A case study on system integration efforts involved in achieving fast data in a financial industry

Big Data is now becoming more mainstream and its adaptation has increased many folds now and there is a new trend and demand for Fast Data. All size of companies are starting to use Big Data to obtain their customers insight in order to serve them in a better way. The use of Big Data has become quite a crucial way for businesses to compete with their competitors. There are certain sectors which needs processing of this Big Data in real time to obtain maximum value for their business. The case study demonstrates the demand in the new Fast Data platform for financial industries in order to process their huge volume of data in real time to provide more valuable decision support information. During the tough social economical condition the financial firm in particularly needs more analytics with their performance in order to make any informed decision. The utilisation of Fast Data thus becoming more and more essential to businesses and it is even more important for them to adopt the right Fast Data platform to accomplish their goals. The study iterates the real need for the Fast Data platform for the company and their strategical approach towards achieving this platform. As with any new technologies its not a straight forward to implement the desired solutions and it takes a lot of hard work to accomplish the task and this study demonstrates the level of efforts required and the challenges faced in order to implement a successful Fast Data platform in an asset management firm.