Category Archives: Data Growth

A Very Short History of Big Data

In addition to researching A Very Short History of Data Science, I have also been looking at the history of how data became big. Here I focus on the history of attempts to quantify the growth rate in the volume … Continue reading

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Healthcare Data and AI in 2022

We can be quite sure that the amount of healthcare data in the world will grow significantly in 2022. Read more

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Best of 2019: Betting on Data Eating the World

[July 23, 2109] Data is eating the world. All businesses, non-profits, and governments around the world are now in full digital transformation mode, figuring out what data can do to the quality of their decisions and the effectiveness of their … Continue reading

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Best of 2019: Data is Eating the World

[June 30, 2019] Data is eating the world. It has been the most important tech trend since the 1990s. But to paraphrase Robert Solow, “You can see data everywhere but in the Internet statistics.” The most astute and influential observers … Continue reading

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Data Will Continue Eating the World in the 2020s

It’s difficult to make predictions, especially about the future. But one fairly safe prediction is that data will continue eating the world in 2020 and the coming decade. The most important tech trend since the 1990s will no doubt accentuate its presence in our … Continue reading

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Data Is Eating The World: Mobile Data Traffic Growth

Ericsson: In Q3 2019, mobile data traffic grew 68 percent year-on-year. The high growth rate continues to be influenced by the increased number of smartphone subscriptions in India and increased data traffic per smartphone per month in China. The quarter-on-quarter … Continue reading

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Data Is Eating the World: There are 504 Hyperscale Data Centers Worldwide

The New York Times: Hyperscale data centers (each at least 100,000 square feet in size) run the internet, and they’re growing like gangbusters, both in number and size. A year ago, there were 449 hyperscale centers in the world; today … Continue reading

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2020 Predictions for the Internet of Things (IoT)

IDC 2020 predictions for the Internet of Things (IoT): In 2020, 90% of organizations will have determined key performance indicators to measure the success of their IoT projects. By 2021, 75% of organizations embarking on an IoT project will work … Continue reading

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Data Is Eating the World Quotable Quotes, 2nd Edition

“[Data labeling] is an expanding world, hidden beneath the technology. It is hard to take humans out of the loop”—Mary Gray “The market for data labeling passed $500 million in 2018 and it will reach $1.2 billion by 2023, according … Continue reading

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Data is Eating the World: The Video

https://youtu.be/eHTCR1BDhhA Source: Seagate/IDC

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