The number of digital data records that are stored on the internet has grown a lot in the last decade. Due to the drop in storage costs, and new sources of digital data, it is predicted that the amount of digital data stored in 2025 will be 163 zettabytes (1,630,000,000,000 terabytes). Moreover, the amount of data that is generated every day is increasing at an alarming pace, with almost 90% of current data only having been generated during the last two years. With more than 3.5 billion people with access to the internet, this data is not only generated by professionals and large companies, but also by each of the 3.5 billion internet users.
Moreover, since companies understand the importance of data, they store all of their transactional data in the hope of analyzing it and uncovering interesting trends that could help their business make important...
