The Vast Data Sources of the IoT
Think that only human beings generate a boatload of data? Think again.
If you think that human beings generate a great deal of information these days, you are right. At the same time, though, as the Internet of Things (IoT) approaches, you ain't seen nothin' yet.
More than ever, people are quick to bandy about the term Big Data. There's plenty more to say about the matter (hence my rationale for scribing Too Big to Ignore in 2012), but perhaps it's best to think about Big Data in the following simple framework: people and machines.
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