Challenges and Opportunities of Big Data

Abstract

Big Data is a new concept in the global and local area. This field has gained tremendous momentum in the recent years and has attracted attention of several researchers. Big Data is a data analysis methodology enabled by recent advances in information and communications technology. However, big data analysis requires a huge amount of computing resources making adoption costs of big data technology. Therefore, it is not affordable for many small and medium enterprises. We survey the concepts and characteristics of Big Data along with a number of tools like HADOOP, HPCC for managing Big Data. It also presents an overview of big data like Characteristics of Big data, big data technology, big data management tools etc. We have also highlighted on some challenges and opportunities related to the fields of big data.