Big Data  |  Enterprise Content Management (ECM)

Big Data and Big Content – Just Hype or a Real Opportunity?

By: John Mancini March 15th, 2012

I've been thinking about the question of the relationship of content and unstructured information to the seemingly never-ending parade of articles about Big Data. There is a certain element to this thinking that frankly is opportunistic, finding me thinking, "Hey, if EVERYONE is going to talk about Big Data, I want a piece of that." But there is also the stubborn reality that unstructured information is the red-headed stepchild of the Big Data equation - and the source of so much untapped value and intelligence in organizations. And our community - users, solution providers, and consultants - knows something about this whole messy question of unstructured information.