Velocity of big data
From a purely technological point of view, velocity refers to the throughput of big data, or how fast the data is coming in and is being processed. This has ramifications on how fast the recipient of the data needs to process it to keep up. Real-time analytics is one attempt to handle this characteristic. Tools that can enable this include Amazon Web Services Elastic MapReduce.
At a more macro level, the velocity of data can also be regarded as the increased speed at which data and information can now be transferred and processed faster and at greater distances than ever before.
The proliferation of high-speed data and communication networks coupled with the advent of cell phones, tablets, and other connected devices ...
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