Hurwitz J. et al. Big Data for Dummies

Wiley, 2013. — 336 p. — ISBN: 1118504224, 9781118504222.Find the right big data solution for your business or organization
Big data management is one of the major challenges facing business, industry, and not-for-profit organizations. Data sets such as customer transactions for a mega-retailer, weather patterns monitored by meteorologists, or social network activity can quickly outpace the capacity of traditional data management tools. If you need to develop or manage big data solutions, you'll appreciate how these four experts define, explain, and guide you through this new and often confusing concept. You'll learn what it is, why it matters, and how to choose and implement solutions that work.
Effectively managing big data is an issue of growing importance to businesses, not-for-profit organizations, government, and IT professionals
Authors are experts in information management, big data, and a variety of solutions
Explains big data in detail and discusses how to select and implement a solution, security concerns to consider, data storage and presentation issues, analytics, and much more
Provides essential information in a no-nonsense, easy-to-understand style that is empowering
Big Data For Dummies cuts through the confusion and helps you take charge of big data solutions for your organization.Getting Started with Big Data
Grasping the Fundamentals of Big Data
Examining Big Data Types
Old Meets New: Distributed Computing
Technology Foundations for Big Data
Digging into Big Data Technology Components
Virtualization and How It Supports Distributed Computing
Examining the Cloud and Big Data
Big Data Management
Operational Databases
MapReduce Fundamentals
Exploring the World of Hadoop
The Hadoop Foundation and Ecosystem
Appliances and Big Data Warehouses
Analytics and Big Data
Defi ning Big Data Analytics
Understanding Text Analytics and Big Data
Customized Approaches for Analysis of Big Data
Big Data Implementation
Integrating Data Sources
Dealing with Real-Time Data Streams and Complex Event Processing
Operationalizing Big Data
Applying Big Data within Your Organization
Security and Governance for Big Data Environments
Big Data Solutions in the Real World
The Importance of Big Data to Business
Analyzing Data in Motion: A Real-World View
Improving Business Processes with Big Data Analytics: A Real-World View
The Part of Tens
Ten Big Data Best Practices
Ten Great Big Data Resources
Ten Big Data Do’s and Don’ts