Essentials of MIS (13th Edition)
Essentials of MIS (13th Edition)
13th Edition
ISBN: 9780134802756
Author: Kenneth C. Laudon, Jane Laudon
Publisher: PEARSON
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Big Data:

  • Big data is enormously large sets that may be analyzed computationally to expose trends, association and patterns particularly relating to human interactions and behavior.
  • Big data challenges include data storage, search, transfer, data analysis, querying, sharing, information privacy, data source, visualization and updating.
  • Due to the technology evolution happened in the last 50 years, big data came into fruition.
  • There was a transformation in the data landscape due to the revolutionary technological advances in software, hardware, storage, networking, and computing models which made new opportunities for data collection.

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