Big data is an evolving term that describes any voluminous amount of structured, semistructured and unstructured data that has the potential to be mined for information.
Big data is data sets that are so large or complex that traditional data processing application software is inadequate to deal with them. Big data challenges include capturing data, data storage, data analysis, search, sharing, transfer, visualization, querying, updating and information privacy.
Why Big Data
- Timely
- Better analytics
- Vast amount of data
- Insights
- Decision-making
Types of Big Data
- Structured data
- Unstructured data
- Semi-structured data
