Revista de Engenharia da Computação e Tecnologia da Informação

Big Data Challenges

Nasser T and Tariq RS

Big Data Challenges

Massive, fast and diverse data moving quickly everywhere creating what is known as “Big Data” era. This data becomes very important source for valuable insights and ultimately helping to make more informed decision. However this data with very special attributes can’t be managed and processed by the current traditional software systems, which became a real problem. This study will discuss all different challenges of Big Data categorized into three main groups: Data, process and management challenges. Data challenges are the group of the challenges relates to the characteristics of the data itself. Process group includes all the challenges encountered while processing the Big Data; started with capture step and ended with presenting the output to clients.