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Aurã lie Corre, Team Coordinator, Telecommunication Industry Aurã lien Goutorbe, Senior Content Manager Telecommunication Industry

Qin He, Associate Director, Telecommunication Industry William Hoffman, Associate Director, Head of Personal Data Initiative

Dimitri Kaskoutas, Senior Community Associate Telecommunication Industry Danil Kerimi, Director, Government affairs, Information and Communication Technology Industries

Elena Kvochko, Manager, Information technology Industry Derek Oâ€ Halloran, Associate Director, Head of Information technology Industry Michele Petruzziello, Senior Partnership Development

Bruce Weinelt, Director, Head of Telecommunication Industry World Economic Forum Geneva Copyright Â 2014 by the World Economic Forum and INSEAD

John Chambers (Cisco systems Foreword ix Cesare Mainardi (Booz & Company Executive Summary xi Beã at Bilbao-Osorio (World Economic Forum), Soumitra Dutta

1. 2 The Internet of Everything: How 35 the Network Unleashes the Benefits of Big data

Robert Pepper and John Garrity (Cisco systems 1. 3 Big data Maturity: An Action Plan 43 for Policymakers and Executives

Patrick Ryan (Public Policy Division, Google, Inc 1. 9 Making Big data Something 87 More than the â€oenext Big Thingâ€

Chairman and Chief executive officer, Cisco systems I never cease to be amazed by the speed of innovation Change is the only true constant, and each year the

development of the Internet as people, processes data, and things become increasingly connected We call this the Internet of Everything (Ioe),

and it is having a profound impact on individuals, businesses communities, and countries. According to analysis

conducted by Cisco, the Internet of Everything represents a US$19 trillion global opportunity to create

the Internet of Everything possible. These include the emergence of cloud and mobile computing, the growth

Internet protocol (IP) networks playing an increasingly central part by seamlessly connecting disparate IT environments.

the emergence of the Internet of Everything. We have seen this before, in the transitions from bridged networks

applications, a key driver of the Internet of Everything Applications already provide an integral way that

consumers experience the Internet of Everything, with the number of applications growing from 10 billion

downloads in 2010 to 77 billion by 2014 As this trend continues, we expect the Internet of

Everything to drive massive gains in efficiency, business growth, and quality of life, helped along by thousands

where more can be done to accelerate the Internet of Everythingâ€ s positive impact on the world in which we

the new opportunities that the Internet provided for businesses. 1 At present, the world is slowly emerging

photographs or blog posts. It can be crowd-sourced or obtained from proprietary data sources.

spread of radio-frequency identification, or RFID, chips and social trends (such as the widespread adoption of

social media. Our collective discussions, comments likes, dislikes, and networks of social connections are now all data,

almost universal Internet use, for exampleâ€ and in innovation performances. The Asian Tigersâ€ composed of Singapore, Hong kong SAR, the Republic of korea

using the Internet and high levels of technological and non-technological innovation. The country also comes

terms of wider access to international Internet bandwidth per user. Overall, the country exhibits a robust uptake

Internet users, which in some countriesâ€ such as South Africaâ€ has doubled almost. These improvements have led to many important innovations that provide more

The Internet of Everything: How the Network Unleashes the Benefits of Big data Chapter 1. 2, contributed by Robert Pepper and John

Garrity from Cisco systems, details how Internet protocol IP) networks underpin the concept of the Internet

of Everything (Ioe) and explores how IP networks accelerate big dataâ€ s transformational impact on

-speed Internet networks, an educated workforce, and consumer trust in the services, especially regarding the

and Patrick Ryan at Google focuses on the social and economic value of data but from the point of view of use

the new opportunities that the Internet provided for businesses. 1 At present, the world is slowly emerging

photographs or blog posts. It can be crowd-sourced or obtained from proprietary data sources.

spread of radio-frequency identification, or RFID, chips and social trends (such as the widespread adoption of

social media. Our collective discussions, comments likes, dislikes, and networks of social connections are now all data,

