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Will Big Data become a relic, quickly?

Or are we looking at a future of "fast data"?

World Economic Forum, Davos, WEF
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C P Gurnani
Much is happening at the World Economic Forum Annual Summit, Davos, since Tuesday. With an additional 1,000 attendees than previous years, the chatter seems to be getting smarter by the day.
 
The session on Smart Cities (which I attended) told us several things :
 
1.  The future of cities and services are bound by all aspects that are “smart” — smart planning, smart infrastructure, smart networks, smart security, smart communities — all for the future of smart citizens.
 
2.  Information technology firms need to see this as a tremendous opportunity to work closely with governments, planners and