Disruptive Analytics: Charting Your Strategy for Next-Generation Business Analytics

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Thomas W. Dinsmore, Disruptive Analytics, 10.1007/978-1-4842-1311-7_6

6. Streaming Analytics

Insight from Data in Motion

Thomas W. Dinsmore¹ 

(1)Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Streaming analytics is the application of analytic operations to streaming data for applications such as:

• Algorithmic trading

• Customer interaction management

• Intelligence and surveillance

• Patient monitoring

• Supply chain optimization

• Network monitoring

• Oil and gas optimization

• Vehicle tracking and route monitoring

Market research firm Markets and Markets estimates¹ total spending on streaming analytics of $502 million in 2015, and predicts a 31% growth rate through 2020. While this is a sizeable market in its own right, keep in mind that it is only about 1% of worldwide ...