What is big data? There are many definitions of the term ‘big data’ but most suggest something like the following: 'Extremely large collections of data (data sets) that may be analysed to reveal patterns, trends, and associations, especially relating to human behaviou...
If you’ve opened a file with a large data set in Excel, such as a delimited text (.txt) or comma separated (.csv) file, you might have seen the warning message, "This data set is too large for the Excel grid. If you save this workbook, you'll los...
The Evolution of Big Data: Past, Present, and Future Although the concept of big data is relatively new, the need to manage large data sets dates back to the 1960s and ’70s, with the first data centers and the development of the relational database. ...
Although the concept of big data is relatively new, the need to manage large data sets dates back to the 1960s and ’70s, with the first data centers and the development of the relational database. Past.Around 2005, people began to realize just how much data users generated through Facebo...
Big data is different from a simple data set in many ways. These differences can be categorized under the volume, velocity, variety, veracity, and ultimate value of information. Also, the technology can be sourced from virtually anywhere, not minding whether it is social media or the sales da...
“Information is the oil of the 21st century, and analytics is the combustion engine” –Peter Sondergaard, Senior Vice President, Gartner. 3V’s of Big Data If you want to understand big data then you have to understand the big data basics. The 3Vs of big data include the volume, veloc...
Data deduplication is the process of deleting redundant copies of data in order to reduce processing time for a software system. Every time you backup your software system, you're copying and storing large data sets. This requires an unmanageably large amount of data storage. Data deduplication...
Advantages of data sampling Data sampling is an effective strategy for analyzing data when working with large data populations. Through the use of representative samples, analysts can realize a number of important benefits: Time savings.Sampling can be useful with data sets that are too large to ...
Object storage integration SQL Server 2022 (16.x) introduces new object storage integration to the data platform, enabling you to integrate SQL Server with S3-compatible object storage, in addition to Azure Storage. The first is backup to URL and the second is Data Lake Virtualization.Data Lake...
We’ve all heard the term ‘big data’ – but do you know how it affects your day to day life? Here we explore how to make big data work for you while making a career out of it.