{"id":436425,"date":"2013-05-10T00:00:09","date_gmt":"2013-05-10T07:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-research-item&#038;p=436425"},"modified":"2018-10-16T20:23:30","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T03:23:30","slug":"think-big-data","status":"publish","type":"msr-research-item","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/publication\/think-big-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Think Again: Big Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/articles\/2012\/10\/08\/big_data?page=full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Big data<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>\u201d is the jargon du jour, the tech world\u2019s one-size-fits-all (so long as it\u2019s triple XL) answer to solving the world\u2019s most intractable problems.\u00a0The term is commonly used to describe the art and science of analyzing massive amounts of information to detect patterns, glean insights, and predict answers to complex questions. It might sound a bit dull, but from stopping\u00a0<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/articles\/2013\/04\/22\/small_cells_vs_big_data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">terrorists<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www3.weforum.org\/docs\/WEF_TC_MFS_BigDataBigImpact_Briefing_2012.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ending poverty<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.csc.com\/cscworld\/publications\/81769\/81773-supercomputing_the_climate_nasa_s_big_data_mission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">saving the planet<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, there\u2019s no problem too big for the\u00a0<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/articles\/139104\/kenneth-neil-cukier-and-viktor-mayer-schoenberger\/the-rise-of-big-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">evangelists\u00a0<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>of big data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBig data\u201d is the jargon du jour, the tech world\u2019s one-size-fits-all (so long as it\u2019s triple XL) answer to solving the world\u2019s most intractable problems.\u00a0The term is commonly used to describe the art and science of analyzing massive amounts of information to detect patterns, glean insights, and predict answers to complex questions. It might sound [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"msr-url-field":"","msr-podcast-episode":"","msrModifiedDate":"","msrModifiedDateEnabled":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","footnotes":""},"msr-content-type":[3],"msr-research-highlight":[],"research-area":[13563],"msr-publication-type":[193715],"msr-product-type":[],"msr-focus-area":[],"msr-platform":[],"msr-download-source":[],"msr-locale":[268875],"msr-post-option":[],"msr-field-of-study":[],"msr-conference":[],"msr-journal":[],"msr-impact-theme":[],"msr-pillar":[],"class_list":["post-436425","msr-research-item","type-msr-research-item","status-publish","hentry","msr-research-area-data-platform-analytics","msr-locale-en_us"],"msr_publishername":"","msr_edition":"Foreign 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