Planning for Big Data
Description
In
an age where everything is measurable, understanding big data is an
essential. From creating new data-driven products through to increasing
operational efficiency, big data has the potential to make your
organization both more competitive and more innovative.As
this emerging field transitions from the bleeding edge to enterprise
infrastructure, it's vital to understand not only the technologies
involved, but the organizational and cultural demands of being
data-driven.
Written by O'Reilly Radar's experts on big data, this anthology describes:
- The broad industry changes heralded by the big data era
- What big data is, what it means to your business, and how to start solving data problems
- The software that makes up the Hadoop big data stack, and the major enterprise vendors' Hadoop solutions
- The landscape of NoSQL databases and their relative merits
- How visualization plays an important part in data work
