Information technology. Big data. Overview and vocabulary

Scope

What is ISO 20546 on Big data about?

ISO 20546 is an international standard that covers vocabulary about information technology.

ISO 20546 provides a set of terms and definitions needed to promote improved communication and understanding of this area. It provides a terminological foundation for big data-related standards.

ISO 20546 provides a conceptual overview of the field of big data, its relationship to other technical areas and standards efforts, and the concepts ascribed to big data that are not new to big data.

Who is ISO 20546 on Big data for?

ISO 20546 on big data is useful for entities dealing with:

• Information and technology industry
• Banking and securities
• Communications and media industry
• Healthcare and Education providers
• Retail and wholesale traders

Why should you use ISO 20546 on Big data ?

The big data paradigm is a rapidly changing field with rapidly changing technologies. The specific occurrence that has led to the widespread usage of the term big data is that in the mid-2000s, extensive datasets could no longer be handled using extant data systems.

ISO 20546 provides you with terminology for big data. It implies datasets that are extensive in volume, velocity, variety, and/or variability. Thus, helps you with broader understanding and clarity about the concepts relevant to big data.

The big data techniques represented a shift at that time to use distributed data management and processing through horizontal scaling to achieve the needed performance efficiency at an affordable cost.

ISO 20546 also provides you with an overview of several concepts from the broader computing domain which are crosscutting with respect to big data. This facilitates you with uniformity and harmony with respect to use of these terminologies in different domains.

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