17 2022 IT Leaders in the Data Fusion/Analytics Domain for Risk Assessment, Decision Making and Investigations Top Reasons for Working with a System Integrator (SI) to Implement Big Data Fusion and Analytics The top reasons for working with a System Integrator to implement big data fusion and analytics are because it saves having to get staff trained and certified internally (56%), it enables the team to focus on their own core competencies (55%) and it provides the flexibility to scale up and down as needed (46%). Data fusion and analytics solutions clearly need to be designed to allow certain aspects of the platform to be modified on customers' behalf by their System Integration partners. Figure 13 Top Reasons for Working with a System Integrator (SI) to Implement Big Data Fusion and Analytics *This question allowed more than one answer and as a result, percentages will add up to more than 100% 56% 55% 46% 45% 44% 38% 6% Saves training / certify my staff Enables staff to focus on core skills Flexibility to scale resources up & down SIs offer training, support & consulting On-time/budget implementation SI’s experience with similar projects Other