Trends Report

Big Opportunities In Big Data

Positioning Your Firm To Capitalize In A Sea Of Information

May 18th, 2011
Brian Hopkins, VP, Emerging Tech Portfolio
Brian Hopkins VP, Emerging Tech Portfolio
With contributors:
Alex Cullen , Mackenzie Cahill

Summary

Opportunities to improve the bottom line exist in a flood of information; however, gaining insight from data becomes challenging as it grows extremely large. Emerging technology applies the power of distributed, virtual computing to the problem of large data, providing new tools and techniques that shift the way businesses use information to compete. Big data processing raises key questions for both business and IT — address them now and be prepared to capitalize as opportunities emerge.

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