Big data refers to large, diverse sets of information from multiple sources that can provide strategic information for companies.

While data strategies are far from a recent development, many businesses struggle to get the right levels of engagement in the strategy and business functions questioning the accuracy of the data ...

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 ...

Technology innovations, new roles and expanding missions are shaping the move toward big data in the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. A mix of tradecraft and technology is ensuing as the ...

The big data steam roller continues to move forward, but if you take a brief step back, how would you define “big data?” UC Berkeley’s new Master of Information and Data Science program decided to ...

Big data has promise, but big data discussions are fraught with opinions. In the end, all things that are hyped have to deliver something useful, economical, and productive. I was searching through ...

What is big data? Is it a broad catchall phrase that means so many different things it ends up meaning nothing? Or is big data the foundation principle of a strategic approach to information ...

Discussions of Big Data are everywhere in the news media. Frequent articles appear in mainstream newspapers and magazines discussing the extraordinary growth in the data being collected from consumers ...

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