Big Data Grows Up: Big Data isn’t just big. It’s useful, and sentiment analysis will no longer be the biggest use case. There will be an emergence of Big Data Administrators, who will play a critical ... more 

Big Data Grows Up: Big Data isn’t just big. It’s useful, and sentiment analysis will no longer be the biggest use case. There will be an emergence of Big Data Administrators, who will play a critical role in using new technologies and processing power to take a cold, hard (and useful) look at data and its business application. In 2013, Big Data projects will begin to show demonstrable ROI. As with cloud, our definitions will mature, enabling better focus on delivering business value. This infrastructure that integrates with data from social media and open data sources will dramatically increase the demand for management and security. The risk of Big Data decision is much lower and the insights Big Data provides will increase IT’s leadership on innovation. less