[open-government] McKinsey Report: Big data: The next frontier for innovation, competition, and productivity

Tue May 24 08:43:07 UTC 2011

Hi all,

Some of you might have seen this already, for those who didn't:

"Analyzing large data sets—so called big data—will become a key basis of competition, underpinning new waves of productivity growth, innovation, and consumer surplus as long as the right policies and enablers are in place. Research by MGI and McKinsey's Business Technology Office examines the state of digital data and documents the significant value that can potentially be unlocked"

http://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/publications/big_data/index.asp
http://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/publications/big_data/pdfs/MGI_big_data_exec_summary.pdf

Looks like "big data" is hype and notably big data is somehow different from open data. I am wondering about "openness" or "freedom" in big data?

See also: Big Data Is Less About Size, And More About Freedom
http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/16/big-data-freedom/

Regards
Daniel

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