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The big data and analytics market will reach $125 billion worldwide in 2015, according to IDC. Both IDC and The International Institute of Analytics (IIA) discussed their big data and analytics predictions for 2015 in separate webcasts last month. Here are the highlights:

Security will become the killer app for big data analytics

Big data analytics tools will be the first line of defense, combining machine learning, text mining and ontology modeling to provide holistic and integrated security threat prediction, detection, and deterrence and prevention programs. (IIA)

IoT analytics will be hot, with a five-year CAGR of 30%

The Internet of Things (IoT) will be the next critical focus for data/analytics services. (IDC) While the IoT trend has focused on the data generation and production (sensors) side of the equation, the “Analytics” of Things is a particular form of big data analytics that often involves anomaly detection and “bringing the data…