According to an IDC forecast, the Big Data market is predicted to be worth $46.34 billion by 2018 and is expected to have a sturdy growth across Big Data related infrastructure, software and services over the next five years. The future looks bright indeed for Big Data enthusiasts as Big Data and Associated technology development is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 23.1% over the period of 2014-2019 with annual spending reaching $48.6 billion in 2019. Apache Hadoop which has become almost synonymous with Big Data is predicted to grow at 58.2% CAGR between 2013 and 2020.
Big Data-related jobs like Information Security Analysts, Management Analysts, Management Analysts and Information Security Analyst continue to be in high demand.
