Describe what eBay is doing with its large scale data volumes? 

1. What is NoSQL?  What is eBay doing with NoSQL?
2. What is Apache and what is Cassandra?
3. What is the DataStax Enterprise?  How is eBay using this?
4. Explain our textbook Sharda, et al's Figure 13.5, eBay's Multi Data Center Deployment (Sharda, et al, 2015, p. 564).
5. Why is Big Data important for eBay?

Sharda, R., Delen, D. and Turban, E. (2015). Business Intelligence and Analytics:  
Systems for Decision Support. Boston: Pearson. ISBN: 978-0-13-305090-5  

 

Chapters 13: Big Data and Analytics  (Hadoop, MapReduce, NoSQL, Big Data Tools, stream vs. non)

Chapter 14: Business Analytics:  Emerging Trends and Future Impacts (geospatial, consumers, cloud computing and BI, privacy concerns, the BI industry and vendors)