With the onset of the holiday season heralding the dawn of a new year, it is time we put on our clairvoyant caps and dust off our crystal balls to peek into the future of big data. Each new year brings with it some new trends that dominate while others will be rendered obsolete. 2018 will not be any different. Knowing which trends will ride the waves of popularity and which will plummet to the ground is important when deciding which ones to follow and which ones to flush down the drain.

Big data has become a buzzword lately, so you must be curious what the world of big data has in store for us in 2018. If you want to be successful in today’s data-centric world, you should be fully aware of the hottest big data trends to embrace in 2018. Here is an infographic that clearly highlights trends that are projected to make the biggest impact and those that we believe will slowly get lost in murky history.