Data Is a Vital Raw Material
NYTimes:
Data is a vital raw material of the information economy, much as coal and iron ore were in the Industrial Revolution. But the business world is just beginning to learn how to process it all.
(Big) Data is also snake oil.
Original title and link: Data Is a Vital Raw Material (©myNoSQL)
via: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/13/technology/13data.html?_r=1