I was more referring to this definition from Wikipedia[1]:
> Big data are datasets that grow so large that they become awkward to work with using on-hand database management tools. Difficulties include capture, storage, search, sharing, analytics, and visualizing.
> Big data are datasets that grow so large that they become awkward to work with using on-hand database management tools. Difficulties include capture, storage, search, sharing, analytics, and visualizing.
Some other interesting resources:
What is data science?: http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/06/what-is-data-science.html
How to turn data into money: http://petewarden.typepad.com/searchbrowser/2010/10/how-to-t....
O'Reilly Radar: http://radar.oreilly.com/data/
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_data