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Commentary: Big data = big jobs

Monday, November 19, 2012

In late October, the analyst Gartner forecast that the advent of “big data” would necessitate the creation of 4.4 million IT jobs worldwide, of which 1.9 million would be in the United States. “In addition, every big data-related role in the U.S. will create employment for three people outside of IT, so over the next four years a total of 6 million jobs in the U.S. will be generated by the information economy,” said Peter Sondergaard, senior vice president at Gartner and global hea...

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