Big Data is Leading Pharma Manufacturing to Greater Maturity

Today, huge amounts of information are continuously being generated and stored in many different systems: external and internal hard drives, virtual disks, network storage systems, pen drives, e-drives, etc. In addition, social networks, multimedia platforms, and Internet of Things (IoT) technology contribute increasingly greater bytes of data. In fact, 2016 saw about 2.5 trillion (2.5×10¹⁸) bytes of data created each month (1). This enormous amount of electronic information, commonly referred to as “big data,” is directly related to two factors: (1) the ease in which data can be stored, and (2) the ability to connect to the internet.