Big data is an IT buzzword nowadays, but its definition depends on who's doing the defining; AWS, IBM, and research firms each have their own definitions Big data is an IT buzzword nowadays, but what ...

Big data can solve every business problem you have, transform society for the better, and possibly cure your fallen arches — if you believe the firestorm of ultra-positive hype on the subject. In an ...

In a comment on FCW's April 15 article, "Sketching the big picture on big data," a reader offered a definition of the term: An easily scalable system of unstructured data with accompanying tools that ...

Pinning down what qualifies as Big Data — and whether it’s an educational panacea or a corporate-driven technological phase — is sure to be at the center of educational technology discussions for ...

As the volume of coverage implies, there’s something important going on here, perhaps even transformational. The enormous amount of information being generated and collected daily by websites, ...

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'Big data' and the impact of analytics on large quantities of data is a persistent meme in today's Information Technology market. One of the big questions looming in IT departments about big data is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the broad intersection of data and society. In an era where almost everything is touted as being “big data” how do ...

In today’s data-driven economy, big data has become a critical asset for organizations of every size. Big data simply means the massive, diverse streams of information companies generate — and the ...

According to the big data analytics cover story in the November/December 2015 issue of InTech (www.isa.org/intech/20151201), "Manufacturing firms have the benefit and ...

The massive amounts of data collected over time that are difficult to analyze and handle using common database management tools. The data are analyzed for marketing trends in business as well as in ...