Big data is an IT buzzword nowadays, but its definition depends on who's doing the defining; AWS, IBM, and research firms each have their own definitions Big data is an IT buzzword nowadays, but what ...

This article is published by AllBusiness.com, a partner of TIME. What is “Big Data”? Big Data refers to the vast volumes of structured and unstructured data that are too complex and large for ...

In a comment on FCW's April 15 article, "Sketching the big picture on big data," a reader offered a definition of the term: An easily scalable system of unstructured data with accompanying tools that ...

Big data has enthralled and enraged over the last four years, and no matter how you use it, plenty of questions still remain. Here are five to consider before implementing a big data update. In 2012, ...

As chief information and engineering officer for logistics giant UPS, Juan Perez is placing analytics and insight at the heart of business operations. Drowning in data is not the same as big data.

Big data is an IT buzzword nowadays, but what does it really mean? When does data become big? At a recent Big Data and High Performance Computing Summit in Boston hosted by Amazon Web Services (AWS), ...

The massive amounts of data collected over time that are difficult to analyze and handle using common database management tools. The data are analyzed for marketing trends in business as well as in ...