From the article: "Big data, which refers to data collected and analyzed from every imaginable
source, is becoming an engine of job creation as businesses discover ways to
turn data into revenue, says Gartner. By 2015, it is expected to create 4.4
million IT jobs globally, of which 1.9 million will be in the U.S.
Applying an economic multiplier to those jobs, Gartner expects that each big
data IT job added to the economy will create employment for three more people
outside the tech industry in the U.S., adding six million jobs to the economy.
That's the kind of estimate that presidential candidates, if they focused on
IT's impact on the economy instead of fossil fuel fracking and pipelines, might
jump on.
But Sondergaard's estimate included a caveat -- namely, that there's a shortage of skilled workers. Only a third of the big data jobs will be filled." Read more
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