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March 13, 2013  8:03 PM

Are eCommerce Sites Ready for Big Data Growth?



Posted by: Renee Jones
Analysis, Big Data, Big Data Analytics, BigMemory, Black Friday, data management, E-commerce, Ecommerce, High Availability, In-memory data management, IT infrastructure, Mobile shopping, Real-time Big Data, Retail, Retail & E-commerce, Terracotta

During Black Friday 2012, online retail sales topped $1 billion for the first time, marking a 26% increase over 2011. Online retail is estimated to hit $327 billion by 2016, a whopping 45% increase, with a large part of the growth coming from mobile shopping.

Stats like these raise a big...