INTRODUCTION
We live in an exciting time. The information age is exploding around us, giving us access to dizzying amounts of data the instant it becomes available. Smartphones and tablets provide an untethered experience that offers streaming video, audio, and other media formats to just about any place on the planet. Even people who are not “computer literate” use Facebook to catch up with friends and family, use Google to research a new restaurant choice and get directions to drive there, or tweet their reactions once they have sampled the fare. The budding Internet of Things will only catalyze this data eruption. The infrastructure supporting these services is also growing exponentially, and the technology that facilitates this rapid ...
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