A nice metaphor for Big Data in an InformationWeek article NoSQL Vs. Hadoop: Big Data Spotlight At E2

“In contrast to NoSQL, Hadoop seems to be getting all the credit it deserves and then some. By many accounts, it’s the be-all and end-all of big data, despite the fact that the lion’s share of deployments today are little more than digital landfills.”

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It is high time we generate some value from digital landfills, starting with landfill gas.