Top 5 Big Data Trends Of 2014

InformationWeek: The era of big data analysis is here to stay. Take your pick of 2014 proof points.

Tech watchers might cite the more than $200 million in venture capital raised by the top three NoSQL database vendors, or the $1 billion raised by the top-three Hadoop software distributors. Many took note of the recent declaration by Forrester Research that "Hadoop is no longer optional" for large enterprises, thanks to compelling "Hadooponomics" that make it a must for high-scale storage and data processing.

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