BUSINESS DRIVEN TECHNOLOGY >CUSTOM<
BUSINESS DRIVEN TECHNOLOGY >CUSTOM<
17th Edition
ISBN: 9781307054934
Author: BALTZAN
Publisher: MCG/CREATE
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Chapter 8, Problem 1OC
Program Plan Intro

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, querying, 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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Reasons for displaying big data in a graphic or visual format:

The main reasons why a business would want to display big data in a graphic or visual format are as follows.

  • Big data in the form of visual format is easier to understand.
  • Statistical data is not interesting to the readers in the form of text.
  • In the form of text format, it is very hard to understand the results of any survey.
  • Visual format makes it more interesting.
  • It is easy to understand for multi lingual audience.
  • When presented visually, the comparison research becomes far more dramatic.

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