In 2001, Gartner Inc., an American research and advisory firm, had evolved a “3Vs” model to define data growth challenges and opportunities.They defined big data as “high volume, high ...

While most great big data technology is open source, building out a big data application isn’t as simple as downloading Hadoop or the NoSQL database of your choice.

Big Data is revolutionizing 21st-century business without anybody knowing what it actually means. Now computer scientists have come up with a definition they hope everyone can agree on.

Big data, small data, internal, external, experimental, observational — everywhere we look, information is being captured, quantified, and used to make business decisions.

Nielsen's Big Data + Panel technology which includes measurement of smart-TV audiences, won backing from the Media Rating Council before the upfront Plus Icon Film Plus Icon TV ...