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Unscrambling Big Data: A Guide to the Tools and Processes
"The Big Data Guide": An Easy but Useful Read
September 6, 2012,
Volume 175, Issue 1

The expression "big data" comprises such familiar sources of information as data from e-mails, social media, sensors, and video footage, all familiar to the IT world. What is new about big data is how one goes about analyzing it. "The Big Data Guide" provides an introduction to the tools and processes involved in deriving insight from big data files, covering such topics as acquisition, organization and analysis of big data; discovering hidden relationships among data elements; and using these findings in corporate decision making. Registration and log-in are required for access to the pdf.

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