The problem should be the ability to sift through and recognize patterns in the massive amounts of data collected, in a manner that provides value to end users.

The problem should be the ability to sift through and recognize patterns in the massive amounts of data collected, in a manner that provides value to end users. The problem of data (IO) collection/remote collection is long solved. This is what happens when the focus is wrongly placed on how the data is collected rather than what to do with the data when you have it.