
OBJECTIVE
CHAPTER
2
Introducing Big Data
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The Transition to Big Data
2.3 The De nition of Big Data
2.4 The V’s
2.5 Sources of Big Data
2.6 Common Applications of
BigData
2.7 An Introduction to Big Data
Technologies
2.8 An Overview of Popular
Vendors
In the previous chapter, different types of structured,
unstructured and semi-structured data were explored.
Italso highlighted how modern enterprises are leveraging
not only the structured, secure and well-governed
enterprise data, but also the unstructured and semi-
structured data, originating outside the enterprise
rewalls and are being received in lar