The document provides 5 statistics about big data to convince bosses of its importance: 1) Less than half of lagging organizations will benefit from big data by 2017. 2) 89% of users believe big data will revolutionize business like the internet. 3) Less than 0.5% of all data is ever analyzed and used. 4) Integrating big data could save healthcare $300 billion annually. 5) 65% of executives say their organizations risk irrelevance without embracing big data.

1. 5 Big Data stats
that will convince your boss

2. While there has been a
recent flourish around
data science

3. …and vast pressures
surrounding big data

4. the matter of putting it
together into a
business case has
become difficult.

5. So we’ve
made your
life that
bit easier -

6. we’ve compiled together
5 relevant, and
important big data stats.

7. 1.
“Through 2017, fewer than half of
lagging organizations will have
made cultural or business model
adjustments sufficient to benefit
from big data.”
Source: Gartner

8. 2.
“A vast majority of users (89%)
believe big data will revolutionise
the way business is done in the
same way the Internet did.”
Source: Accenture

9. 3.
“Less than 0.5% of all data is ever
analysed and used”.
Source: Technology Review

10. 4.
“Estimates suggest that by better
integrating big data, healthcare
could save as much as $300 billion
a year — that’s equal to reducing
costs by $1000 a year for every
man, woman, and child.”
Source: Wikibon

11. 5.
“65% of global C-suite level execs and
senior decision-makers surveyed said
that their organizations will risk
becoming irrelevant or uncompetitive if
they do not embrace big data.”
Source: CIO Insight

12. Well there you go, 5 big data stats
that will hopefully give you the
ammunition to show its impact
and how industry leading
publications are viewing the
subject.

13. That’s all!
Thanks for your attention