Taking advantage of Big Data: A way forward to becoming big from small

There is a famous Chinese phrase, which says "May you live in interesting times." We are indeed living in interesting times full of opportunities and possibilities for individuals and businesses, alike.Only a few years ago, the ability to have access to information or data across an enterprise was the challenge. Leaders across the board struggled to make decisions in the absence of real time information. Then came the era of mid 90s , where Enterprise Applications like MRPs (Material Resource Planning ), ERPs (Enterprise Resource Planning), SCM (Supply Chain Management), CRM (Customer Relationship Management) and many more, started to mature and brought about revolution in computing systems in .