3 Top Dividend Stocks in Big Data

3 Top Dividend Stocks in Big Data

Thanks to the explosive proliferation of smartphones and other mobile devices, as well as the rapid growth of cloud-based computing and the Internet of Things (IoT), the volume of digital information our society amasses every day has reached almost unimaginable scope. While all that data -- referred to, in the aggregate, as big data -- offers worlds of upside for those companies that collect, store, and ultimately utilize it, it also presents challenges.

Some of the biggest tech players around are attempting to capitalize on the opportunity big data represents, and are making names for themselves in an industry expected to generate over $210 billion in annual revenue by the end of 2020. A bonus for value investors is that IBM (NYSE: IBM), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), and Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) have all dived into the big data pool, and reward their shareholders with handsome dividends.

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