This report defines big data and describes its characteristics, discusses the need for big data governance, and makes recommendations for big data usage for public sector organizations.
This white paper provides a definition of big data, discusses the opportunities presented by big data, describes a search engine focused technology architecture and tool kit for big data, and illustrates practical application of big data through case studies.
This whitepaper introduces big data analytics – what is big data? what is big data analytics? why use big data analytics? what is Hadoop? how to use Hadoop? – and describes the emerging technologies, with a focus on Hadoop, used for big data analytics, and a step-by-step process to getting started on your big data analytics journey using Hadoop.
This research explores how businesses are using big data analytics to create business value – converting information into insights and value. It determined that top performers view big data as a differentiator, there are three levels of big data competency, and proposes a new methodology for business leaders to use big data analytics for business value.
This paper presents the opportunities and challenges presented by big data in the field of development. The analysis presented here can be adapted for other
This analysis provides key insights into maximizing the capabilities of big data and cloud computing, focusing on innovative approaches like the Cloud Analytics Reference Architecture.