Is Mass Hysteria Driving The Big Data Market?

In psychology it is called mass hysteria, a condition affecting a group of persons characterized by excitement or anxiety, irrational behavior or beliefs, and may also include inexplicable symptoms of illness. One could make the case that this defines the big data world today. Virtually unheard of before the Great Recession began in 2008, big data mania has spread throughout the business universe like a post-recession wildfire. Continue reading…