Harnessing the Power of Data Will Change Lives and Boost Creativity and Innovation
- The next digital divide may be over the ability to process and interpret data and information
Dalian, People‘s Republic of China, 16 September 2011 – In this hyperconnected world, how people and companies gather, process and interpret data will fundamentally change the way individuals live and work and how enterprises perform, technology leaders said in the closing session of the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2011. “The greatest impact of technology is that it is bringing people together,” Canada-based Jennifer Corriero, Co-Founder and Executive Director of TakingITGlobal, an online community for youth, told participants in the Summer Davos meeting. This greater interconnectedness is leading to the proliferation of data. Warned Nathan D. Wolfe, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Global Viral Forecasting, a US company aimed at predicting pandemics: “We need to be prepared for the data deluge.”
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