Big Data Analytics

Big Data Analytics: Disruptive Technologies for Changing the Game

Bringing a practitioner’s view to big data analytics, this work examines the drivers behind big data, postulates a set of use cases, identifies sets of solution components, and recommends various implementation approaches. This work also addresses and thoroughly answers key questions on this emerging topic, including What is big data and how is it being used? How can strategic plans for big data analytics be generated? and How does big data change analytics architecture? The author, who has more than 20 years of experience in information management architecture and delivery, has drawn the material from a large breadth of workshops and interviews with business and information technology leaders, providing readers with the latest in evolutionary, revolutionary, and hybrid methodologies of moving forward to the brave new world of big data.

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In my mind this book is definitely the most important and practical guide for Beginners to Big Data Analytics. It covers a very good basics and foundational aspect of Big Data while presenting a strong practical business use cases with advanced analytics concepts.

Chapters 3 introduced the big data analytics application while Chapter 4 discusses the architecture components. Chapter 5 – Advanced Analytics Platform and Chapter 6 – Implementation of Big Data Analytics are the most impressive chapters of the book as it takes several business processes that is common in many businesses

If you do not have a fairly good understanding of Big Data Analytics from concept to implementation aspects after reading this text I would be very surprised. The way the case studies are handled and the problems identified and discussed also makes it a true reference book. I think everybody involved in Big Data Analytics should have one on his/her desk.