1. Big Data to Create 1.9M IT Jobs in U.S. By 2015

    CIO.com (Oct 22 2012)

    1. Big Data to Create 1.9M IT Jobs in U.S. By 2015

      Big data is becoming an engine of job creation as businesses discover ways to turn data into revenue, according to research firm Gartner.

      There were a lot of reasons for Gartner researchers to give a gloomy economic outlook at its Symposium/ITxpo conference here, especially after the latest round of quarterly reports from Intel, IBM and others. But the picture painted by Peter Sondergaard, Gartner's head of research, was upbeat in a surprising way.

      Gartner isn't revising its global IT growth forecast significantly, which remains down from the initial expectations for this year. But Garter's relatively flat ...

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