Have we reached the “Data Event Horizon”?

A recent Twitter conversation with Sarah Burnett (a leading UK public sector analyst) was the trigger for this slightly tongue in cheek blog post. Sarah originally posted the following tweet:

Which is an astounding statistic. Sarah and I then the following short discussion:

So, have we now reached the “Data Event Horizon”?

Data and the "Internet of Things"

The “Internet of Things” is an interesting concept that is slowly becoming a reality. The concept proposes that all physical objects are both able to connect to the internet and to communicate with each other.

In this post we consider what this may mean from a wider data management perspective.