Introduction to Big Data

About the Course

Get answers to fundamental questions such as: What is Big Data? How do we tackle Big Data? Why are we interested in it? How does Big Data add value to businesses?

• Gain insights on how to run better businesses and provide better services to customers
• Get recommendations on how to process big data on platforms that can handle the volume, velocity, variety and veracity of Big Data
• Learn why Hadoop is a great Big Data solution and why it’s not the only Big Data solution

Learning Objectives

In this course you will learn about:

• Definitions of Big Data
• Characteristics of Big Data
• A strategy for Big Data
• Big Data use cases
• Big Data systems

Course Syllabus

• Module 1 – What is Big Data?
  • Characteristics of Big Data
  • What are the V’s of Big Data?
  • The Impact of Big Data

• Module 2 – Big Data – Beyond the Hype
  • Big Data Examples
  • Sources of Big Data
  • Big Data Adoption

• Module 3 – The Big Data and Data Science
  • The Big Data Platform
  • Big Data and Data Science
  • Skills for Data Scientists
  • The Data Science Process

• Module 4 – BDUse Cases
  • Big Data Exploration
  • The Enhanced 360 View of a Customer
  • Security and Intelligence
  • Operations Analysis

• Module 5 – Processing Big Data
  • Ecosystems of Big Data
  • The Hadoop Framework