Big Data in the Government Sector: Big Opportunity, Big Challenge….or Both?

i360Gov: The age of big data has officially arrived in government.  Storage systems are near capacity as the amount of information the federal government captures has increased exponentially since 2000, and is projected to double every year going forward.  This new information, effectively captured, managed, and analyzed, has the power to enhance profoundly the effectiveness of government.  Yet government CIOs and their staffs must rise to the big data challenge at a time when IT budgets are flat or shrinking, data centers are being consolidated, and new skills are required to manage, analyze and apply these massive amounts of data.

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