"What you're talking about is a lack of certainty — business certainty and contract certainty," said Keith Loveard, an analyst at Concord Consulting, an advisory and consulting firm based in Jakarta.
Big Data is clearly big business, adding a new level of certainty to business decisions, and promoting new discoveries about nature and society.
Ben Harrison, of the Centre for Cities thinktank, said May's articles were significant and that her clear statement of support for devolution would provide "a degree of certainty for businesses", especially coming after the government's pledge to match EU project funding in areas such as science.
Also certainty for business.
A well-developed, well-supported roadmap would help coordinate and maximize the benefits of energy and climate policies at all three levels of government; create more certainty for businesses and investors to get behind clean energy; guide public and private research; and provide direction for legislation.
Chris Grayling, the transport secretary, has said that he wants to "move rapidly" with a decision on the future of Heathrow airport to give certainty to businesses.
The idea is to create more certainty for businesses and individuals about the course of interest rates, which may encourage borrowing and investment.
Only with this level of certainty will business start investing in the low-emissions technologies we need if we are to effectively transform our electricity sector.
These steps would provide more certainty for businesses, not less.
The Privacy Shield agreement is a framework designed to "protect the fundamental rights of Europeans where their data is transferred to the United States and ensure legal certainty for businesses".
