This is a great video recently put out by SAP that covers real-time analytics with big data. Watch closely for some interesting figures, including that “the total amount of data will grow 50 times in the next 8 years.”:
This is all in an effort to push conversation around SAP HANA, a real time analytics platform touting “significant processing speed, the ability to handle big data, predictive capabilities and text mining capabilities.” Here are some additional SAP videos around the same premise that get into more detailed examples. Enjoy!: