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Big Data: An Opportunity for Data Scientists & Data Analysts

Tom Spencer

Many of the world’s thought leaders believe that data will unlock a huge transformation in the way that businesses operate and thrive in the 21st Century. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the demand for data scientists, data analysts, and related occupations is expected to grow by more than 30% per year between 2019 and 2029.

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How Health Care Providers Can Ensure Patients’ End-of-Life Wishes Are Known

Harvard Business

Perhaps it is time we give serious consideration to the development of a national electronic registry, either funded by government entities like the U.S. The Oregon registry, for example, was developed by private philanthropy, but its operations are now funded by the state, with a planned endowment in the works.

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Competing in the Huge Digital Economies of China and India

Harvard Business

For example, a recently proposed Indian government policy on e-commerce and a similar order from the country’s central bank seeks to prohibit data on Indian e-commerce consumers from being stored outside India. Both China and India have governments deeply engaged in orchestrating the digital economy and in citizens’ data.