Big Data Hype
Comments debate the definition of 'big data', skepticism about whether most claimed big data problems involve truly massive scales or are just overhyped buzzwords and regular data processing.
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Yes the distinction is important - Is it a "Big Data" problem or is it a "Big" data problem
That's what "Big Data" is for!
Most people who think they have big data don't.
Most people who think they have "big data" problems actually don't have "big" data at all.
"Big data is like teenage sex: everyone talks about it, nobody really knows how to do it, everyone thinks everyone else is doing it, so everyone claims they are doing it." -Dan Ariely
It's not the tech, it's the data.
But then it is not big data anymore!
That's why they call it Big Data
You would be surprised. Several companies have a big data-problem even with small amount of it. :)
And some lines about big data are not so big anymore either..