According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research "Big Data Market - Global Scenario, Trends, Industry Analysis, Size, Share and Forecast, 2012 - 2018" the global big data market was worth USD 6.3 billion in 2012 and is expected to reach USD 48.3 billion by 2018, at a CAGR of 40.5% from 2012 to 2018. North America is expected to maintain its lead position in terms of revenues till 2018, with about 54.5% share of the global big data market revenue, followed by Europe.