Technologies for Practical Use of Big Data

—Trend of Applications, Technologies, and Benefits—

Abstract

This paper reports our survey activities related to the practical use of big data. (1) We have surveyed the developing trend, elemental technologies, and application cases of the practical use of big data. (2) We have clarified the relationship between the types of benefits gained from big data and the required elemental technologies, and provided a guideline for selecting big data technologies adequate for producing each type of benefit.