â€¢Google uses big data to predict the next wave of influenza. 2 â€¢IBM uses data to optimize traffic flow in the city of

including mobile network coverage, international Internet bandwidth, secure Internet servers, and electricity production) as well as the accessibility of digital content

The affordability pillar (three variables) assesses the cost of accessing ICTS, either via mobile telephony or fixed broadband Internet,

as well as the level of competition in the Internet and telephony sectors that determine this cost

The skills pillar (four variables) gauges the ability of a society to make effective use of ICTS thanks to

phone subscriptions, individuals using the Internet households with a personal computer (PC), households with Internet access, both fixed and mobile broadband

subscriptions, and the use of social networks Â 2014 World Economic Forum The Global Information technology Report 2014 7

extent of business Internet use as well as the efforts of the firms in an economy to integrate ICTS into an internal

International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the World Bank, and the United nations. International sources ensure the validation and comparability of data across

highly both in ICT useâ€ with almost universal Internet use, for exampleâ€ and in innovation performances.

using the Internet and with high levels of technological and non-technological innovation. The country also

very high number of Internet users (29th) or households with a personal computer and Internet access (11th to the level of some Nordic countries, coupled with

reducing the cost of accessing fixed broadband Internet now at 87th), would allow Singapore to lead the overall

having access to a computer (1st) with an Internet connection at home (3rd), a large number of government

Internet users and more than 90 percent have access to a personal computer (5th) and Internet (4th) at home.

In addition, the country benefits from a stable pro-business and innovation environment (6th) and a government that

terms of wider access to international Internet bandwidth per user. Overall, the country exhibits a robust uptake

has access to a computer and an Internet connection at home and uses the Internet; businesses use ICTS

for their communication and transactions with other businesses (18th) and clients (14th; and governments offer a large share of their services online (13th.

broadband Internet subscription rates in the world (4th a fairly good development of e-commerce (27th), and a

Since the early days of the Internet revolution Ireland has identified ICTS as one of the key industries

Internet users (34th. In addition, both governments have made significant attempts to increase the number of services they offer online.

uses the Internet (28th) and e-commerce is well developed (9th. However, the government continues to

number of broadband Internet subscriptions (27th and Internet users (53rd), are reflected not in better innovation-led economic (91st) or social (87th) impacts

Weaknesses in the countryâ€ s political and regulatory environment (114th) coupled with a low capacity to

Internet or owning a computer with an Internet connection at home. The effort to upgrade the digital capacity of

international Internet bandwidth by a significant amount and by making access to ICTS more affordable (53rd

ITU, the increase in smartphone usage is leading to more handset data download because owners of smartphones

are more likely to purchase goods, access video and audio content, pay bills, and use other online services. 10

Internet on a regular basis and there are only 13 fixed broadband Internet subscriptions for every 100 people 51st).

) Mobile broadband Internet has registered more substantial growth, but its penetration is still low, with 17

subscriptions per 100 population (76th. Consequently individual usage in China still ranks low (80th), trailing

of electricity and higher international Internet bandwidth capacity and server security. Yet performance in these

having achieved full mobile network coverage last year its international Internet bandwidth capacity improves significantly to reach 77th place.

In terms of skills, the quality of its educational system is improving as well as its populationâ€ s participation in higher education

infrastructure, where the capacity of secure Internet servers (105th) and electricity production (104th) remain insufficient to sustain future ICT development.

penetration of mobile phones passed 100 subscriptions per population a few years ago, mobile broadband subscriptions are rapidly evolving, and social networks

are popular. However, the low usage of the Internet 112th) and the scarce availability of personal computers

103rd) and home Internet connections (117th) still reflect gaps in the fulfilment of Indonesiaâ€ s ICT agenda

Consequently, economic and social impacts (86th and 63rd, respectively) are increasing but still low compared

the accessible mobile phone tariffs (30th) are counterbalanced by less competitive broadband Internet prices (86th. Similarly, the business and innovation

environment includes a high level of local competition 41st) as well as low government procurement of advanced technology (105th.

