Ten things you never knew about Big Data
1. A virtual cloud in the sky will serve up 33% of all data by 2020.
This same cloud will hold data, fixed in time, suspended in the alternate universe forever. At least that’s what we should always tell our teenagers.
2. More data has been collected in the last year than in the entire history of the world.
Whether you believe in floods or dinosaurs, that’s a long time.
3. 80% off all pictures are taken on a mobile device with billions being shared online.
Again. Held in space forever kids.
4. Less than 1% off all data collected is used.
Data collection will continue to grow as systems and processes are created and streamlined.
5. Since its release in 2007, over 1 billion iphones have been sold at a rate of 400 per minute.
Out of those 1 billion, how many do you think have a cracked screen?
6. As of January 2017, 99 billion people subscribed to Netflix, a data collection workhorse.
How did they know I love Gilmore Girls? I didn’t even know! Thank you Netflix!
7. Impress your kids with the proper grammar of data file sizes:
- Kilobyte (KB)
- Megabyte (MB)
- Gigabyte (GB)
- Terabyte (TB)
- Petabyte (PB)
- Exabyte (EB)
- Zettabyte (ZB)
- Yottabyte (YB)
8. Internet bots account for over 60% of all web traffic.
It’s no wonder why SEO is such a strategic game of beating the google bots.
9. In 2010, Finland made history by declaring the internet a human right.
Food, water, shelter, and the Facebook collecting data at an astronomical rate, couldn’t make it up if I tried.