The explosion of devices, apps, the cloud and the Internet has ushered in the era of big data. Big data is changing the way organizations and people do business, discover insights and interact with one another. This Infographic is based from results found in “Global Enterprise Big Data Trends: 2013” study of more than 280 IT decision-makers.

In the battle of the buzzwords, “big data” is about to render “guestimation” obsolete. “Big data absolutely has the potential to change the way governments, organizations, and academic institutions conduct business and make discoveries, and its likely to change how everyone lives their day-to-day lives,” said Susan Hauser...