Until recently, converting have focused on converting their Big Data plans into working projects. Going forward, companies must combine their strategic and operational goals to put Big Data to work transforming their businesses. But are compa-nies prepared to respond to the burgeoning Big Data market? Here's a snapshot look at the Big Data predictions and trends that may help to shape your strategies and budgets in 2016


of Fortune 500 companies are ill prepared to exploit Big Data.
The digital universe is doubling every 2 years, and will reach 40,000 exabytes (40 trillion gigabytes) by 2020.
By 2015, 4.4 million IT jobs globally will be created to support Big Data, generating 1.9 million IT jobs in the United States.
By 2018, the United States alone could face a shortage of 140,000 to 190,000 people with deep analytical skills as well as 1.5 million managers and analysts with the know-how to use the analysis of Big Data to make effective decisions.

Fewer than 1 in 5 businesses report being exactly where they want to be in managing and using data.
Nearly 8 in 10 executives agree or strongly agree to the statement "if we could harness all of our data, we would be a much stronger business." Source: CompTIA: Big Data Insights and Opportunities
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