phones (38th) and usage of virtual social networks 49th), comparable to those of advanced economies Yet, aside from mobile telephony, other technologies

the number of secure Internet servers also increases but remains low (108th. However, the most

of mobile phones is low (69.9 percent) and not growing while the numbers of Internet users (12.6 percent

households with a personal computer (10.9 percent and mobile broadband subscriptions (5 percent) are disappointing (all ranking below the 102nd position

with one of the highest rates of Internet users (45th e-commerce (35th), and online government (24th

access to an Internet connection (59th) and a higher proportion of its population with mobile broadband

subscriptions (70th), thanks to efforts to guarantee affordable (15th) access to the ICT infrastructure Notwithstanding these strengths, overall individual (64th

Internet users (66th) and households with a personal computer (74th) and an Internet connection (75th) â€ have allowed for this positive result.

Notwithstanding this progress, the country continues to suffer from poor framework conditions for entrepreneurship and innovation (104th) and from weaknesses in its

using the Internet, a well-developed e-commerce industry (30th), and a government committed to offering

for example, greater access to international Internet bandwidth and higher individual uptake. Despite this progress, the country continues to lag significantly

telephony and by expanding the number of Internet users, which in some countriesâ€ such as South Africaâ€

Internet or has a computer with an Internet connection at home. Improving the economic impacts (70th) accruing

113th) or an Internet connection (103rd. Weaknesses in the innovation and entrepreneurial environment (110th and a fairly low skills base (98th) also affect the capacity

personal computer (21st) and Internet connection (29th at home and are Internet users (31st), and more than half of its population has access to mobile broadband

26th). ) The government has made also a significant effort to offer its services online (15th), and e-commerce

23rd) is developed fairly well. In addition, the country benefits from a rather skilful labor force (39th), despite

the top 10 in the world in terms of Internet users (9th and households having access to a computer (8th) and

Internet connection (10th), which has become almost Â 2014 World Economic Forum The Global Information technology Report 2014 29

population use the Internet (14th) and have access to a personal computer at home (18th; government services

especially in terms of international Internet bandwidth 74th), may not be developed as well in Bahrain as in other countries, it is less costly to access (25th) and

14th), with a very high number of Internet users (10th the number of households with a personal computer

with less than half its population using the Internet 75th) â€ and businesses, in their interaction with other

internet (57th), than both businesses, where e-business still lags behind, and the government, which notably

quality Internet connections or to expand ICT uptake has been slower, especially in the least-developed countries In addition, these countries suffer from unfavorable

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/3 Schaefer et al. 2011 4 Gawande 2011 5 Parry 2012 6 The Economist Intelligence Unit 2013

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/ITU (International Telecommunication Union. 2013. Measuring the Information Society. Geneva: ITU Kakutani, M. 2010. â€oea Rebel in Cyberspace, Fighting Collectivism. â€

Books of the Times, January 14. The New york times. Available at http://www. nytimes. com/2010/01/15/books/15book. html?

3. 02 Mobile network coverage,%population 3. 03 International Internet bandwidth, kb/s per user 3. 04 Secure Internet servers per million population

3. 05 Accessibility of digital content *4th pillar: Affordabilityf 4. 01 Mobile cellular tariffs, PPP $/min

4. 02 Fixed broadband Internet tariffs, PPP $/month 4. 03 Internet and telephony sectors competition index, 0â€ 2

best 5th pillar: Skills 5. 01 Quality of educational system *5. 02 Quality of math and science education

*5. 03 Secondary education gross enrollment rate %5. 04 Adult literacy rate %USAGE SUBINDEX Usage subindex=1/3 Individual usage

+1/3 Business usage +1/3 Government usage 6th pillar: Individual usage 6. 01 Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 population

6. 02 Percentage of individuals using the Internet 6. 03 Percentage of households with computer

6. 04 Households with Internet access %6. 05 Fixed broadband Internet subscriptions per 100 population 6. 06 Mobile broadband Internet subscriptions per 100

population 6. 07 Use of virtual social networks *7th pillar: Business usage 7. 01 Firm-level technology absorption

