tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30455862.post4632902613348977963..comments2023-10-08T05:09:13.241-04:00Comments on Venture Cyclist: What is Big Data?Richard Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17448253376155772966noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30455862.post-18477883563439856492012-05-29T17:21:31.713-04:002012-05-29T17:21:31.713-04:00Nice post, Richard. I agree with you: one distin...Nice post, Richard. I agree with you: one distinguishing characteristic of Big Data in common usage is that it describes a broader swath of 'behavioral' data than ever before, which directly relates to both the size of the datasets and the implications of analytics. <br /><br />You also mention 'intervention' in real-time. IMO THIS is the big challenge of Big Data: it's being used to discover correlations and predictive patterns on GROUPS of individuals better than ever before, but it can be used at the same time to predict INDIVIDUAL behavior and intervene in real time.<br /><br />Sandy Pentland of MIT says, "Your phone company knows when you are about to buy a Starbucks before you do!" And he means YOU, not someone like you.stefanoqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03957519878567929614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30455862.post-44136312726094454032012-05-29T11:41:49.306-04:002012-05-29T11:41:49.306-04:00Great post. Cool to see the industry finally adopt...Great post. Cool to see the industry finally adopting the "3V"s of big data over 11 years after Gartner first published them. For future reference, and a copy of the original article I wrote in 2001, see: http://blogs.gartner.com/doug-laney/deja-vvvue-others-claiming-gartners-volume-velocity-variety-construct-for-big-data/. --Doug Laney, VP Research, Gartner, @doug_laneyDoug Laneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06067967065960881818noreply@blogger.com