All Data Big and Small

10.20.2005

All Data Big and Small

May 2011

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http://redmonk.com/public/lucene.pdf

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In the beginning, there was the database...

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1979 1983 1989

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When you have a hammerand so on

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Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/2234031789/

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December 29, 2004

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The Cambrian Non-relationalExplosion

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Source: http://www.pnas.org/content/97/9/4426/F1.expansion.html

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Why?

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Different tools for different jobs

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Or, rather, different data

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A lot of different data

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Most of the attention goes to Big Data

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In spite of the fact that comparatively few have it

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Less heralded is unstructured data

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Between the size and (un)structure, it's amazing anything gets found

21Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/28705377@N04/4142872268/

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It's hard to ask the right question

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To make matters worse, you may only get one chance

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The most important answeris the next question

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Some questions

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OTHER QUESTIONS