The document provides 5 statistics about big data to convince bosses of its importance: 1) Less than half of lagging organizations will benefit from big data by 2017. 2) 89% of users believe big data will revolutionize business like the internet. 3) Less than 0.5% of all data is ever analyzed and used. 4) Integrating big data could save healthcare $300 billion annually. 5) 65% of executives say their organizations risk irrelevance without embracing big data.