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A Rapid Fire with Big Data

Big Data, a volcano that erupted probably a decade ago, has been spreading its extra beneficial lava across all the businesses. Though it has been a decade since we first witnessed the powers of Big Data but it hasn’t lost a single bit of it since then.

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Big Data, a technology that has taken the IT world by storm in the past few years. The turnaround businesses have witnessed since the arrival of Big Data needs no evidence. And believe me, there’s no stopping it yet because Big Data has a lot more to offer.

Your pathway into the Big Career with Big Data

So, here’s everything you need to know about this hot buzzword.

But, before moving ahead with the things, we should first know why are companies running towards Big Data.

WHY BIG DATA?

Nothing becomes a buzzword unless and until it doesn’t have something really amazing to offer. Same is the case with Big Data as well. The way in Big Data has been transforming the IT as well as other businesses is itself enough for large organizations to draw their attention towards Big Data and analytics.

‘Coz Big Data has got it all

WHAT IS BIG DATA?

Not complicating the things, Big Data is simply the data which is humongous in size. Data whose size is beyond your imagination is Big Data. A data is regarded as Big Data if its size is at least in terms of petabytes with no upper limit. 

A quick session with Big Data

There are a few other parameters that are crucial in categorizing any data as Big Data. These parameters include data’s volume, variety, velocity, veracity, and value. Though there are a lot more parameters to define Big Data, these are possibly the most crucial ones.

ADVANTAGES OF BIG DATA

The sole credit for the chart-topping popularity of Big Data goes to the amazing advantages it offers to different business domains. If it hasn’t been the case, top business personalities from all across the globe weren’t even talking about Big Data at all. With the advantages it offers, businesses around the world have been head over heels about Big Data.

Big Data, the hero for businesses

APPLICATIONS OF BIG DATA

One of the most important things that add glory to Big Data are its applications. Big Data has found its wings in almost every business domain and that is another key factor behind Big Data’s popularity. From the education sector to healthcare industry, from e-commerce to government offices, Big Data is all over the world. 

See how Big Data has spread it wings everywhere

BIG DATA TOOLS

What’s the point being the owner of a gold mine but not having proper tools to dig it. Yes you read that right, Big Data is no less than a gold mine or it is even more than that I would say, and you need a set of excellent tools to get the best out of it. There are a lot of tools available in the market and you need to choose the appropriate set according to your requirements.

The best of tools in Big Data’s arsenal

BIG DATA TECHNOLOGIES

With Big Data comes a big stack of some absolutely amazing technologies for storing, processing, analyzing, and visualizing Big Data. Each step that is involved in the process of harnessing Big Data needs a technology to carry it out precisely. Apache Hadoop has been the oldest yet the most effective technologies of Big Data by far.

A glimpse of Big Data’s family

So, this was just a trailer of what you must know about Big Data. So, stay tuned as there’s a lot more to know about Big Data.

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Thanks for reading!!   :-)

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