February 2014
Beginner to intermediate
224 pages
4h 55m
English
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5
Technology for Big Data
A major component of what makes the management and analysis of big data possible is new technology.* In effect, big data is not just a large volume of unstructured data, but also the technologies that make processing and analyzing it possible. Specific big data technologies analyze textual, video, and audio content. When big data is fast moving, technologies like machine learning allow for the rapid creation of statistical models that fit, optimize, and predict the data. This chapter is devoted to all of these big data technologies and the difference they make. The technologies addressed in the chapter are outlined in table 5-1.
TABLE 5-1
Overview of technologies for big data
| Technology |