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Data Scientists are the New Rock Stars as Big Data Demands Big Talent

How big is ‘big data’? Scratch the surface and the figures will blow your mind. A study at the end of 2012 by IDC predicts the ‘digital universe’ will reach 40 zettabytes – that’s around 45 trillion gigabytes – by 2020, a 50-fold growth in a decade.

This tidal wave of data will be created by many forces from financial transactions, medical records, mobile phones and social media to the Internet of Things, where everyday machines and objects will be connected to the internet and capable of generating data.

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