Can existing data and infrastructure support the proposed data-mining tool?
Some solutions will require a separate server for analysis, which could increase the expenditure by adding server hardware and software licensing costs. Other solutions operate only at the desktop level, but may not scale well with large data sets. 2. Are there adequate data preparation tools? What tools are included in the data-mining solution to help construct the data-mining database? Premining data preparation entails considerable effort. Consider choosing a solution that includes cleansing tools. Does that solution also offer transformation, integration, and load capabilities? These tools simplify the creation of the data-mining database. 3. How is data accessed? Some tools force data to be extracted from its source and put into the solution’s proprietary format. Others support direct access to the data sources. 4. Which models are supported? Some data-mining tools and solutions support only one or two modeling types. Will this be enough to support analysis of your business proble
