BANGALORE: Skillsoft, a cloud based learning solutions, released findings from its survey titled ‘Leveraging the Power of Big Data and the Cloud’. The report provides key insights about how big data and cloud solutions are affecting organizational learning across Asia Pacific, including India. The supporting survey engaged with companies spread across 13 countries and 20 industrial sectors.

At the outset, the report highlights that 65 percent of decision makers in India ranked business intelligence as the greatest benefit of leveraging big data. Further, despite low levels of adoption of cloud solutions and big data in some industries, decision makers and learners alike agree that the benefits of both can drive significant and measureable impact for their respective businesses. To supplement that, a whopping 73 percent of respondents also agreed that more training is needed in relation to cloud solutions to help them perform better in their role.

“No longer can decision makers and business professionals ignore the potential that big data and cloud solutions can impact their business outcomes, their team dynamics, and even their own career advancement.” said Aruna Telang, Manager, Consulting Services – Asia, Skillsoft. “While many decision makers and learners we engaged with categorize themselves as having a limited level of understanding of cloud solutions and/or big data, proactive engagement and the implementation of tailor made learning modules can help organizations move forward and effectively manage their workforce knowledge, growth, capability, and subsequent market expansion.”
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