Big Data is a term used to describe large volumes of data – exabytes of it. If you used any sort of technology in your lifetime, you would definitely know that it all runs on data. The devices we use on a daily basis are constantly collecting and using data to perform functions and help [...]
Achieve Your "Enterprise Big Data Analyst" Certification with APMG’s Comprehensive New Guide Bonn, Germany. 18 October 2019 – The Enterprise Big Data Framework Alliance is excited to announce the release of the Enterprise Big Data Analyst Guide. This essential resource is now available for professionals seeking to obtain the prestigious "Enterprise Big Data Analyst" certification [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Enterprise Big Data Framework has joined DASCIN (Data Science Institute). This article now lives (and is 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 John R. Mashey [...]
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? 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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
What is a Big Data Centre of Excellence? A Big Data Centre of Excellence (BDCoE) is an enterprise function that takes an organization from zero knowledge to having a fully functional practice of Big Data technologies and processes to deliver robust business results. A BDCoE is where the organization identifies new technologies, learns about [...]
