Morningstar is a large presence in the retail market for financial information and has moved into data and portfolio management services for large investment institutions.
An I.B.M. executive once declared that Microsoft's attempt to move into data center computing would be its "Vietnam," a humbling setback.
The company is already testing the waters with advertising and will move into data syndication as well.
The future for Spacio Pro, which is now fund-raising, is more automated marketing and will move into data capture in the home with things like beacon technology.
To young researchers looking to move into data-driven science, Wilson offers this advice: Choose data-intensive projects, remain unfazed, and learn strategies for managing the volume of data.
There is lots of data moving into a data lake, but it's not moving as quickly".
"We're moving into a data cap world, where even watching YouTube or watching Netflix on your cell phone, or on your tablet if you're on an LTE network, is going to cost you and it's going to cost you a lot," says Moreno, "and consumers are waking up to that fact.
The information from these data pipelines will move into big data lakes in order to provide companies with the ability to identify long-term trends they can use to improve sales, enhance customer service and grow their businesses.
For example, Phone.com is moving into the wireless data market, and could pose a threat to Wireless Knowledge.
While Hruby was unaware of a reliable revenue projection for Africa's survey research market, she noted actors are moving into the consumer data space.
