What is Big Data?
February 28, 2012
Rob Klopp
The meme “Big Data” is everywhere these days… but there are few unambiguous definitions. The picture to the right offers my contribution… unambiguous and not sillier than others I have read:
Categories: Database Technology, MapReduce
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