Why all the fervor about big data? The answer is that it provides deep insights and predictive models that can dramatically improve business outcomes. But you need a data scientist to get there. There’s a lot of mythology about what a data scientist is and isn’t. In this episode of TechnoPolitics, Mike Gualtieri explains what a data scientist is, what skills they need, and how to hire one. You may also be interested in What Is Hadoop.

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This Forrester Instant Insight was produced by Mike Gualtieri and edited by Lindsay Gualtieri