Big Data is a term that refers to large sets of data that cannot be processed or stored in a typical computing and storage environment. It has become increasingly important as businesses struggle to ...

It's time to revisit that original post from July 4th, 2011 post on the the Three V's of big data. Here's the recap: Traditionally, big data describes data that's too large for existing systems to ...

Volume, velocity and variety characteristics of information assets are not three parts of Gartner’s definition of big data, it is part one, and oftentimes, misunderstood. Most people only retain about ...

“[W]e can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world’s first bionic man. Steve Austin will be that man. Better than he was before. Better. Stronger. Faster.” One of ...

Hilary Mason, chief scientist for the URL shortening service Bit.ly, outlines the key skills that data scientists must have. The first Big Data initial public offering hit the market last week to ...