Five v’s of “big data” The previous chart shows five v’s associated with “big data.” According to NIST, volume, variety and velocity are the three v’s that define “big data.” ...

It’s been almost two years since I took a first stab at charting the booming big data ecosystem, and it’s been a period of incredible activity in the space. An updated chart was long overdue ...

A clear big data definition can be difficult to pin down because big data can cover a multitude of use cases. But in general the term refers to sets of data that are so large in volume and so ...

Big data are massive data sets used to gather real-time information. Small data are manageable data sets, generally gathered ...

Big data. It's been a buzz word for years, but do you know exactly what it means? BI Studios sat down with an expert to walk through the ins and outs of big data, and explain how businesses can ...

“Big data” has become a really big buzz-phrase — tossed around in conversations about everything from business to surveillance; cited as a tool to improve driving, hiring, understanding ...

I write about how data & data-driven marketing are changing business. This article is more than 10 years old. Big data is new and “ginormous” and scary –very, very scary. No, wait.