December 30, 2010
Examples and definition of machine-generated data
In posts made last December, January, and April, I argued:
- Much of the growth in analytic data volumes will come in the form of machine-generated data.
- Unlike human-generated data, machine-generated data will grow at Moore’s Law kinds of speeds.
- Thus, unlike human-generated data, which I advocate keeping pretty much in all its detail, machine-generated data will continue to be in large part thrown away.
Recently and somewhat belatedly, I added a somewhat obvious point — if we don’t keep all or even most of our machine-generated data, then what we keep is likely to be in some way massaged, extracted, or derived. The purpose of this post is to address a second oversight — giving a hopefully clear definition of what I actually mean by “machine-generated data.” Read more
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December 28, 2010
Evolving definitions and technology categories for 2011
It seems my prediction of a limited blogging schedule in December came emphatically true. I shall re-start with a collection of quick thoughts, clearing the decks for more detailed posts to follow. Read more