The U.S. has one-third of the world’s data. The vast wealth of digital information harnessed through data analytics can raise productivity of U.S. organizations and give them a sustainable competitive advantage.

Business analytics is the process of collating, sorting, processing and studying business data, and using statistical models and iterative methodologies to transform data into business insights. The goal of business analytics is to determine which datasets are useful and how they can be leveraged to solve problems and increase efficiency, productivity, and revenue.