by Harish Kotadia, Ph.D.
Force Multiplier, a noun, means something that increases effect of the force. In military usage, force multiplication refers to “an attribute or a combination of attributes which make a given force more effective than that same force would be without it” (for more, see this). Big Data, which is characterized by three Vs, namely Volume, Variety
A lot has been said and written lately about whether Big Data revolution is for real or it is one more hype that will die down soon as tech world moves on to the next fad. In my opinion, Big Data is a game changing revolution that will fundamentally change how information is collected, stored, managed
It is not uncommon to hear the phrase “Data Rich, but Information Poor” in the context of enterprise information systems. This is especially true when it comes to Big Data, given the three Vs of Big Data, namely Volume, Variety and Velocity (read this for more). What seems like a big problem posed by data deluge is in