Prologue
The Data and Analytics Journey So Far
We have been surrounded by digital data for almost a century now and every decade has had its unique challenges regarding how to get the best value out of that data. But these challenges were narrow in scope and manageable since the data itself was manageable. Even though data was rapidly growing in the 20th century, its volume, velocity, and variety were still limited in nature. And then we hit the 21st century and the world of data drastically changed. Data started to exponentially grow due to multiple reasons:
- The adoption of the internet picked up speed and data grew into big data
- Smartphone devices became a common household entity and these devices all generated tons of data
- Social media took off and added to the deluge of information
- Robotics, smart edge devices, industrial devices, drones, gaming, VR, and other artificial...
