What to Expect in 2015 Info Tech
January 26, 2015
Last year the IT industry raved about the benefits of big data and the advancements that had been made in that field. Big data is kind of old news and other than the occasional breakthrough, what else do we need to know about how it can help companies? While big data will continue to play a big role in 2015, GCN highlights other trends predicted to take off this year: “5 Trends That Will Drive IT Management in 2015.”
This article, of course, mentions big data, but rather than focusing on the technology, it describes its practical applications. Most big data advancements talk about the technology that drives it and how much data can be processed. The article explains that it will be used for more than combing through old data, but it will be even more important as video is utilized more especially for police officers.
Data collection will become even more complex as ownership debates will be tied to the locations of data stores. Cyber investigations will need to be ramped up, especially in infrastructure. Many tools exist to help investigators track attack patterns and trace packet traffic, but these are expensive toys. Organizations will have to start investing more in their front end.
Predictive analytics is something we have heard about, but has taken a back seat to big data. It might take off this year:
“Predictive analytics can be tied to many activities. Security experts are building applications that monitor external penetration efforts while predicting the next steps that hackers will take. At the same time behavioral profiling – collecting, analyzing and interpreting information to identify risks and predict threats – is on the rise.”
This year will be about more than big data, though if you want to be nit picky all these predictions tie back to big data’s overall purpose.
Whitney Grace, January 26, 2014
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
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