Big Data represents one of the most significant evolutions in data management and analysis of the digital era. But its roots are deeper than one might think: the article traces them back to the 1960s-70s of the first computers, through the expansion of relational databases in the 1980s-90s, up to the explosion of the Internet, social media and IoT devices after 2010.
That is when unstructured data — text, images, video — becomes dominant and volumes grow exponentially, shaping the concept of Big Data. A historical framing that helps explain why this phenomenon redefines how organizations create value. In the full PDF: the history of Big Data and its definition.
Originally published in Il Giornale dell'Ingegnere (CNI), 1 August 2023.
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