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The computing revolution that began more than 2 decades ago has led to large amounts of digital data being amassed by corporations. Advances in digital sensors; proliferation of communication systems, especially mobile platforms and devices; massive scale logging of system events; and rapid movement toward paperless organizations have led to a massive collection of data resources within organizations. And the increasing dependence of businesses on technology ensures that the data will continue to grow at an even faster rate.
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© 2014 Sameer Wadkar and Madhu Siddalingaiah
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Wadkar, S., Siddalingaiah, M. (2014). Motivation for Big Data. In: Pro Apache Hadoop. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-4864-4_1
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