What about big data?

Big data is set to be a huge trend among businesses in 2012 as the amount of data produced multiplies rapidly.


However, despite the fact that it is becoming an increasingly common issue, big data is leaving many IT professionals confused with a recent survey by LogLogic highlighting that only 27 per cent of IT professional polled could define big data. This is despite half of respondents saying they are very concerned about its implications for their work.


Big data is generally defined as data sets which are so large that they become awkward to work with and are difficult to capture, store, share and search.


However, despite this lack of knowledge, big data has implications for many areas of a business including security and IT so experience and skills within the area could prove invaluable.