Data analytics is now not only restricted to the IT sector, but also serves other sectors of the society. If we look at the services and other sectors where data analysis can be used then, the list will be very long in today's world. Data analytics is used in each and every sector including sports, politics, medical and financial firms. Some of the predictions of how analytics will shape the business, sports, and political landscape in 2016 are:

Prediction #1: The hottest corporate job of 2016 is data analyst.

Prediction #2: IT will embrace the self-service analytics movement.

Prediction #3: Predictive analytics go mainstream.

Prediction #4: The "Internet of Things" (IoT) will get more organizations interested in geospatial analytics.

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Self-service analytics softwares are being used by businesses now and it has given rise to a new need, data governance plans. These new softwares provide a host of benefits. These have made accessing and analyzing data a lot easier coupled with the ability to feed bad data back into enterprises. A competition has been brewing between software vendors regarding improved data governance. Companies are launching business intelligence products that stress data governance. Such softwares can be built around the company's pre-existing enterprise data infrastructure bringing multiple data sources into a common data warehouse accessible by the entire organization. Read more at: http://www.dataversity.net/adding-data-governance-tools-to-self-service-analytics/