Climbing up a tech career: Why Big Data and Analytics are important skills now

Companies rely a lot on digital data in today's day and age. As per IIA, big data analytics tools will be the first line of defense, combining machine learning, text mining and ontology modeling to provide holistic and integrated security threat prediction, detection, and deterrence and prevention programmes. An ocean of opportunities Big data and analytics courses have been the big growth drivers in the past three years. A study by QuinStreet Inc., found that the trend of implementing big data analytics is increasing rapidly and becoming a high priority for businesses. Some of these include the following: Big Data Analytics Business Consultant Big Data Analytics Architect Big Data Engineer Big Data Solution Architect Big Data Analyst Analytics Associate Business Intelligence and Analytics Consultant Metrics and Analytics Specialist Courses in analytics An example of the huge popularity of courses in this field could be that AcadGild, an online professional learning bootcamp, has seen 300 students applying for the course on the data visualisation tool Tableau in the past few months itself.