Foreword

Over last three decades, the computing industry is moving in a definite direction. Big and centralized systems such as mainframes have been replaced by small virtual systems in cloud.

Instead of using computer hardware and software within a firm's own network or data-center (or an individual's laptop), the same computing power is available as a service and these services are offered by specialist companies. This computing power can be accessed over the internet seamlessly.

Personal devices such as tablets, PCs, and mobiles generate tens of trillions of data points. If someone can analyze such a volume of data then this offers countless possibilities to use such a data for larger good of the society which include ease in governance ...

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