A Brief History of Big Data, Analytics and Small Data

Nov 14, 2013

One of the best parts of my research over the past several months as I worked on DCG’s “Bringing the Power of Big Data to the Masses” study (report now available here) has been getting to sample both current viewpoints as well as some of the literature and developments from the past 20+ years on the topic. In fact, big data and today’s analytical tools are very much a product of the “generations” of data and data processing that came before them.

Here’s a cool illustration we created for the report that highlights some of the key developments, deals, and publications related to big data, analytics, and small data since the invention of the web in 1989. We had to leave out a number (many) of potential items, so I’d love to hear what milestones would you have included – enjoy!

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3 responses to “A Brief History of Big Data, Analytics and Small Data”

Walter Adamson (@adamson)

November 24, 2013

My milestones (tweet) @abonde @Just_Clarity milestones 2010 BD joins CLOSOMO as #disruptive 2011 #watson wins #jeopardy 2012 #facebook institutionalises #bigdata

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