*7. 02 Capacity for innovation *7. 03 PCT patent applications per million population 7. 04 Business-to-business Internet use*g

7. 05 Business-to-consumer Internet use*g 7. 06 Extent of staff training *8th pillar: Government usage

8. 01 Importance of ICTS to government vision of the future *8. 02 Government Online service Index, 0â€ 1 (best

8. 03 Government success in ICT promotion *IMPACT SUBINDEX Impact subindex=1/2 Economic impacts

normalized scores of indicators 4. 01 mobile cellular tariffs and 4. 02 Fixed broadband Internet tariffs is multiplied by a competition

factor, the value of which is derived from indicator 4. 03 Internet and telephony sectors competition index.

It corresponds to the score achieved by an economy on this indicator normalized on a scale from 0. 75 (worst) to 1. 00 (best), using the min-max

The Internet of Everything How the Network Unleashes the Benefits of Big data ROBERT PEPPER JOHN GARRITY

Cisco systems Exabytes (1018) of new data are created every single day. Much of this information is transported over Internet

protocol (IP) networks. First described by Clive Humby as the â€oenew oil, â€ 1 this data growth is fueling knowledge

to this Internet of Everything (Ioe. Proprietary networks built on industry-siloed standards such as those in

automatically upload information to social media profiles to immediately compare athletic achievements with those of friends.

Internet-enabled alarm clocks gather data on weather and traffic, combining that information with a userâ€ s schedule, determining the optimal time to wake

And applications on smart phones can control home electronic devices, adjusting heating and cooling levels as well as arming (or disarming) security

â€¢Internet protocol (IP) is becoming the common language for most data communication Proprietary industrial networks are migrating to IP

â€ Mobile data traffic â€ Total data universe â€ Total IP traffic 1. 2: The Internet of Everything

36 The Global Information technology Report 2014 Â 2014 World Economic Forum Voice over internet Protocol (Voip. Today electricity

grids, building systems, industrial manufacturing oil systems, and a multitude of other sectors with networks that were built previously with proprietary

billion more devices will connect to the Internet reaching a total of 19 billion connected devices

to the Internet. Of the worldâ€ s total inhabited areas mobile network coverage will increase to 85 percent

in 2017, up from 79 percent in 2012.10 In addition, a diversity of processes are migrating online.

media and data over the Internet â€¢The introduction of Internet protocol version 6 (IPV6) allows for trillions of trillions (1038) of

devices to connect to the Internet. IPV6 is the latest update to the protocol that underpins the

Internet. It defines the system for routing traffic on the Internet by giving identification and location to

all points connected to the global IP network. The previous version of the protocol, IPV4, enabled

only approximately 4 billion IP ADDRESSES. But IPV6 provides more than 340 trillion, trillion, trillion addresses, 12 ensuring no immediate exhaustion of IP

Box 1: Big data: Huge and growing data volume from industrial applications Industrial applications of the Internet of Everything (Ioe

generate immense data flows, which are increasingly shifting over to Internet protocol (IP) networks. One reason

for the shift is that IP networks have increased reliability Industrial networks have traditionally been concerned with

The Internet of Everything Â 2014 World Economic Forum addresses or limits to the number of IP connections

anonymized mobile phone data used to track population migration after the earthquake and cholera outbreaks in

Port-au-prince, Haiti. 16 Likewise, analyzing social media discussions can identify crises or flu outbreaks At an industrial level, big data analysis can yield very

The Internet of Everything 38 The Global Information technology Report 2014 Â 2014 World Economic Forum

The Internet of Everything Â 2014 World Economic Forum such as location-based services, are bringing these

traffic will require greater radio spectrum to enable wireless M2m, as well as people-to-people (P2p) and

Internet addressing, is being resolved with the migration from IPV4 to IPV6. Other challenges include determining

how virtualized computing environments may support a reallocation of computing resources. And new sources of electrical power (advanced batteries, simple chemical

The Internet of Everything 40 The Global Information technology Report 2014 Â 2014 World Economic Forum

