In a comment on FCW's April 15 article, "Sketching the big picture on big data," a reader offered a definition of the term: An easily scalable system of unstructured data with accompanying tools that ...

Big data can solve every business problem you have, transform society for the better, and possibly cure your fallen arches — if you believe the firestorm of ultra-positive hype on the subject. In an ...

Some ten years ago, I started writing about what we then called "big data" for ZDNet; in fact, I was the first person at ZDNet focused on it exclusively. Coming from a consulting background in ...

As businesses continue to harness Big Data to drive innovation, customer engagement and operational efficiency, they increasingly find themselves walking a tightrope between data utility and user ...

Big Data is happening now. Learn about the tips and technology you need to store, analyze, and apply the growing amount of your company’s data.