10 Key Big Data Trends That Drove 2017

It was a memorable year, to be sure, with plenty of drama and unexpected happenings in terms of the technology, the players, and the application of big data and data science. As we gear up for 2018, we think it's worth taking some time to ponder about what happened in 2017 and put things in some kind of order. Here are 10 of the biggest takeaways for the big data year that was 2017. Teradata, for instance, found that 80% of enterprises are already investing in AI, which backed similar findings from IDC. Nevertheless, the same old challenges that kept big data off Easy Street also emerged to cool some of the heat emanating from AI. Over the summer, Databricks' CEO, Ali Ghodsi, warned about "AI's 1% problem."