A glimpse of Big Data Jan. 2013 What is big data? “Big data is not a precise term; rather it’s a characterization of the never ending accumulation of all kinds of data‚ most of it unstructured. It describes data sets that are growing exponentially and that are too large‚ too raw or too unstructured for analysis using relational database techniques. Whether terabytes or petabytes‚ the precise amount is less the issue than where the data ends up and how it is used.”------Cite from EMC’s report
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There are many key differences that are important to understand between data oriented and process oriented approaches to designing a new system. The system focus of the data views and process views are entirely different. The process view focuses on what the systems supposed to do and when‚ while the data view has a focus on what the system needs to operate. Another noteworthy difference that distinguishes the two views is the design stability. The design stability of a process view is a more limited
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billion bytes of data in digital form be it on social media‚ blogs‚ purchase transaction record‚ purchasing pattern of middle class families‚ amount of waste generated in a city‚ no. of road accidents on a particular highways‚ data generated by meteorological department etc. This huge size of data generated is known as big data. Generally managers use data to arrive at decision. Marketers use data analytics to determine customer preferences and their purchasing pattern. Big data has tremendous potential
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Data warehousing is the process of collecting data in raw form for analyzing trends. The benefits to data warehousing are improved end-user access‚ increased data consistency‚ various kinds of reports can be made from the data collected‚ gather the data in a common place from separate sources and additional documentation of data. Potential lower computing costs‚ increased productivity‚ end-users can query the database without using overhead of the operational systems and creates an infrastructure
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DATA ORGANIZATION‚ PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS Research Methods 1 Data Organization and Presentation To make interpretation and analysis of gathered data easier‚ data should be organized and presented properly. The usual methods used by researchers are textual‚ tables‚ graphs and charts. 1.1 Textual Data can be presented in the form of texts‚ phrases or paragraphs. It involves enumerating important characteristics‚ emphasizing significant figures and identifying important features of
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DATA DICTIONARY Data Dictionaries‚ a brief explanation Data dictionaries are how we organize all the data that we have into information. We will define what our data means‚ what type of data it is‚ how we can use it‚ and perhaps how it is related to other data. Basically this is a process in transforming the data ‘18’ or ‘TcM’ into age or username‚ because if we are presented with the data ‘18’‚ that can mean a lot of things… it can be an age‚ a prefix or a suffix of a telephone number‚ or basically
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EDU 454: PRIMARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION Unit 5 - Teaching across the Curriculum in Primary School Learning Outcomes At the end of this unit‚ students should be able to: 1. Discuss the three elements integrated in KSSR 2. Elaborate the purpose of integrating creativity‚ entrepreneurship‚ and ICT in KSSR [pic] Teaching across the curriculum is becoming‚ and increasingly a popular approach in teaching and learning. The emphasis is it involves several
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DATA COMMUNICATION (Basics of data communication‚ OSI layers.) K.K.DHUPAR SDE (NP-II) ALTTC ALTTC/NP/KKD/Data Communication 1 Data Communications History • 1838: Samuel Morse & Alfred Veil Invent Morse Code Telegraph System • 1876: Alexander Graham Bell invented Telephone • 1910:Howard Krum developed Start/Stop Synchronisation ALTTC/NP/KKD/Data Communication 2 History of Computing • 1930: Development of ASCII Transmission Code • 1945: Allied Governments develop the First Large Computer
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Turning data into information © Copyright IBM Corporation 2007 Course materials may not be reproduced in whole or in part without the prior written permission of IBM. 4.0.3 Unit objectives After completing this unit‚ you should be able to: Explain how Business and Data is correlated Discuss the concept of turning data into information Describe the relationships between DW‚ BI‚ and Data Insight Identify the components of a DW architecture Summarize the Insight requirements and goals of
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The Difference Between Data Centers and Computer Rooms By Peter Sacco Experts for Your Always Available Data Center White Paper #1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The differences between a data center and a computer room are often misunderstood. Furthermore‚ the terms used to describe the location where companies provide a secure‚ power protected‚ and environmentally controlled space are often used inappropriately. This paper provides a basis for understanding the differences between these locations
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