In April 2013, HP commissioned Forrester Consulting to examine the total economic impact and potential return on investment (ROI) enterprises may realize by implementing the HP Vertica Analytics Platform and engaging HP for Hadoop solutions. The purpose of this study is to provide readers with a framework with which to evaluate thepotential financial impact of HP Hadoop and HP Vertica on their organizations.
The HP Return on Information initiative covers several big data solutions including SAP HANA and Autonomy (see HP Return on Information: Overview for details). For the purposes of this study, only Hadoop and the HP Vertica Analytics Platform are covered in the following financial model and case study.