Big Data - Challenges and Opportunities December 12, 2012

At the beginning of this year, International Data Corporation (IDC) released a worldwide Big Data technology and services forecast showing the market is expected to grow from $3.2 billion in 2010 to $16.9 billion in 2015. This represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 40% or about 7 times that of the overall information and communications technology (ICT) market.

GABA invites you to a lively discussion with experts in "big data".

These pioneers will help make sense of the haystack and discuss the value proposition of the ever larger amount of data available.
Where is the big fish in the big pond? Is it worth searching for it? Who can profit and how?

The topics of discussion will span various areas of business ranging from social media to finance to gaming. Four experts of different areas will discuss
ROI
Business Intelligence vs. Big Data
How to sell Big Data
Risks
Critical Success Factors
Synergies
Future Directions and Trends

The goal of our event is to make a buzz word more tangible and to understand where a new technology can empower users to make intelligent data-driven decisions.

Speakers:
Amit Sinha - Head of the Database & Technology Product Marketing org at SAP
Stefan Groschupf - Co-Founder and CEO of Datameer
Bruce Kenny - Executive Vice President, Technology & Hosted Operations at webtrends

Moderator:
Maureen Vavra - Partner at StrataFusion

Agenda:
6:00 - 7:00 pm Registration and Networking Reception
7:00 - 8:30 pm Program
8:30 - 9:00 pm Networking

Complimentary appetizers, beer, wine and soft drinks will be served.

Official Website: http://www.gaba-network.org