IT Clan Chat: The (Relatively) New World of IT Analytics

IBM estimaes that the volume of enterprise data will growh by morethan 650 percent overthe next five years. Big Blue calls this "Big Data" and says that roughly 80 percent of it will be unstructured -- rich media, presentations, data from email, social sites, text files, and so forth.

Enter a new form of analytics promoted by IBM, which are designed to help CIOs model solutions based on the realities of their IT organizations.

IBM isn't alone. Other large IT providers see the need for analytics to help IT professionals better plan their infrastructure and operations.

In this chat, we'll talk about the kinds of analytics emerging, using IBM's new IT services as a point of reference.