To get the most business value from the exploding quantities of data requires skills from all of these groups, combining business knowledge, analytical skills, and computer science.

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To be sure, this uncertainty is informed by physical examinations, computer simulations and other analytical tools.

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The rise in the volume, variety, and velocity of data, the arrival of many new types of analytical tools all across the business intelligence value chain, and the emergence of new forms of computer science dedicated to data processing such as Hadoop, has created a vacuum.

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The brain is the ultimate computer, with so many cells and synapses and such intricate circuitry that it defies conventional analytical tools.

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