BD03: What defines a BigData database

"Complex applications combine different types of problems, so picking the right language for each job may be more productive than trying to fit all aspects into a single language.” (Pramod J. Sadalage, NoSQL Distilled.) Most people I talk to, on BigData, equate it with NoSQL systems. And by NoSQL some…

BD02: The ‘Big’ in Big Data – 4 Vs

“The world is one big data problem.” (Andrew McAfee) This is part-2 in our series of Big Data articles. Read Part1: BIG DATA – SOMETHING NEW OR ‘OLD WINE’ ?. How does one define ‘big’? While 75,000 IPS (SAGE system, see part1) was huge in 1955, a 100$ phone today has hundreds…

BD01: Big Data – Something New or ‘Old Wine’ ?

Big data is like teenage sex: everyone talks about it, nobody really knows how to do it, everyone thinks everyone else is doing it, so everyone claims they are doing it.. -Dan Ariely, Jan 2013 If you are even remotely connected to information technology in your daily life, chances are,…