Making Big Data Work For Your Business A Guide To Effective Big Data Analytics Sudhi Sinha by Sudhi Sinha 9781783000982, 1783000988 instant download after payment.

Big Data is now ubiquitous. At its core, the Big Data phenomenon includes a realization,

a vision, and a resulting implementation effort. There is now a widespread realization

(indeed, one may even say that an inflection point has been reached) that data can hugely

benefit applications in virtually all corners of society. This has given rise to the vision of a

data-driven world, one in which organizations, governments, disciplines, communities, and

individuals alike try to capture as much data as possible and then use knowledge gleaned

from the data to make decisions. The race is therefore on to implement this vision, with

needs for ever more tools to capture data, for distributed and parallel platforms to process

huge volumes of data, and for analytics software to glean the available insights.

And there is more to come. Looking forward, just over the horizon, the Internet of Things

is emerging. On this Internet, ordinary appliances such as refrigerators, thermostats,

furnaces, and cars have sensors that allow them to generate torrents of data and to

communicate with one another. Companies are eager to build this Internet, as it will

allow them to offer high-margin, value-added services, projected to be worth billions of

dollars. When this Internet takes hold, it will make the data-driven world even bigger and

the data deluge even more ubiquitous.

Thus, it is no wonder that companies are racing to prepare themselves for the Big Data era

and the coming Internet of Things. It is difficult, however, to know exactly where to start

and what to do. This is where this book comes in. Written by Sudhi Sinha at Johnson

Controls, with decades of experience in data management, this is a perfect starter book for

any manager who wants to understand and explore Big Data. The book covers important

challenges, ranging from building an overall strategy, to creating new opportunities, to

managing projects, and to driving Big Data communications effectively throughout the

entire organization. The book is peppered with concrete examples and practical tips, in an

engaging presentation style. The Big Data field is evolving quickly, and this book serves

as a quick and practical introduction to the field. I have found it very informative and

interesting, and I believe that you will too.