Big data is of great value, which is beyond all doubt. From the perspective of the information industry, big data is a strong impetus to the next generation of IT industry, which is essentially
built on the third platform, mainly referring to big data, cloud computing, mobile Internet, and social business. IDC predicted that by 2020 the market size of the third IT platform will reach US$ 5.3 trillion; and from 2013 to 2020, 90% of the growth in the IT industry would be driven by the third IT platform.