Big Data: Buzzword Structured Data Database Software
Big Data: Buzzword Structured Data Database Software
Big Data: Buzzword Structured Data Database Software
Big data is a buzzword, or catch-phrase, used to describe a massive volume of both structured and
unstructured data that is so large that it's difficult to process using traditional database andsoftware techniques. In
most enterprise scenarios the data is too big or it moves too fast or it exceeds current processing capacity.
While the term may seem to reference the volum+e of data, that isn't always the case. The term big data, especially
when used by vendors, may refer to the technology (which includes tools and processes) that an organization
The term big data is believed to have originated with Web searchcompanies who had to query very large distributed
An example of big data might be petabytes (1,024 terabytes) or exabytes (1,024 petabytes) of data consisting of
billions to trillions of records of millions of peopleall from different sources (e.g. Web, sales, customer contact
center, social media, mobile data and so on). The data is typically loosely structured data that is often incomplete and
inaccessible.
When dealing with larger datasets, organizations face difficulties in being able to create, manipulate, and manage big
data. Big data is particularly a problem in business analytics because standard tools and procedures are not