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Invitation to Launch Event – the Enterprise Big Data Analyst Certification

2024-05-31T19:37:28+02:00October 15th, 2019|Categories: Big Data Certification|Tags: |

The Enterprise Big Data Framework would like to invite you for the official launch of the Enterprise Big Data Analyst (EBDA) certification on Friday, November 1st. The EBDA certification is the second level of the Big Data Framework. Since the launch of the Enterprise Big Data Framework in 2018, more than 1000 people have been certified [...]

Introduction to Big Data Architecture

2024-07-02T15:34:06+02:00May 7th, 2019|Categories: Big Data, Fundamentals|Tags: , , |

This post provides an overview of fundamental and essential topic areas pertaining to Big Data architecture. We will start by introducing an overview of the NIST Big Data Reference Architecture (NBDRA), and subsequently cover the basics of distributed storage/processing. Everyone presently studying the domain of Big Data should have a basic understanding of how Big [...]

Enterprise Big Data Professional Guide now available in Chinese

2024-07-02T15:37:10+02:00April 17th, 2019|Categories: Press Release|Tags: |

Bonn, Germany. We are happy to share with the Big Data Framework community that the Enterprise Big Data Professional guide - which contains the content that is tested in the Enterprise Big Data Professional certification - is now available in Chinese. The translation has been made by Chieh Wu from our accredited training partner Song Hao [...]

Analytics, Business Intelligence and Big Data – What’s the difference?

2024-07-02T15:58:51+02:00April 4th, 2019|Categories: Big Data, Fundamentals|Tags: , , |

In the business and scientific domain, most organizations differentiate between four different forms of pattern identification in data sets: Data analysis Analytics Business Intelligence (BI) Big Data Although all four definitions are closely related, there are some subtle differences between the terms that have an impact for the design of Big Data solutions. Data analysis [...]

A short history of Big Data

2025-10-15T10:03:41+02:00March 26th, 2019|Categories: Big Data, Fundamentals|Tags: , |

Enterprise Big Data Framework has joined DASCIN (Data Science Institute). This article is now moved and updated on DASCIN → Where does 'Big Data' come from? The term ‘Big Data’ has been in use since the early 1990s. Although it is not exactly known who first used the term, most people credit [...]

The Four V’s of Big Data

2025-11-26T11:02:42+01:00March 12th, 2019|Categories: Fundamentals|Tags: , |

Enterprise Big Data Framework has joined DASCIN (Data Science Institute). This article now moved and updated on DASCIN →  What is the difference between regular data analysis and when are we talking about “Big” data? Although the answer to this question cannot be universally determined, there are a number of characteristics [...]

Business Drivers for Big Data

2024-07-03T16:03:51+02:00February 28th, 2019|Categories: Big Data, Fundamentals|Tags: , , |

Big Data emerged in the last decade from a combination of business needs and technology innovations. A number of companies that have Big Data at the core of their strategy have become very successful at the beginning of the 21st century. Famous examples include Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Netflix. A number of Big Data business [...]

What is Big Data?

2022-03-08T04:24:32+01:00February 26th, 2019|Categories: Big Data|Tags: , |

What is Big Data? Big Data and its analysis techniques are at the centre of modern science and business. Every day, millions of transactions, emails, photos, video files, posts and search queries are generated that result in zettabytes of data. All that data is stored in databases on various places across the planet. All [...]

Data Types: Structured vs. Unstructured Data

2024-07-17T03:00:01+02:00January 9th, 2019|Categories: Big Data|Tags: |

In computer science, a data structure is a particular way of organising and storing data in a computer such that it can be accessed and modified efficiently. More precisely, a data structure is a collection of data values, the relationships among them, and the functions or operations that can be applied to the data. [...]

Panel Discussion Webinar – How to get started with Big Data

2023-05-22T17:09:30+02:00October 27th, 2018|Categories: Big Data|Tags: , |

Big Data - How to get started! Panel Discussion Big Data is a topic that in on the strategic agenda of almost every organization. The demand for Big Data professionals keeps growing, and there is already a shortage in capacity of qualified and skilled people in this domain. As a result, a war [...]

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