Big data is an IT buzzword nowadays, but what does it really mean? When does data become big? At a recent Big Data and High Performance Computing Summit in Boston hosted by Amazon Web Services (AWS), ...

Faced with the ongoing confusion over the term ‘Big Data,’ here’s a handy – and somewhat cynical – guide to some of the key definitions of big data that you might see out there. The first thing to ...

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 ...

As the big data industry continues to steamroll ahead, one conundrum persists – exactly how do you define it? A new report from the MIT Technology Review addresses this issue by examining definitions ...

Big data is an IT buzzword nowadays, but what does it really mean? When does data become big? At a recent Big Data and High Performance Computing Summit in Boston hosted by Amazon Web Services (AWS), ...

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 ...

People love to talk about big data. But people across all industries seem to offer different definitions of what big data actually is. University of California Berkeley School of Information asked ...

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 ...

Big Data refers to massive volumes of structured and unstructured data that are too large or complex for traditional data processing tools. It's not just about size — it's also about the insights that ...

Today at the TNW Latin American conference in Sao Paulo, Amazon’s CTO Werner Vogels’ led the morning with a keynote on big data, and how it is best approached. We have a few juicy quotes following ...

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 ...