Data analytics and on-line communications remodel the media and knowledge industries. Nowhere has the impact been more profound than in the access and management of information
By structuring their data troves for pointed search in the legal, scientific and financial fields, publishers and data providers have added value to their existing files, nurtured new expectations of fast, specific and reliable information for decision making and opened the way for optimization algorithms and artificial intelligence
Firms relying on knowledge management, such as research labs, legal firms and consultancies, have been the first beneficiaries of the technological developments but data analytics open still broader opportunities in the field of education
With control over established scientific publishers such as McGraw-Hill by S&P Global, or West Publishing and BARBRI (bar exam study material) by Thomson Reuters, the expertise and technological advance of the large information firms is spreading in the educational field and will only accelerate the diffusion of knowledge, transforming education in the process
Our small selection of very large companies should benefit