Thursday 21 September 2017

Future trends within Data Analytics

Data Analytics is reshaping every industry by providing insights that are often surprising and counterintuitive. As the technology economy continues to evolve, Data Analytics will continue to play a critical role in the development of each industry sector. Here is a list of trends that we can expect to see within Data Analytics in the coming years:

1. The algorithmic economy
Algorithmic approaches from machine learning, deep learning and natural language processing (NLP) will be crucial for dealing with the colossal tsunamic of data we will see in coming years.

2. Evolving Data Analytics architecture
     AI, BI, Cloud, data at rest and data in transit, in-memory spinning disk all must co-exist in the new economy. Data Analytics architectures will need to adapt in order to accommodate these broad and diverse data types. Approximately 95% of all data is unstructured so Data Analytics tool will need to evolve to cope with large, unstructured data sets.

3. Speed
Customers in this day and age demand instant gratification and speed will be of the utmost importance for Data Analytics systems to be able to deliver real value to corporations. Data Analytics platforms will need to deliver results in real-time.

4. Collaboration
Data Analytics platforms will need to adapt analytic innovation with security, scalability and availability. Everyone within corporations will need to have access to Data Analytics insights, regardless of their technical acumen. This will facilitate effective and strategic collaboration throughout large organisations.

One thing is certain, Data Analytics will be a very exciting area to watch in the next few years. Big, exciting changes can be expected!