Our company was founded in 2012 in San Francisco by three close friends who shared a dream. It’s unthinkable, but only in April, we celebrated the milestone of launching our 100th LEMUR satellite . Now, hardly a day goes by that I’m not asked: “How has your industry grown at such an accelerated pace over such a short period of time?”

The short answer is data. Big data can organically grow more efficient operations at a rapid pace. It can also be instrumental in how companies achieve and sustain lower operational costs. These methods can expedite and encourage how your company creates a more data-centric process while growing with scalability. If we examine the ways in which business leaders are leveraging data and analytics (and the innovative ways it is obtained), we can understand how growth is a direct result. With that in mind, here are four industries that are using big data in new ways:

Source: forbes.com
Author: Peter Platzer