‘Big data’ creating big career opportunities for IT pros

New jobs expected for developers, administrators, as well as emerging ‘data scientist’ role

New job opportunities are emerging for IT professionals in the field of "big data," the term used to describe how corporations gather vast amounts of real-time data about their customers and analyze that data to drive decision making and increase profitability.

A new job title — data scientist — is all the rage. A data scientist typically has a background in computer science or mathematics as well as the analytical skills necessary to find the proverbial needle in a haystack of data gathered by the corporation.

By Carolyn Duffy Marsan, Network World

Full Story: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/030612-big-data-careers-256939.html

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