GUEST POSTImage Credit: Eliott Hutchins/Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/hutchthecrutch/6044851219/I’ve been researching big data and analytics for well over a decade, and my focus has generally been on the business opportunities provided by this amazing resource. How can big data and analytics transform marketing, finance, human resources, product development, and so forth? How can companies compete more effectively with these tools?