A growing number of sensors, scanners, RFID readers, cameras and microphones mean that global storage requirements are doubling every two years. As a result, data sets are growing that contain enormous treasures, but are too large or complex to be analyzed using traditional data processing tools. However, new methods and technologies for collecting and analyzing these data volumes are already widely available and ready for productive use. From September 15, 2014, you can find out what these are, how they are used and how to proceed correctly in terms of data protection law at BigData-Insider.de.



BigData-Insider provides decision-makers with a practical mix of specialist articles by renowned experts, users and integrators as well as daily news on a wide range of specific topics such as Hadoop infrastructures, data capturing, business intelligence and Industry 4.0. Big data enables companies to increase their competitive edge, identify potential savings and open up new areas of business.



The editor-in-chief of BigData-Insider is Nico Litzel, who has worked as an editor specializing in data storage and analysis at the five Vogel IT-Medien insider portals since 2007.



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