Big data is not data, but rather a new ecosystem with a variety of stakeholders, skill sets and mentalities — one with the potential to fundamentally change societies much in same the way the Internet has, according to Emmanuel Letouzé, director and co-founder of Data-Pop Alliance.
The future of big data use lies in trying to blend these new actors and methods to create new systems for decision-making, not to be mistaken for policymaking, Letouzé told Devex Associate Editor Kelli Rogers on the sidelines of the Cartagena Data Festival in Colombia.
Find out why Letouzé says the evolving big data ecosystem is deeper and more complex than ever.
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