**Introduction **

Big Data is quite a buzzword in modern times and influencing not only the IT sector but other key industries as well. These include big data in finance, big data in government, banking, healthcare, education, agriculture, telecom and the list goes on. The International Data Corporation’s Worldwide Semiannual Big Data and Analytics Spending Guide anticipates that the worldwide investment on big data analytics will grow to more than $203 billion in 2020 compared to $130.1 billion in 2016.

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