Valuable insights come from trustworthy data that is analyzed in new ways. My fear is that the fox wants to guard more hen houses – control the hen houses and you control all that are fed by them. I sincerely hope that non-political data scientists, data integration specialists, data modelers, quants, etc. do the work without political influence.

The difference in the meaning of Big Data to public sector vs. commercial is interesting. Commercial entities are generally looking outward (Social Networks and consumer web sites) to acquire data which may be analyzed and used to make predictive analysis of behavior on the part of consumers. Public Sector is often looking inward at data it already has resident across a wide variety of systems in an effort to make government more responsive to citizens, and ensure more effective allocation of limited government resources. This difference highlights the need for greater integration throughout the government IT infrastructure, and a commitment to resolving policy challenges around Security, Governance and access of data.

At Gazzang, we’re constantly talking to customers about securing big data. I’d like to see the government take at least a few minutes to address how they’re going to protect the data being created, accessed, stored, searched, visualized and analyzed.

At Gazzang, we’re constantly talking to customers about securing Big Data. I hope we hear at least a bit about how the government plans to protect the data being created, accessed, stored, searched, visualized and analyzed.