How Big Data Will Transform Our Economy And Our Lives In 2015
January 2, 2015
Grazed from TechCrunch. Author: Deven Parkh.
The great Danish physicist Niels Bohr once observed that “prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.” Particularly in the ever-changing world of technology, today’s bold prediction is liable to prove tomorrow’s historical artifact. But thinking ahead about wide-ranging technology and market trends is a useful exercise for those of us engaged in the business of partnering with entrepreneurs and executives that are building the next great company.
Moreover, let’s face it: gazing into the crystal ball is a time-honored, end-of-year parlor game. And it’s fun. So in the spirit of the season, I have identified five big data themes to watch in 2015. As a marketing term or industry description, big data is so omnipresent these days that it doesn’t mean much. But it is pretty clear that we are at a tipping point…
The global scale of the Internet, the ubiquity of mobile devices, the ever-declining costs of cloud computing and storage, and an increasingly networked physical word create an explosion of data unlike anything we’ve seen before…
Read more from the source @ http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/02/the-year-of-big-data-is-upon-us/