Big Data Fundamentals: A comprehensive Guide to Data management and Analysis

Book excerpt: “Big Data Fundamentals: A Comprehensive Guide to Data Management and Analysis” aims to provide a complete knowledge of the basic ideas and methods related with big data. Ten thorough chapters, each with an emphasis on important aspects of big data including definition, features, technologies, processing methods, and security issues, make up the book. The book starts with an overview of big data and its impact on modern businesses then looks at many technologies and tools within the big data ecosystem. Readers will learn recommended practices for data management as well as data storage options—including data lakes and cloud storage. Discussions on data processing and analytics include batch and stream processing as well as methods like ETL. Emphasizing their importance in obtaining insightful analysis from large volumes of data, the book also investigates the junction of data mining and machine learning. It underlines the need for data visualization for efficient result interpretation and successful result communication. Analyzed are the security and privacy issues in the framework of big data, along with solutions for guaranteeing compliance and governance. The book presents advanced topics like real-time processing and future trends along with useful implementation techniques. This comprehensive handbook is a vital tool for anybody wishing to understand and use big data’s potential in their career.