It happened again. 2K, an American video game publisher, recently confirmed that hackers stole customers' personal data when they gained access to the company’s support desk. Every other day brings a news story of data stolen or technology invading someone’s privacy. Even Target managed to tell a woman’s family about her pregnancy before she could, thanks to the power of customer data.

You’ve just set up your new iPhone or laptop. You transfer all your data, all your photos and notes from two years ago, and your SIM card has been installed.  

Big data is a crucial component of big business. Finding out where customers are, what they are searching for, and predicting their future needs can all be obtained through analyzing their data. All that data must be stored somewhere and analyzed, which is where data science comes in.