While data has traditionally been stored and organized in relational databases, information being collected through web logs, sensors, e-commerce transactions, medical records, images, and videos has taken on increasing importance for organizations needing to glean customer insights. The advent of inexpensive cloud computing, storage, and distributed processing means we now have the ability to capture, store, search, and analyze petabytes of both structured and unstructured data.

The evolving field of big data technology is focused on managing the volume, velocity, and variety of that unstructured data to provide organizations with actionable information that guides business decisions.

Big data management requires a broad range of skills over a broad range of technologies, including infrastructure administration, development, and analysis. The IT and business training experts at Global Knowledge are on the case. With courses on storage, cloud computing, Apache Hadoop, and business intelligence, we have the training you need to adapt your skills or gain new ones to make the most of big data.