The Trend-splainer: What Internet Trends Say About Data & Analytics
Category: BlogIn this blog, Herb Blecher analyzes internet search trends to uncover where real momentum exists in the data and analytics market. By examining dozens of D&A terms through Google Trends and qualitative signals, he highlights rising focus areas like data quality, governance, and data products, while showing how infrastructure and AI hype are maturing. The result is a practical, data-driven view of how the industry is shifting from building stacks to running them reliably.
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The Trend-splainer: What Internet Trends Say About Data & Analytics
An analysis of internet trends reveals where momentum is shifting in data and analytics, highlightin...