{"id":178210,"date":"2024-03-07T18:21:47","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T17:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/?p=178210"},"modified":"2024-02-11T19:33:34","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T18:33:34","slug":"big-data-for-dummies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/big-data-for-dummies","title":{"rendered":"Big Data for Dummies"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"178210\" class=\"elementor elementor-178210\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a089134 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"a089134\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ea6df7 e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"1ea6df7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ef2404 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1ef2404\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Big Data refers to resources whose characteristics in terms of volume, velocity and variety require the use of specific technology and analytical methods to generate value. Find out everything there is to know about Big Data.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd8b8cc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"bd8b8cc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fd5fda e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"3fd5fda\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6c0129 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e6c0129\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>The proliferation of data, due to the increasing digitisation of the economy and players in all markets, has forced researchers to find new methods for collecting and processing it, at the level of a company, a country or even the world.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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class=\"elementor-button-text\">Find out more about our Big Data training<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b92f179 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"b92f179\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83d96fa e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"83d96fa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f20c894 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f20c894\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is Big Data?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17b4fb4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"17b4fb4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c17aa2 e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"8c17aa2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fbd3c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3fbd3c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Big data<\/strong>, literally &#8220;massive data&#8221;, refers to data sets that have become so voluminous that they exceed human capacity for analysis and <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/the-evolution-of-data-insights-data-science-vs-business-intelligence-in-the-big-data-era\">call into question the use of traditional IT tools<\/a>. This data may be personal, professional or institutional in nature, and may come from different sources of information circulating on digital networks (text, video, audio, databases, etc.).<\/p><p>For some, the <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/big-data-training-everything-you-need-to-know\">emergence of Big Data<\/a> is presented as a new industrial revolution similar to the discovery of the steam engine (early 19th century), electricity (late 19th century), and computing (late 20th century). For others, this phenomenon is seen as the final stage of the third industrial revolution, which is in fact the &#8220;information&#8221; revolution. Whatever the case, <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/big-data-definition-technologies-uses-and-training\">Big Data is recognised as a source of profound upheaval for society.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6174eca e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"6174eca\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31512af e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"31512af\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-006f2c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"006f2c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Big Data - What does this mean in practical terms?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a05861c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"a05861c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15e682c e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"15e682c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52f6718 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52f6718\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The first thing to understand is that <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/distributed-architecture-definition-and-relationship-to-big-data\">Big Data is naturally linked to digital technology.<\/a> The latter encompasses IT, but its scope is broader, since it also covers telecommunications (telephone, radio, television, computer) and the Internet. Every action carried out in the digital world produces one or more potentially analysable data items.<\/p><p>Since we can use <strong>digital technology<\/strong> in a variety of ways, the format of the data produced is highly varied. This volume of data generated, combined with its variety and speed of production, constitutes the structure of &#8220;big data&#8221;.<\/p><p>So it is not enough to consider only the data to claim that we are dealing with big data. Issued separately, data is just data. But once it has been collected, sorted and processed, it becomes usable information.<\/p><p>The power of Big Data therefore lies in converting your seemingly insignificant data into the main keys to your new decision-making. In other words, it&#8217;s a new kind of strategic intelligence that can speed up the decision-making and <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/automl-and-machine-learning-automation-a-threat-to-data-scientists\">performance of your business.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-859f936 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"859f936\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f10a3f e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"5f10a3f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ec4b89 elementor-align-center button-principale elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"6ec4b89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/data-courses\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Learning to exploit Big Data<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bb76c0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"9bb76c0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03634ee e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"03634ee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d32591 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9d32591\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Understanding Big Data with the 5Vs<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f157e1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"1f157e1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc2c3cc e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"bc2c3cc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8e3993 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8e3993\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>V for Volume:<\/strong> big data means an exceptional volume of data,<\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>V for Velocity:<\/strong> big data means fast, <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/apache-kafka-the-real-time-data-processing-platform\">real-time data processing,<\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>V for Variety:<\/strong> big data is data in a variety of forms. An image, a video, a tweet, a like are all data. A simple trace left on a website following your visit &#8211; the famous cookies &#8211; or by one of your connected objects is data.<\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>V for Veracity:<\/strong> big data raises the issue of the <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/data-quality-10-mistakes-not-to-make\">veracity of data<\/a>. Is it relevant? Does it reflect reality?<\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>V for Value:<\/strong> one of the disadvantages of big data is the problem of considering the value of the data produced. Sorting the data is essential. It is therefore vital to select the right data for analysis, depending on your business and, above all, your objectives.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-597be17 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"597be17\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ace4850 e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"ace4850\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9206ea8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9206ea8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is Big Data used for?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7430669 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7430669\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Big data is used in all areas related to digital technology. It benefits all sectors of activity as they undergo their own digital transformation.<\/p><p>In the case of an <strong>e-commerce site,<\/strong> the use of big data can lead you to understand that &#8220;those who bought product X also bought product Y&#8221;. <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/data-analyst-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-job\">This type of analysis<\/a> is made possible thanks to big data and the exploration of thousands, if not millions, of customer purchase data for the e-commerce site in question.<\/p><p>Finally, big data is a solution that gives everyone access, in real time, to a colossal amount of data in order to process it, analyse it and derive concrete decision-making interpretations from it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dd1ed5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"1dd1ed5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3402b9d e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"3402b9d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-473bc7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"473bc7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Learn about Data Science to exploit Big Data<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f09e4d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f09e4d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Although <strong>Big Data<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/artificial-intelligence-definition\">harnesses the power of artificial intelligence<\/a>, human intelligence and analytical skills remain essential. 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