Useful Resource Courtesy of Autonomy
July 4, 2012
Autonomy stars in its own slide show explaining big data, we learn in eWeek’s “Enterprise Applications: How Autonomy’s Private Cloud Tackles Big Data, Analytics.” The slide show is reproduced in the article, and it does a good job of breaking down the increasingly influential phenomenon, starting with the basics. For example, the introductory slide explains:
“Big data is comprised of structured data, which is data that fits cleanly into spreadsheets and databases, and unstructured data, which is human-generated information . . . . Unstructured ‘diverse data’ now makes up more than 90 percent of the world’s data, and it is the fastest-growing form of information. Just as importantly, this ‘human information’ is where the interesting things happen. This is where customers share their experiences with a brand and indicate their buying preferences. This is where teams of corporate lawyers look to find evidence of fraud and compliance violations.”
Clear and succinct—gotta love it. The slides contains some helpful graphics, too, and include comparisons to help wrap one’s head around the colossal numbers involved. It also talks up Autonomy’s big-data expertise, but that is to be expected. I would recommend it as a resource for explaining the matter to the uninitiated or confused.
Autonomy, founded in 1996 and now owned by HP, offers a full range of cloud-based solutions that use Autonomy’s IDOL to tame mind-boggling amounts of unstructured data. The technology grew from research originally performed at Cambridge University, and now serves prominent public and private organizations around the globe.
Cynthia Murrell, July 4, 2012
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