CIO.com and Drexel to honor 50 analytics innovators

Gone are the days when business decisions were made based on gut instinct and qualitative information. It's now the Age of Analytics — data is big, real-time and actionable. IDC forecasts the big data technology and services market will reach $41.5 billion worldwide in 2018. The predicted 26.4 percent compound annual growth rate would be about six times the predicted growth of the overall IT market. The research firm also estimates spending on business analytics will reach $89.6 billion in