[Infographic] The Real World of Big Data

Big Data is here to stay (See post: [Infographic] The Scale & Scope of Big Data) and every day, organizations around the world are working towards identifying what they can leverage this for, or what their big data strategy needs to be, to compete in the digitized world of the 21st century and beyond. Clearly, the answers are not easy, and it will be some time before they figure it out.

Today's post provides an infographic from Wikibon that provides useful insights into what the areas of focus in the big data context can be, their potential (in dollar value terms, that is), and what some early adopters in the real business world are applying big data for.

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The Real World of Big Data via Wikibon Infographics

[Infographic] The Scale & Scope of Big Data

The world is a more connected place today, and the exponential growth of disruptive technologies like social, mobile and cloud has led to an unprecedented challenge: that of an unimaginable scale and velocity of data creation. While the 'first wave' of this has been driven by humans through mediums like social networks, there is more to come: the data generated by smarter and intelligent machines. While machines and systems are already capable of doing so, the next wave (think the 'Large Hydron Collider') promises to be even more explosive!

Data is going to be the new currency of the digital age - and businesses that have access to data are scrambling for ways and means to make sense of it, a far cry from the 'information' that it has been seen as, thus far. Big Data is therefore, more of a problem, than a solution in itself. If - and there's probably not much choice not to - one wishes to address the problem and it's challenges, one has to begin understanding a lot more about Big Data.

An earlier post - The Future of Big Data - emphasized the context to the growth of big data, and how it's going to be around. Here is more on this, but with an attempt to help grasp the scale and scope of what it encompasses, and the themes it touches on. A better understanding of the problem is needed, if a solution has to be devised. It's not going to be an easy problem to address, but the good news - you may not be alone breaking your head over it!

Note: This post was updated to provide new infographics than were originally included, as the original content/infographics were removed by the source party/service. We apologize for the inconvenience, but hope the updated ones will provide equivalent information.

Setting the Scale of Big Data:

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Big Data Snapshot:

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[Infographic] Car Tech Countdown to 2018

Technology is advancing at a rapid pace, what with the advent of the mobile revolution, and technologies powering it. The mobile phone is touted to be THE single most important device (or tech) that will power people's lives in the next decade.

The technologies for such devices are no doubt finding new applications, and one such area that is seen to be impacted greatest, is likely to be that of personal travel: the car. With Google's self-drive car being cleared for road driving in some places, the future isn't really that far, some say.

Here's a peek into what the future of Car Tech holds in the next 5 years:
(Note: The image from the original source: http://www.landlautomotive.co.uk/mercedes-benz/news-and-events/car-technology-countdown-to-2018.aspx is no longer available, hence we're updating this to another one.)

[InfoGraphic] It's a SaaS World

ProfitBricks has just published an infographic that describes the history of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), how it compares to other cloud service delivery paradigms such as Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), and the leading SaaS types in use across the world today.

It's a great primer for one and all!

Courtesy of: ProfitBricks - Cloud Computing 2.0 via https://thetechpanda.com/ (updated, since ProfitBricks became part of Ionos.com)

See also: Cloud Computing History | A Remarkable Tech Journey (computerguideonline.com)

[Infographic] Google Glass From the Inside

Early last spring, Google announced the advent of Google Glass -sporty and snazzy piece of the new generation of wearable computing technology. Google Glass is being readied, with the first pieces of the sci-fi style glasses being ready to be shipped by late 2013 (we gather).

If you are keen, then the specs include a tranparent LCD or AMOLED display, a front facing camera, GPS, motion sensors, Wi-fi or Bluetooth enabled, running Android. (For the full specs, see this)

If you want to know how Google Glass works for the user, then check it this video.



If you're curious to know how it really works - internally, that is - then check out this great infographic (by Droid-life.com) below.


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