The big data life cycle

I keep coming back to the same problem: everyone talks about big data as if it’s a thing you have, when really it’s a process you go through. There’s no single tool or platform that solves it. What you end up with is a series of messy stages, each with its own set of headaches, and most organisations I’ve spoken to are stuck somewhere in the middle without a clear picture of what comes next. ...

29 December 2013 · Shafiq Alibhai