SXSW 2012 - Data Nerds, Is Big Data Crushing the Web?

Data Nerds, Is Big Data Crushing the Web?
Event	Interactive 2011
Format	Panel
Organizer	Shion Deysarkar – 80legs
Description	Beneath the surface of the web is a cataclysmic explosion of data that continues to grow larger by the second. A variety of factors have led to this phenomenon, from the availability of inexpensive terabyte-scale storage to the myriad methods for sharing data about ourselves. Web data is growing at a record pace – and data junkies will soon rule the tech world. 50 million tweets per day. 1.2 million photos served per second. 50 million websites added annually. The question is, how are we expected to build the next generation of technological innovations on top of this ever-growing Everest of data? To be honest, it can be daunting. In this panel, we’ll discuss how big data on the web changes the game for everyone. Is Hadoop good enough to manage this data explosion? Is massive web crawling dead? Is it even feasible to make such vast amounts of data open to everyone, and how do people even tap into it? Should the average Joe even care? This panel will discuss the impacts of big data on the future of the web, and debate how data will impact the next decade in tech.
Questions Answered	How does a business discern differences between Hadoop, bulk raw data and web crawlers as big data solutions? How does the average non-programmer tap into big data's value? What sorts of tools are available to access big data, and what are their differences? What problems with our current business systems can be fixed to more manageable handle big data? Is it feasible to make big data repositories open source?
Level	Advanced
Category	Back-End Programming / Databases
Tags	analysis, Big Data, data

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