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Big Data: The Big Picture

Big Data technology has gone from hype-driven to enterprise-ready. This course will teach you about Big Data concepts, major technologies and dominant vendors, as well as strategic approaches for adopting Big Data analytics in your organization.

Intermediate
1h 52m
(1908)

Created by Andrew Brust

Last Updated Feb 04, 2021

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Big Data: The Big Picture

Big Data technology has gone from hype-driven to enterprise-ready. This course will teach you about Big Data concepts, major technologies and dominant vendors, as well as strategic approaches for adopting Big Data analytics in your organization.

Intermediate
1h 52m
(1908)

Created by Andrew Brust

Last Updated Feb 04, 2021

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What you'll learn

Big Data technology is now critical to and pervasive in the enterprise. In this course, Big Data: The Big Picture, you’ll learn about the concepts, core technologies and competitive landscape in the Big Data arena. First, you’ll explore key Big Data terms, technologies and professional roles. Next, you’ll discover who the key vendors are in the Big Data space. Finally, you’ll learn strategic approaches to Big Data adoption. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the technology context and market understanding needed to plan a Big Data technology implementation for your team, business unit organization.

Big Data: The Big Picture
Intermediate
1h 52m
(1908)
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Andrew Brust - Pluralsight course - Big Data: The Big Picture
Andrew Brust
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Andrew Brust is Senior Director of Technical Product Marketing and Evangelism at Datameer, and writes about Big Data for the technology news site, ZDNet. Andrew is the co-author of "Programming Microsoft SQL Server 2012" (Microsoft Press); an advisor to NYTECH, the New York Technology Council; serves as Microsoft Regional Director and MVP; writes the Redmond Review column for VisualStudioMagazine.com; and serves as co-chair of the Visual Studio Live! developer conference.

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