10 GSM Association 2012 11 Cukier and Mayer-Schoenburger 2013 12 More specifically, 340,282, 366,920, 938,463, 463,374, 607,431, 768

in the European union, Vision Mobile and Plum (2013 found that nearly 800,000 jobs have been created this way

Available at www. lnm. com. br/bah/downloads/Hitachi bert-Beals BAH2013. pptx Bengtsson L.,X. Lu, A. Thorson, R. Garfield,

Population Movements with Mobile phone Network Data: A Post -Earthquake Geospatial Study in Haiti. â€ PLOS Med 8 (8:

and D. Handler. 2013. â€oeembracing the Internet of Everything to Capture Your Share of $14. 4 Trillion. â€ Cisco White

Available at http://www. cisco. com/web/about/ac79/docs /innov/Ioe economy. pdf Canalys. 2012.

The Internet of Everything in Motion. â€ the network: Ciscoâ€ s Technology News Site, July 29

Available at http://newsroom. cisco. com/feature-content? type=web content&articleid=1208342 â€ â€ â€. 2013b.

Visual Networking Index (VNI. Available at http://www cisco. com/en/US/netsol/ns827/networking solutions solution

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/sites/default/files/downloads/The%20deciding%20factor final pdf EMC2. 2013. â€oedigital Universe. â€ Available at http://www. emc. com

GSM Association. 2012. â€oegsma Announces New Global Research That Highlights Significant Growth Opportunity For The Mobile

Industry. â€ Press release, October 18. Available at http://www gsma. com/newsroom/gsma-announces-new-global-research

-that-highlights-significant-growth-opportunity-for-the-mobile -industry IBM. 2013. Website. â€oebig Data. â€ Available at http://www. ibm. com/big

-data/us/en /IBM Software. 2012. â€oemanaging Big data for Smart Grids and Smart Meters. â€ IBM White paper.

/Lopez, M. 2013. â€oege Speaks on the Business Value of the Internet of Things. â€ Forbes. com, May 10.

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Mandel, M. 2013. â€oecan the Internet of Everything Bring back the High -Growth Economy? â€ Policy Memo, September.

Washington DC: Progressive Policy Institute (PPI. Available at http://www progressivepolicy. org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/09.2013

-Mandel can-the-Internet-of-Everything-Bring back-the-High -Growth-Economy-1. pdf Mandel, M. and J. Scherer. 2012. â€oethe Geography of the App Economy. â€

/Palmer, M. 2006. â€oedata Is the New Oil. â€ Blog Post, November 3 Available at http://ana. blogs. com/maestros/2006/11/data is the

new. html Taft, J.,with P. De Martini and L. von Prellwitz. 2012. Utility Data

Cisco. http://www. cisco. com/web /strategy/docs/energy/managing utility data intelligence. pdf Top500. org. 2013. Supercomputer Sites. http://www. top500. org

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unstructured data from sources such as social media text and video messages, and technical sensors (such The authors wish to thank Dr. Andreas Deckert for his contribution to this

Usage statistics emanating from social media sites illustrate the sheer volume of unstructured data. For example, in 2012 Facebook reported that it was

processing around 2. 5 billion new pieces of content daily. 2 Big data has the potential to infuse executive

as telecommunications and travel still tend to spend substantially more on big data projects than the energy

its website content to trigger an increase of 12 percent in sales. After customers logged in, the bank presented

one of several alternative websites based on the relevant individualâ€ s transaction history and segment and the

telecommunications companies, are equipped better than others to utilize their internally generated data in this way.

