16 2022 IT Leaders in the Data Fusion/Analytics Domain Survey Report Data Fusion Implementation – In-House vs. System Integrators 64% of respondents prefer to work with System Integrators. About a third (31%) prefer to use this approach for both implementing data fusion and big data analytics for investigation purposes. There are many reasons why organizations prefer to work with System Integrators when developing and implementing critical systems, continued in Figure 13. Figure 12 Preference of Working with System Integrators to Assist in Implementing Data Fusion and Big Data Analytics for Investigation Purposes Yes, for both data fusion and big data analytics 31% Yes, only for data fusion 13% Yes, only for big data analytics 20% No, we do all the work in house 36% Prefer system integrators 64%