Skills are increasingly not keeping pace with the move to leverage Big Data according to findings in a new survey.

SAP carried out research which revealed that businesses were struggling to deploy the necessary skills and resources.

The research found that 92 per cent of respondents had seen data amounts grow over the last 12 months, however users were struggling to effectively employ the data effectively.

Respondents revealed that they felt limited by skills shortages in data science, with 84 per cent of respondents desiring specialised analytics training in order to integrate data services into every-day services.

James Fisher, VP of Marketing for Analytics Solutions, SAP, described how “it is critical that companies empower their staff with both the skills and systems to self-service their analytics needs.”

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