Big data and cloud computing both are trending and long term technologies in IT industry. Big data is becoming most popular term in the industry. Because of the growing number of data from different sources the big corporation require the the system known as big data. Big data and cloud computing are not same both are different from each other. Let us start by looking at the features of big data.
Big data and cloud computing both are trending and long term technologies in IT industry. Big data is becoming most popular term in the industry. Because of the growing number of data from different sources the big corporation require the the system known as big data. Big data and cloud computing are not same both are different from each other. Let us start by looking at the features of big data.
Big Data
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Big data is one of the most popular term these days. The name itself says that it contains the massive amount of data. Apart from containing the data it also provide the way to gathering, storing, organising and analysing data collected from various sources.
Big data contains huge amount of data the data can be structured, semi structured and unstructured. It provides the ways to process all these data into valuable information for the organisation to take further decisions. Big data is combination of the following features.
Big data holds the volume, variety and velocity of data. The data in big data is in massive amount. Usually big data holds the data ranges in Exabyte, petabytes etc. Keep in mind that the data sources of big data is no single. The data is comes from various sources i.e sales record, R&D department report, competitor report and internet information.
Remember that the data not always be in structure form because it is collected from various sources. Big data analyzes the data at lightning fast speed. Because of the velocity of Big data it is applied in artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Cloud Computing
Cloud computing the name itself explaining what is it. It is the technology use for storing and access data and application through the internet. It is not similar to big data because you can’t have your own personal resources for cloud computing.
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Cloud Computing Category
SaaS(Software As A Service)
Sass is one of the most famous cloud computing lots of companies are using SaaS to provide their service to the customers. In this a software installed on the company’s major server and the users use it through their computer or any other internet based devices. Moz is the best example of SaaS. It is an internet based cloud computing.
IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)
In this type of cloud computing the companies provide the storage space on their computer to the users. The user get the specific amount of space as per company terms. The user can arrange the file as per their choice. It is same as local storage but the only difference is that this storage space is provided through the internet. Google Drive, Dropbox are the best example of IaaS.
(PaaS) Platform as a Service
PaaS is one of the most popular cloud computing. It provide the platform to the users to develop the softwares through the tools provided by the Paas company. The users can easily manage the software. One of the most popular example of PaaS is Amazon Web Services(AWS).
(Daas) Database as a Service
DaaS is one of the growing cloud computing. It provide the database access to the users. The users can access to the data without need to buy the entire database. The best part of DaaS is there is no need to update the data in this database. The DaaS providers will automatically update the data at regular interval. Xignite is one of the most popular financial database providers in the world.
(CaaS) Containers as a Service
CaaS stands for containers as a Service. It is also getting popular with every passing years. In this type of service cloud providers offer container engines, container orchestration, and underlying computing resources as a service. Google Container Engine, and Azure are the best examples of CaaS.
Let’s Sum Up
Now we have taken a deep look on the characteristics of both cloud computing and big data. Big data is large set of data on the other hand cloud computing is all about giving the storage or accessing the large set of data over the internet. At the we can say that big data is use to take a decision based on data. On the other hand cloud computing is about using the data from other’s computer over the internet.
