Data, data everywhere

The Economist met een special issue over het managen van data, getiteld "Data, data everywhere".

"All these examples tell the same story: that the world contains an unimaginably vast amount of digital information which is getting ever vaster ever more rapidly. This makes it possible to do many things that previously could not be done: spot business trends, prevent diseases, combat crime and so on. Managed well, the data can be used to unlock new sources of economic value, provide fresh insights into science and hold governments to account".

"But they are also creating a host of new problems. Despite the abundance of tools to capture, process and share all this information—sensors, computers, mobile phones and the like—it already exceeds the available storage space. Moreover, ensuring data security and protecting privacy is becoming harder as the information multiplies and is shared ever more widely around the world".

Artikelen:
* Data deluge. Businesses, governments and society are only starting to tap its vast potential.
* All too much. Monstrous amounts of data.
*A different game. Information is transforming traditional businesses.
* Clicking for gold. How internet companies profit from data on the web.
The open society. Governments are letting in the light
* Show me. New ways of visualising data
* Needle in a haystack. The uses of information about information.
*New rules for big data. Regulators are having to rethink their brief
* Handling the cornucopia. The best way to deal with all that information is to use machines. But they need watching.