enterprise Group, Software, Services, and Financial Services. Revenue generated from big data amounts to about $680M.
- Palantir
Founded in 2004, Palantir is an American software and services company that specialises in big data analysis. Founded by Peter Thiel, Joe Lonsdale, Alex Karp, Stephen Cohen and Nathan Gettings, the company’s original customers were federal agencies of the United States Intelligence Community. By revenue, the company boasts of about $672M.
- Splunk
Splunk is a multinational corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California, that provides software for searching, monitoring, and analysing machine-generated big data through a web-style interface. The company was founded in 2003 by Rob Das, Michael Baum, and Erik Swan. The company’s revenue amounts to 668.4 million USD (2015).
- Accenture
Accenture is an international professional services company that provides strategy, digital, consulting, technology and operations services. The company was founded in 1989 as Andersen Consulting. It serves clients in over 200 cities in 120 countries. It is a Fortune Global 500 company. The company’s big data market account for $507 M in revenues.
- Dell
Dell offers technology solutions, support, and services. Headquartered in Texas, United States, Dell’s big data solutions enables users to not just change with the game, but win it — via better customer experiences and business operations. The company’s big data market account for $480 M in revenues.
- Teradata
Founded in 1979, Teradata is a global leader in analytic data platforms, analytics and marketing applications, and consulting services. The company helps businesses to gather, integrate, and analyse all of their data so that they can understand their business and customers and do more of what’s important. Revenue generated from big data amounts to about $432M.
- Microsoft
Microsoft is an American multinational technology company based in Redmond, Washington. Founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, the company manufactures, develops, supports, licenses and sells computer software, personal computers, consumer electronics and services. In the big data market, the company generates about $396M in revenues.
- SAS Institute
SAS is one of the most successful names in business intelligence and business analytics. Wikibon estimates that SAS Institute generated $480M in Big Data revenues for 2013. Thirty-two percent of the revenue came from services, and 68% from software.
