Big Data - An Introduction

This book provides a quick introduction to Big Data. Big Data is a phrase that has been bubbling up from the high performance computing niche of the technology market. Increasingly suppliers and vendors have begun to flog Big Data in their presentations. What, exactly, does this phrase mean? What are the available technologies?

Table of Contents:

What is Big Data
Characteristics of Big Data
Big Data Business Model
Big Data Technologies
The Future of Big Data

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