{"id":4904,"date":"2014-11-21T07:00:34","date_gmt":"2014-11-21T15:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=4904"},"modified":"2014-10-18T21:52:16","modified_gmt":"2014-10-19T05:52:16","slug":"big-data-growth-slows-a-bit-but-continues-to-barrel-along","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/big-data-growth-slows-a-bit-but-continues-to-barrel-along\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Data: Growth Slows a Bit, but Continues to Barrel Along"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Big Data technology and services market is expected to grow 26.4 percent annually through 2018 when it will reach a size of $41.5 billion, says IDC<\/a>. \u00a0That’s roughly six times the growth rate of the overall average of the technology market. \u00a0But already the rate of expansion for the technology isn’t as quick as it once was.<\/p>\n

Ashish Nadkarni<\/a>, research director, Storage Systems and Big Data research at IDC,\u00a0said that<\/a>\u00a0“the hype surrounding Big Data appears to be tempering down. \u00a0This is a sign that the technologies are maturing and making their way into the fabric of how organizations operate and firms conduct their business.”<\/p>\n

The IDC report also noted that:<\/p>\n