Data: A Timeline - How Data Came To Rule The World
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The document outlines a timeline of significant milestones in the evolution of data management and usage from 1881 to 2015. Key events include the introduction of the Hollerith tabulating machine, the emergence of relational databases, and the rise of big data and IoT technologies. It highlights how advancements in data storage, management, and analysis have influenced various industries and shaped modern computing.
Data: A Timeline - How Data Came To Rule The World
- 1. Data: A timeline How data came to rule the world Also read: Spotlight: How data influences the publishing industry
- 2. 1881 The Hollerith Tabulating Machine Punch cards helped US census workers to deal with the increasing amount of information.
- 3. 1932 A population boom The introduction of social security numbers and other methods of managing the records after a huge population boom.
- 4. 1941 The information explosion The first time that the term ‘information explosion’ is used in the media in reference to the ever-increasing amount of information.
- 5. 1944 The first storage warning Estimates are made that university libraries are doubling in size every 16 years. Questions are asked about how places can store such vast records.
- 6. 1948 Shannon’s information theory Shannon determined the minimum data requirements to transmit over noisy channels. Set the foundations for today’s infrastructure. More info here
- 7. 1956 Virtual memory By German physicist Fritz-Rudolf Güntsch. The idea finite storage was infinite. More info here
- 8. 1963 Time for a solution Storage of records by their traditional means was no longer effective, due to the mass increase of new information and an unmanageable trajectory.
- 9. 1966 Centralised computing systems Organisations start to build and maintain their own centralised computing systems to manage and automate their inventory.
- 10. 1970 The relational database A huge moment. Edgar F. Codd shows how information in large databases could be accessed easily. This is a seminal discovery that changed the shape of computing.
- 11. 1980 Parkinson’s law of data I.A. Tjomsland says: “Data expands to fill the space available.”
- 12. Late 1980s Enterprise resource planning improves ERP software starts to mature, integrating with different departments and organisational elements.
- 13. 1989 Business intelligence Howard Dresner defines BI as "concepts and methods to improve business decision making by using fact-based support systems".
- 14. Mid 1990s The world wide web skyrockets A tumultuous and exciting period in history, as the internet explodes in popularity and the resulting data starts to inform the world we live in now.
- 15. 1997 The problem of big data Michael Cox and David Ellsworth highlight the problems of so much data for modern computer systems. Future data storage Michael Lesk - “the typical piece of information will never be looked at by a human being.”
- 16. 1998 NoSQL Carlo Strozzi creates the open-source relational database called NoSQL. Google Google is founded.
- 17. 2001 SaaS The phrase “Software as a Service” is first mentioned in the media. The 3 Vs Doug Laney first mentions volume, velocity, and variety with regards to big data.
- 18. 2005 Usability considerations An increased focus on the usability of software for end users - in enterprise and consumer markets.
- 19. 2007 The expanding digital universe Predictions that information will double every 18 months for 4 years. These proved to be conservative estimates.
- 20. 2008 Big data The term starts to gain traction in tech and business arenas.
- 21. 2009 Business intelligence takes over Gartner research shows that BI is now priority for CIOs. How much information? A report highlights amazing levels of data consumption.
- 22. 2011 The real growth of data Science Magazine shows that by 2007, 94% of data storage was digital. Also highlighted the world's capacity to store information grew at an rate of 25% every year for 20 years up to 2007.
- 23. 2012 Big data research The US government reveals the Big Data Research & Development Initiative, covering multiple departments.
- 24. 2014 The year of IoT The “Internet of Things” gains traction as more items begin to contain embedded tech.
- 25. 2015 Smart cities The year of the smart city, 2015 saw an increase in connected ‘things’ used in cities to improve lives within it. Smart cities use real-time data to enhance services and increase efficiency.
- 26. More reading • An introduction to data encryption • What is a hybrid database? • What is an API? A brief introduction Read more on the Ribbonfish blog. Resources for this presentation: WinShuttle & GCN