Wednesday, November 13, 2013

What Does Big Data Have to Do With Me and My Organization?

What Does Big Data Have to Do With Me and My Organization?: Without a doubt big data is one of the most talked about topics in nonprofit technology and IT in general this year. It was last year as well. But if you’re not a big collector of online information like Google, Facebook or Microsoft, what does big data have to do with you and your work? It’s a big fuzzy topic, but I’ll give it a shot.
What Is Big Data Anyway?

Like me you may be a bit unclear about what big data actually is. MIT Technology Review recently cited Oracle’s definition: “Big data is the derivation of value from traditional relational database-driven business decision making, augmented with new sources of unstructured data.” Uh. OK.

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