Big Data – It Just Keeps Getting Bigger

August 26, 2014

By Ernest Worthman —

August 28, 2014 — It turns out that big data is connected to just about everything out there. According to icrunchdata, jobs in the big data segment hit 500,000 and climbing. The company produces the Big Data Jobs Index, which monitors online job posting within the segment. Big data analytics are finding a home in a number of areas including marketing, network operations, finance and customer activities, as well as other areas such as finance.

Data from Internet of Things (IoT) apps will represent a major source for big data, , but IoT apps are, in turn, being driven by big data solutions, according to Michael Hausenblas, chief data engineer, MAPR Technologies

In a recent blog, Hausenblas noted that in agriculture, sensors farm machinery will gauge soil temperature, moisture and other environmental factors to help farmers optimize their yields. Sensors in smartphones include video, GPS and gyros, which will drive applications in augmented reality. Sensors in commercial buildings and in homes will provide data related to food, health-related topics, education and entertainment.

“IoT naturally lends itself to big data by reviewing IoT data characteristics along the three main dimensions of big data: volume, variety, and velocity,” Hausenblas wrote.

Ernest Worthman is the editor of Small Cell Magazine. J. Sharpe Smith, AGL Small Cell Link editor, contributed to this article.