What Does ‘Big Data’ Mean

Michael Stonebraker

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The Meaning of Big Data - 3 V’s

• Big Volume— With simple (SQL) analytics— With complex (non-SQL) analytics

• Big Velocity— Drink from the fire hose

• Big Variety— Large number of diverse data sources to

integrate

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The Meaning of Big Data - 3 V’s

• Big Volume— Simple (SQL) analytics: Data Warehouses— Complex (non-SQL) analytics: emerging market

• Big Velocity— Drink from the fire hose: complex event processing, NoSQL, New SQL

• Big Variety— Large number of diverse data sources to integrate:

data integration, ETL

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The Meaning of Big Data - 3 V’s

• Big Volume— With simple (SQL) analytics: Fritz Knabe— With complex (non-SQL) analytics: me

• Big Velocity— Drink from the fire hose: Christopher Alhberg, Mark Watkins

• Big Variety— Large number of diverse data sources to integrate: Mark Watkins

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Tone of the Talks

• Everybody on this panel is a techie

• Happy to have audience raise technical questions— 15 minutes at the end