The document presents 12 intriguing facts about big data, highlighting its exponential growth and significance in various sectors. By 2020, the digital universe is projected to reach 44 zettabytes, significantly impacting healthcare and business processes. The demand for data professionals is expected to surge, creating a projected shortage of skilled workers in the field.

1. 12 Interesting
Facts
about B!G D@ta

2. “There are nearly as many pieces of digital
information as there are stars in the universe”
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3. “Stacking a pile of CD-ROMs on top of one
another until you’ve reached the current global
storage capacity for digital information would
stretch 80,000 km beyond the moon”
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4. “By 2017, more than 30% of enterprise access to
broadly based big data will be via intermediary
data broker services, serving context to business
decisions”
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5. “By 2020 the digital universe – the data we
create and copy annually – will reach 44
zettabytes, or 44 trillion gigabytes.”
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6. “By 2020, 80% of healthcare providers data will
pass through cloud, as cloud technology will be
leveraged for data collection, aggregation,
analytics, and decision-making.”
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7. “Approximately 5.75 million new servers are
installed every year. These servers handle an
estimated 204,000,000 email messages which
are sent worldwide every minute. ”
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8. “Big data market is expected to grow from $3.2
billion in 2010 to $16.9 billion in 2015”
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9. “There are expected to be 4.4 million jobs in big
data in 2015, and a leading Consulting firm is
already forecasting a shortage of up to 190,000
data scientists by 2018.”
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10. “By 2017, more than 20% of customer-facing
analytic deployments will provide product
tracking information leveraging the Internet of
Things (IoT)”
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“Every second…
8,301 Tweets sent, 2,360,234 Emails sent,
25,050GB Internet traffic generated , 46,934
Google searches, 93,701 YouTube videos viewed”

12. “By 2020, information will be used to reinvent,
digitalize or eliminate 80% of business processes
and products from a decade earlier.”
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13. “Driven by the increased pressure to improve
quality and manage costs, 15% of hospitals will
create comprehensive patient profile by 2016,
delivering personalized treatment to patients”
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14. business@datamatics.com