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Gartner has even gone as far as to predict that , by 2020 , 80 % of organisations will have to start to roll out data literacy initiatives to upskill their workforce . One such company , powering ahead with such training is data visualisation giant , Tableau Software . The firm recently launched Academics , a programme that has helped around 680,000 students and faculties use Tableau ’ s software , and on top of this , it has also partnered with British training partner AVADO to launch apprenticeships and training programmes in the UK . In an exclusive interview with Gigabit , CEO Adam Selipsky , said : “ Recent estimates from the IBC suggest that between now and 2025 , the amount of data in the world that ’ s subject to analysis is going to grow 50-fold . I think a lot of organisations are just going to get crushed under the weight of that data whilst many others are going to see brand new opportunities to develop insights and make better decisions based on all of that data . Regardless of whether your organisation sees data as a problem or an opportunity , there ’ s
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