Analyzing Skill Requirements for Database Administrators in China’s Big Data Market

摘要

The research results are as follows: (1) The Chinese market is mainly concerned with IT platform development to utilize big data; (2) a variety of operating systems (OS) and database management systems (DBMS) are in use in China; (3) China is in the early stage of utilizing big datastrategically. The results of this study provide the following implications. In order to successfully expand into China’s big data market, (1) a strategy addressing the OS and DBMS markets is required; (2) it is necessary to understand Chinese enterprises’ business models and theChinese market’s characteristics to occupy the market for software that will be used to analyze big data in the near future; (3) because of the higher initial cost of implementing big data systems, collaboration with small and medium-sized enterprises in China is a potential strategyfor expanding into the potentially huge Chinese market.