Foreword

The world as we know it is being inundated with data. We live in a culture in which almost every individual has at least two devices, a smart phone, and a laptop or computer of some sort. Everything we do on these devices is constantly collecting, sharing, or producing data. This data is being used not only to help organizations make smarter decisions, but also to shape and transform how we as a society live, work, make decisions, and sometimes think.

This massive explosion can be attributed to the technological transformation that every business and nearly every industry is undergoing. Every click or purchase by an individual is now triggering some event that triggers another event that likely amounts to hundreds or possibly thousands ...

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