In the age of big data, algorithms will be doing more of the thinking for people.

ECONOMIST: Handling the cornucopia

Ready or not, we are entering the Age of Big Data.

FORBES: The Age of Big Data

Tim and I will be talking about it at the Strata Rx Conference, which Julie and I are chairing, and which we hope will help usher in the age of Big Data in healthcare.

FORBES: Moving Healthcare from the 'Mad Men' Era into the Big Data Age

Millions of simultaneous users play Farmville or Draw Something (which scaled up to 36 million users in 6 weeks), which requires a simple, fast, elastic database (called a NoSQL database, a new category of product designed for the age of big data), that can process and deliver massive amounts of user and other types of data in real time.

FORBES: The Big Deal On Big Data

Ensuring the integrity of the information is an important part of the big-data age.

ECONOMIST: Regulators are having to rethink their brief

The tension between the Minsky and Licklider visions has certainly been amplified in the age of so-called big data.

CNN: People and computers need each other

Move over, Information Age, the era of big data is here.

FORBES: Now that data's going really big, what's next?

And, I'm afraid, the 27-year-old multi-billionaire wants to own each of our identities so that Facebook can become the dominant company of our big data age.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

In an age where big data is powering the next generation of business, communication is the key to connecting and empowering your customers and employees.

FORBES: Simon the Intern and the Evolution of Communication

Robert Scoble and I have been collaborating since July on Age of Context, a book about the convergence of five technology forces: mobile, social media, big data, location-based and sensors.

FORBES: Age of Context Takes A Sponsorship Route