Data Science and Computational Thinking [inc Big Data and Internet of Things]

Grab your glasses, Protect your pockets, Prep your Inhaler. It's gonna get mildly technical.

Gartner's 2014 Hype Cycle (below) shows the relative expectations of various technologies, including Big Data, Data Science, In-Memory Databases, and Prescriptive Analytics. In my mind, this illustrates it's time to stop tossing around buzz-words and start realizing value.