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I'm still trying to figure out what people mean by "big data". I'm full of hope that they don't mean "big storage" or "big hard drives filled with big bytes".
by zeratul 15y ago
I'm still trying to figure out what people mean by "big data". I'm full of hope that they don't mean "big storage" or "big hard drives filled with big bytes".
The data by it self does not have any value. Maybe some need to store data just for legal purposes. If ever sued they can show the records. The value comes from summarizing the data into something that you can use it for making decisions. So my hope is that media are really saying: "there will be a lot of data to analyze - start practicing now."
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- Helianthus 15y agoIt seems to be a confusing comparison to Big Oil or Big Pharma etc. In other words, it's a buzzphrase coined by people who appreciate catchiness over actual meaning: the people who are a few layers removed from making important decisions and have little else to do but talk incessantly about an obvious trend.