Scott Gnau, chief technology officer at Hortonworks, sees two key themes making an important impact on the growth and transformation of big data. First, data in real-time is transforming everything. Consumers are finding this to be true, and as IoT hits the mainstream, the trend towards real-time data will continue to explode upon practices involving big data. Second, for a variety of organizations, this will drive the need for connected data architectures to draw out value from raw material.
