The Potential of Big Data Technology in the Cloud Currently, these two latest technologies (Big Data and the cloud) occupy the first place in the news, promising a revolution in computing, business practices, education, and most of the areas of knowledge that you can imagine. On the one hand, Big Data is an emerging paradigm for large-scale data distribution management, which allows handling large amounts of information that is beyond the capabilities of traditional technologies with databases.
On the other hand, cloud computing has emerged as a paradigm for distributed computing systems, the purpose of which is to provide software as a service over the Internet.
Both cloud computing and Big Data are growing rapidly and become widespread, but they require a certain effort to create a complete environment in which they can flourish at the same time and reach their full potential. The ambitious scientific goal of the project Cloud4BigData (C4BD) launched by the Madrid Research Institute IMDEA Networks, the Polytechnic University of Madrid,
and the University King Juan Carlos is to facilitate the convergence of Big Data technologies to their core cloud infrastructure, achieving:
high levels of efficiency
flexibility
scalability
high availability
Quality of Service (QoS)
ease of use
security
confidentiality
Cloud4BigData will directly solve the currently existing shortcomings and flaws of Big Data and cloud computing, focusing on the use of the strengths of each. Starting with secure data management to efficient data processing, C4BD is aimed at unification and integration of various specialized technologies in a single, unified platform. The project will also demonstrate its ability to integrate applications requiring the use of the cloud and Big Data technologies such as:
Machine-to-machine (literally means "from machine to machine") – data is transferred directly between the devices.
Internet of Things ( “Internet of Things”) – the concept of the computer network of physical objects ( "things"), equipped with built-in technologies to communicate with each other or with the environment, which considers the organization of such networks as a phenomenon that can rebuild the economic and social processes, and are excluding the human from the of the actions and operations.
Smart concept (smart grids, smart city, smart transportation, etc.).
Other more traditional areas will be affected, such as Internet applications, multimedia applications, or distributed games that require the support of Big Data to go beyond their current functionality.