All Data Big and Small

May 2011
10.20.2005
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 hammer
and 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-relational
Explosion

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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

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Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/28705377@N04/4142872268/
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 answer
is the next question

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Some questions

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 OTHER
QUESTIONS
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