A group of IT suppliers in the US has launched an “open data platform” association to boost big data technology.
This comes at a time when big data analytics projects seem to be gaining ground in corporate IT. As an instance, big data analytics and management emerged as a stronger area of focus in the annual TechTarget/Computer Weekly IT Spending Priorities survey for 2015 than in 2014. 30% of respondents globally said they were undertaking big data initiatives in 2015, while the figure for Europe was 26%, and for the UK 21%. The global figure for the previous year was 17%.
This comes at a time when big data analytics projects seem to be gaining ground in corporate IT. As an instance, big data analytics and management emerged as a stronger area of focus in the annual TechTarget/Computer Weekly IT Spending Priorities survey for 2015 than in 2014. 30% of respondents globally said they were undertaking big data initiatives in 2015, while the figure for Europe was 26%, and for the UK 21%. The global figure for the previous year was 17%.
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