IBM and Teradata are the leading IT services companies in the big data theme, according to the latest Thematic Scorecard for the IT services sector from GlobalData.

Big data is data that is so voluminous and complex that traditional data-processing application software is inadequate to deal with it in its entirety.

Both companies gained the highest Thematic score (5 out of 5) for the big data theme in GlobalData’s Thematic Scorecard for the IT services sector. A Thematic score of 5 out of 5 indicates that the company’s competitive position in this theme will significantly improve its future performance.

On their tail, with scores of 4 out of 5, are Accenture, DXC Technology, Cisco, EPAM Systems, Cognizant, Wipro, Genpact, Capgemini, CGI, HPE, Fujitsu, Infosys, TCS, HCL Technologies, Atos, Tech Mahindra, Conduent, Sopra Steria, Computercenter, ADP, and NTT Data.

GlobalData’s Thematic Scorecard ranks companies within a sector on the basis of overall leadership in the 10 themes that matter most to their industry, generating a leading indicator of future performance.