Data Analysis in the Cloud

Preface

The massive amount of digital data currently being generated in all the human activities is a precious source of knowledge to both business and science. However, handling and analyzing huge datasets requires very large storage resources and scalable computing facilities. In fact, the large availability of big data sources demands for efficient data analysis tools and techniques for finding and extracting useful knowledge from them. Big data analysis today can be performed by storing data and running compute-intensive data mining algorithms on cloud computing systems to extract value from data in reduced time. Cloud computing systems can be used to run complex applications on dynamic computing servers and deliver them as services over ...