The Age of the Data Product

We are living through an information revolution. Like any economic revolution, it has had a transformative effect on society, academia, and business. The present revolution, driven as it is by networked communication systems and the Internet, is unique in that it has created a surplus of a valuable new material - data - and transformed us all into both consumers and producers. The sheer amount of data being generated is tremendous. Data increasingly affects every aspect of our lives, from the...