Thanks to the technological convergence which the Internet of Things is, a lot of data is being generated by people and objects. But Big Data is valuable only as long as it is actionable. This amount of available data can and will have a strong impact on every industry in the next few years, providing new opportunities to improve business intelligence and make smarter decisions. Big Data is valuable only as long as it is actionable. Business insider estimates that there will be 18 billion connected devices by 2018.