Big Data - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow(2013), Updated to 2024

In 2012 a New York Times reporter Steve Lohr investigated the modern history of the phrase Big Data and attributed it to the speaker, who started using it in the early 1990s at Silicon Graphics (SGI). His article generated requests by Silicon Valley meetup groups, so the speaker generated a talk on the long history of big data, which arguably started earlier, but certainly by the 1890 census’ use of Hollerith punch card machines.

The talk covered history through the 1990s, especially at SGI, with some updates for the then-present 2013 and thoughts about futures.

History is always important to understand the present and the future, so this talk repeats much of the history and 2013 views, but adds views on important Big Data changes since, especially the rise of AI.

Speaker: John Mashey, Consultant