If 2012 was the year to shine a bright light on the ‘Big Data’ challenge, 2013 is the year you’ll be able to set your employees and executives free to do something about it. THINKstrategies believes a growing number of corporate end-users and executives have been unintentionally training to capitalize on today’s Big Data opportunity while prepping their fantasy sports teams and playing with their latest ‘cloud’ apps on their mobile devices. Those same employees can even be counted on to help identify the most effective analytic tools.

My first guest commentary published in the Wall Street Journal’s CIO Journal examines the business implications of these social trends and technological innovations. Click here to read my perspective.

Contact me if you’d like to discuss how these trends and developments impact your Cloud strategies and solutions. And, join us at the second annual Cloud Analytics Summit on Thursday, May 2 at the Apella conference center in NYC to explore these issues and opportunities further.