Technology Video - notes

Technology Video - notes

Did you know?

• By the year 2049 a $1000 computer will exceed the computational capabilities of the entire human species.
• Data…the most precious raw material in the 21st century is:

• Structured and unstructured
• Private and public
• Inside and outside the Organization
• All of it…is growing…50% per month… 800% in the next 5 years

• Data could be equal to 35 zettabytes by 2020
• Harnessing Data & extracting value from data is a top challenge & priority for Business & IT
• It's not just about volume…it's also about variety
• New sources, New Devices generate mounds of Data every second of every day

• Text messages
• You tube videos
• Facebook Posts
• Twitter tweets
• Blogs
• Podcasts
• Emails
• Photos
• Music
• Human information…ideas…concepts…communications

• 85% is unstructured…businesses can't manage it or extract value from it.
• Consider that Facebook has more than 800 million active users and more than 75% are outside the U.S.
• The number of text messages that will be sent today is greater than the population of the entire world
• 294 billion emails are sent…every day. That's one every .00000015 seconds
• 97000 Tweets sent every second. More than 400 tweets per minute contain a You Tube link
• More than 250 million photos are uploaded to Facebook every day.
• Viewers spend 2.9 billion hours on You Tube in a month equaling over 325000 years
• There are more than 5.3 billion mobile phones…less than 22% are smart phones
• # of smart phones will surpass # of installed PC's in 2013
• The mobile device will be the world's primary connection tool to the internet by 2020
• Only 4% of smartphones are protected with security software
• There are over 200 million blogs online 34% of them post opinions about products and brands 90% of consumers TRUST these opinions
• Today….1 in 2 leaders say they lack an effective information strategy. Only 2% can deliver the right information at the right time to support the right business decision. 1/3 of them say…more than 50% of their information is unconnected + undiscovered + unused
• Most organizations make decisions based on their structured data only…that is just 15% of the picture. They lack 360 degrees view of…what is happening in their supply chain, with their partners, in social media channels, and the world around them.
• …Is this a BIG data problem? …or a BIG opportunity?
• …By the numbers…those who have an effective information strategy…outperform peers by 30%
• Sounds like an opportunity