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You are viewing ARCHIVED CONTENT released online between 1 April 2010 and 24 August 2018 or content that has been selectively archived and is no longer active. Content in this archive is NOT UPDATED, and links may not function.By Jenna Dutcher
“Big data.” It seems like the phrase is everywhere. The term was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2013 and appeared in Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary in 2014 . Now, Gartner’s just-released 2014 Hype Cycle shows “big data” passing the “peak of inflated expectations” and moving on its way down into the “trough of disillusionment.” Big data is all the rage. But what does it actually mean? A commonly repeated definition cites the three Vs: volume, velocity, and variety. But others argue that it’s not the size of data that counts, but the tools being used or the insights […]
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