â€¢Website clickstream analysis â€¢Loyalty schemes â€¢Customer satisfaction opt â€¢Supply chain balancing

, web search, web adver -tising â€¢Quantitative management of investment funds â€¢Crowdsourcing to augment internal data

The Internet and mobile devices play a major role in this development. This new â€oead techâ€ world will be

to the public via integrated web portals and automated interfaces. Recent examples involve the United kingdom and New york city. 12 Although originally conceived as

companies such as Google, Facebook, and Twitter which have burst on to the scene in recent years and

analyzed by companies through their own websites or by monitoring social media. These details are all

collected without that personâ€ s explicit consent, leading to significant public reservations about big data. Such

For example, a mobile phone operator can collect anonymized real-time travel patterns, which are of value for navigation system

Social media platforms are also demonstrated to be great sources of relevant big dataâ€ for example, for sentiment analysis (to determine the

com/2012/08/22/how-big-is-facebooks-data-2-5-billion-pieces-of -content-and-500-terabytes-ingested-everyday

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http://www. oecd. org/internet/ieconomy/oecdguidelinesonthe protectionofprivacyandtransborderflowsofpersonaldata. htm Polonetsky, J. and O. Tene. 2013. â€oeprivacy and Big data:

http://www. stanfordlawreview. org/sites/default/files/online/topics /Polonetskytene. pdf The Global Information technology Report 2014 51

In June 2013, massive US surveillance of phone records and Internet data was revealed by former

National security agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden, who called these activities the â€oearchitecture of oppression. â€ His disclosures ignited an overdue

records, cell phone location fixes, road toll records, etc and because they can be produced automatically by

the diversity of cell phone usage. As people have more disposable income, they explore or sample their

datasets from companies such as cell phone carriers and social media firms. Typical examples of these studies are

labeled â€oe4. â€ Unfortunately, even these large datasets are impoverished because they measure only a few variables

use smart phones or electronic name badges (sociometers to collect data. 2 The point labeled â€oe9â€ is the D4d dataset that

already exist in cell phone networks, credit card databases and elsewhere, but currently only technical gurus have

networks are a combination of a computer network that keeps track of user permissions for each piece of

supported by Telecom italia, Telefonica, the MIT Human Dynamics Laboratory, the Fondazione Bruno Kessler the Institute for Data Driven Design, and local companies

associated with sharing through current social media These data can then be used for the personal self

/4 For information about the Mobile Territorial Lab (MTL), see http://www. mobileterritoriallab. eu /5 Sanger 2013

MTL (Mobile Territorial Lab). Available at http://www. mobileterritoriallab. eu /Openid Connect. Available at http://openid. net/connect

availability of the Internet; the rapid growth of mobile computing; and, more recently, the addition of sensor

on a smartphone that sense movement. The sensor in a runnerâ€ s shoe is a very consumer-facing example, but

is connected to the Internet, making big data even bigger than human-generated information The third type of sensor provides constant

that include historical visits to the website as well as transactions completed or shopping carts abandoned with the addition of geographical information from a

the Internet. Many of the risks and rewards of big data are coupled tightly to the use of all of those data.

someoneâ€ s Facebook status with the location where he or she logged in to pay an electric bill with the home

constantly from the website, store, and logistical systems, along with data coming from mobile devices That information is vitally important to knowing not only

other organizations need to balance the Facebook Effect which entails the deliberate sharing of more and more

2 The website for the service is http://mercytelehealth. com/services /safe-watch /3 Confidential client example

telecommunication devices, and the Internet impacted economic growth in the early years of that troika. A 2004

OECD paper estimates that inflation-adjusted investment in ICTS accounted for an average of 0. 5 percentage

computer networks. 4 It took about 80 years for steam engines to increase labor productivity by approximately

than 20 years for pre-Internet ICTS. 5 Yet it could be argued that what we saw in the years

Early Internet-era ICTS enabled more efficient and effective processing and use of data, resulting in

Internet, the world is awash in data. By one estimate almost 3 zettabytes (3 billion terabytes) of information

Internet, 8 while the world population is forecast to be fewer than 8 billion people. 9 At the same time, from

Facebook have a relatively low per-person value because the company, while making significant profits from the

Grail of social media data monetization. Amazon, by contrast, collects far less personal information from individuals, but its business model is predicated on

Facebook users, for example, provide it with data that have the potential to generate immense long-term value for the company;

function at Internet scale. The development of such an architecture needs to be a collaboration between

