Cloud Computing: Three Megatrends Disrupting The Database Industry (And What To Do About Them)
September 9, 2013
Grazed from ReadWrite. Author: Editorial Staff.
Over the last decade and a half, the information-rich lives we live online mean a soaring pile of bits and bytes. And it’s growing harder to manage, not easier. Experts see three related megatrends disrupting attempts to sort things out. But don’t despair—the database masters of the world are working on a solution.
The inherent problem is that not all Web interactions are built alike. Apps come in all shapes and sizes. Connecting the dots between your email, your Web search, and your online purchases, for example, requires more than just the standard age/sex/location identifiers…
Add to this the number of people online who are accessing and inputting information at the same time—2.4 billion at last count—along with bits and pieces of loosely formatted or unformatted information, known in the database industry as unstructured data, and you can see how complex the issue has become…
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