Computer speed and web interconnectivity are allowing us to manage and process data at unprecedented levels. In the past two decades, we have discovered new paradigms for extracting valuable information from such data, and it is very likely that this process has only just begun. These paradigms have resulted in market and financial forecasts of huge economic importance. The companies positioned to exploit them are creating new, powerful empires that navigate in often unexplored seas of opportunities in which regulations are weak and governmental actions against unconventional management techniques are frequent.

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Matthew Fontaine Maury：19 世纪大数据的先驱 [历史]

计算机速度和网络互连性使我们能够以前所未有的水平管理和处理数据。在过去的二十年里，我们发现了从这些数据中提取有价值信息的新范式，而这个过程很可能才刚刚开始。这些范式导致了具有巨大经济重要性的市场和金融预测。定位于利用它们的公司正在创建新的、强大的帝国，这些帝国在经常未开发的机遇海洋中航行，在这些海洋中，监管薄弱，政府针对非常规管理技术的行动频繁。