SoftBank will offer analytics/forecasting services to business customers, reports Nikkei.

SoftBank Group will offer a customer forecasting service for retailers costing as little as $40 a month, looking to make big data analysis more accessible to small Japanese businesses that have been unable to afford the technology.

According to Analytics Insight, it can be hard for big enterprises to adopt big data. 

Big data initiatives are large not just in size but also in scope. Despite the fact that the majority of these projects begin with lofty goals, only a handful are successful.

Big data can improve journalism, reports Forbes.

You may find the word "data" in the term "data journalism" redundant. After all, newsmaking of any kind, even the tacky, propaganda-driven type, has always relied heavily on data.