What you need to know about Big Data
Big Data comes with a wide number of sources: Mobile devices, Social media, and IoT (Internet Of Things) through Sensors and Actuators will play a major role. This is data explosion and the term Big Data refers to the massive data sets all these sources are and will generate with cloud
All stakeholders (Government agencies, Businesses) want to capture and use them. The goal of the latest Big Data software is to discover, extract and present the data that matters. The key words in Big Data are:
Volume: identify how large is the volume of data
Variety: indicates the numerous of data and sources involved
Velocity: is the extremely quick rate at which data is generated
Hadoop: is an open source technology framework, it helps to simplify storage, management a,d analysis of various data types.
Most of the time Big Data means “unstructured”: Photo, videos, Social Media updates, ect …
A big Data analytics refers to the process of analyzing the different type of datas within a specific data set in order to identify unseen patterns.
What types of Businesses use Big Data analytics?
Insurance, retailers, Government agencies use Big Data analytics. Not only Large organizations can benefits from Big Data analytics but small businesses as well. Some analytics Service Providers offer analytics and Big Data services.