Explain how increasingly standardized data, access to third-party data sets, and current trends in hardware and software are collectively enabling a new age of decision making?

Explain how increasingly standardized data, access to third-party data sets, and current trends in hardware and software are collectively enabling a new age of decision making? What is considered a “defensible source of competitive advantage”, and what makes is so defensible? What trends in Hardware and Software are facilitating decision making? Today’s decisions are driven by what and based on what? Please list sources in APA format