The data visualization and exploration vendors Qlikview, Tableau, and TIBCOSpotfire have all been helping bring agility to the operational data vendors.
Why not instead, spend a fraction of that amount on technologies like Splunk, Revolution Analytics, 1010data, Pervasive Data Rush, QlikView, Tableau, and TIBCOSpotfire?
Companies like QlikView and TIBCOSpotfire are attacking this weakness head on by providing data analysis and visualization capabilities that allow end-users to assemble data, connect it, and explore it.