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While the telecommunications, travel retail, life sciences, and financial services industries are making significant strides in big data technologies, other

documents, social media interactions, machine data geospatial data, video and audio data, to name just a

including social media feeds, activity streams, and â€oedark dataâ€ (data that are currently unused but that

RFID), navigation and location sensors, networks and servers â€¢Streaming data, such as computer network data phone conversations, and so on

â€¢Documents and content, such as PDFS, web content, and legal discovery elements (electronic information exchange in civil litigations

â€¢Rich media, including audio and video tracks electronic images, and so on The Global Information technology Report 2014 89

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point of sale, web, and call center to include mobile and social capabilities â€¢Finance functions (such as finance, risk, and

media feeds, news sites, and so on In comparing views of data from a traditional business intelligence perspective versus a big data

example, an analysis of social media sentiment analysis) are relatively easy to do. However, diagnostic analytics (which answers â€oewhy did it happen?

telecommunications); ) and prescriptive analytics (which answers â€oehow can we make it happen? â€ â€ for example determining whether personalized offers to customers

â€¢Australia-based telecommunications companies use big data to determine which of their customers are less likely

well as live videoconferencing sessions, allowing remote executives to attend weekly review meetings in person â€¢A California-based multinational energy corporation is

local seed and crop protection data from its test sites to provide a service that generates field performance

Webinar with Gareth Herschel, Research director, Gartner and Michael Maoz, VP Distinguished Analyst, Gartner. September 17 Available at http://my. gartner. com/portal/server. pt?

D=202&mode=2&pageid=5553&ref=webinar-rss&resid=2569818 HCL Technologies. 2013a. Strategic intelligence Wing Research on Big

website at www. weforum. org/gcr For those indicators not derived from the World Economic Forumâ€ s Executive Opinion Survey, the scale

3. 02 Mobile network coverage,%pop...58.99.0 3. 03 Intâ€ l Internet bandwidth, kb/s per user...

76.17.4 3. 04 Secure Internet servers/million pop...85.19.0 3. 05 Accessibility of digital content*..

*116.4.1 4th pillar: Affordability 4. 01 Mobile cellular tariffs, PPP $/min...120.0.44 4. 02 Fixed broadband Internet tariffs, PPP $/month..

48.26.05 4. 03 Internet & telephony competition, 0â€ 2 (best...92.1.64 5th pillar: Skills 5. 01 Quality of educational system*..

*52.4.0 5. 02 Quality of math & science education*..*54.4.3 5. 03 Secondary education gross enrollment rate%..

%90.82.4 5. 04 Adult literacy rate%..%56.96.8 INDICATOR RANK/148 VALUE 6th pillar: Individual usage

6. 01 Mobile phone subscriptions/100 pop...70.110.7 6. 02 Individuals using Internet%..%58.54.7 6. 03 Households w/personal computer%..

%95.20.0 6. 04 Households w/Internet access%..%87.20.5 6. 05 Fixed broadband Internet subs.//100 pop...

78.5.1 6. 06 Mobile broadband subscriptions/100 pop...71.18.8 6. 07 Use of virtual social networks*..

*110.5.1 7th pillar: Business usage 7. 01 Firm-level technology absorption*..*108.4.2 7. 02 Capacity for innovation*..

*121.3.0 7. 03 PCT patents, applications/million pop...85.0.3 7. 04 Business-to-business Internet use*..*135.3.8

7. 05 Business-to-consumer Internet use*..*131.3.4 7. 06 Extent of staff training*..*36.4.4 8th pillar:

Government usage 8. 01 Importance of ICTS to govâ€ t vision*..*78.3.9 8. 02 Government Online service Index, 0â€ 1 (best...

3. 02 Mobile network coverage,%pop...58.99.0 3. 03 Intâ€ l Internet bandwidth, kb/s per user...

76.17.4 3. 04 Secure Internet servers/million pop...85.19.0 3. 05 Accessibility of digital content*..

*116.4.1 4th pillar: Affordability 4. 01 Prepaid mobile cellular tariffs, PPP $/min...120.0.44 4. 02 Fixed broadband Internet tariffs, PPP $/month..