{"id":5353,"date":"2015-04-24T07:00:15","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T15:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=5353"},"modified":"2015-03-20T13:11:56","modified_gmt":"2015-03-20T21:11:56","slug":"big-data-disruption-big-data-is-giving-competitive-advantage-to-first-comers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/big-data-disruption-big-data-is-giving-competitive-advantage-to-first-comers\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Data Disruption: Big Data is Giving Competitive Advantage to First Comers"},"content":{"rendered":"

63 percent of businesses think big data is changing how they do business, according to a\u00a0recent study by CapGemini and EMC<\/a>. \u00a0The boundaries of traditional businesses are moving. \u00a0New providers are entering industries and areas that seemed until recently to be outside their domain. \u00a0Competition is increasing. \u00a053 percent of businesses say that they expect to see business competition from data-enabled startups and businesses outside their traditional industry.<\/p>\n

Hilary Mason<\/a>, founder at Fast Forward Labs, said that<\/a>\u00a0“the core advantage of data is that it tells you something about the world that you didn’t know before. As your competitors learn more, you’ll need to learn, too…” \u00a0According to Mason, three trends that are benefiting companies that pioneer big data techniques are the following:<\/p>\n