Making Money from Big Data
June 12, 2012 | Terry Sharrer
Will “big data” analytics become the basis for a new wave of industrialization, across multiple sectors? McKinsey & Company thinks so, and predicts there will be a 50 to 60% gap in the supply of deep analytic talent by 2018. This same piece proposes that healthcare mega analytics could reduce costs in the US by 8%. Among other things, big data could ferret out billing fraud, but, at the same time, it could become a bottomless pit for inflicting fraud. MORE