In your pursuit of Big Data solutions, there are two major parallel streams—individual Gold Coin projects and building the enterprise Big Data analytics platform. So far, the frameworks and methodologies that we have discussed work very well for individual Gold Coin projects. For the enterprise platform, you need some additional considerations. These factors will help you expand the platform to meet future enterprise needs, make it more robust, induce increased flexibility, and improve adaptability to various new business areas and use cases. While you work tirelessly to make your Gold Coin projects very successful, keep in mind the comprehensiveness of the platform you are building for your enterprise needs.

In this section, we will review some of the key factors you need to put special focus on from the enterprise perspective. We have discussed the mechanics of most of them in the earlier sections...