Big Data: Executive Briefing

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Xavier Morera

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1. Big Data - Why It Matters and How Its Changing the World

1. Why Does Big Data Matter to Businesses.mp4

02:25

2. The Problem with Data.mp4

01:08

2. Understanding Big Data

1. What Is Big Data.mp4

06:18

2. (A Short) History of Big Data.mp4

02:06

3. Big Data Goes Mainstream.mp4

03:27

4. What Does Big Data Do and How Does It Work.mp4

04:21

5. Big Data Platforms.mp4

02:04

3. Big Data for Your Business

1. How Is Big Data Applied or Used Within a Business.mp4

02:15

2. Conclusion.mp4

01:32

Description

Big Data is the present and the future. It enables you to make informed decisions and predictions based on insights obtained from your data. In this course you will learn why big data matters, how it is changing the world, and what you can do about it.

What You'll Learn?

Making business decisions is a serious matter that must be done based on insights obtained from data—the more data the merrier. In this course, Big Data: Executive Briefing, you will be exposed to a high level overview of why big data matters to your organization. First, you will learn why making business decisions based on insights from large amounts of data matters so much for businesses. Next, you will explore what big data is, including the different types of big data. Finally, you will discover some of the platforms and projects that are available to process big data. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the knowledge required to identify how big data can be leveraged within your company to gain insights that can give you a competitive advantage.

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Big Data

Xavier Morera

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Xavier is very passionate about teaching, helping others understand search and Big Data. He is also an entrepreneur, project manager, technical author, trainer, and holds a few certifications with Cloudera, Microsoft, and the Scrum Alliance, along with being a Microsoft MVP. He has spent a great deal of his career working on cutting-edge projects with a primary focus on .NET, Solr, and Hadoop among a few other interesting technologies. Throughout multiple projects, he has acquired skills to deal with complex enterprise software solutions, working with companies that range from startups to Microsoft. Xavier also worked as a worldwide v-trainer/evangelist for Microsoft.

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Pluralsight, LLC is an American privately held online education company that offers a variety of video training courses for software developers, IT administrators, and creative professionals through its website. Founded in 2004 by Aaron Skonnard, Keith Brown, Fritz Onion, and Bill Williams, the company has its headquarters in Farmington, Utah. As of July 2018, it uses more than 1,400 subject-matter experts as authors, and offers more than 7,000 courses in its catalog. Since first moving its courses online in 2007, the company has expanded, developing a full enterprise platform, and adding skills assessment modules.