{"id":2743,"date":"2013-02-08T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/dataplatforminsider\/2013\/02\/08\/what-does-big-data-mean-to-you\/"},"modified":"2025-04-24T07:05:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T14:05:56","slug":"what-does-big-data-mean-to-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2013\/02\/08\/what-does-big-data-mean-to-you\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does Big Data Mean to You?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a company that for many years has been committed to delivering <\/span>end-to-end data platform technologies<\/span><\/a> to our customers, we\u2019re excited about all the attention big data is receiving from <\/span>press<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>analysts<\/span><\/a> and the <\/span>industry<\/span><\/a>. While all the pundits are in general agreement that big data is the next greatest IT trend, the definition of big data varies depending on the source. <\/span><\/p>\n

What do we mean when we say big data? We mean data that is so large, so complex or collected at such a fast pace that it challenges the capabilities of traditional data management systems. Any organization looking at their current data infrastructure and seeing a significant shift the volume, variety <\/i>or velocity <\/i>of data is experiencing big data. <\/span><\/p>\n