Someone wrote that they could not work out whether Big Data was a problem or a solution and I guess many people would agree with that. The one thing that is true is that Big Data is a godsend for those who organise events and conferences, as the appetite for yet another Cloud event wanes suddenly there are new things like SDN and Big Data to fill the calendar (note to those organising such events I have allocated my budget for this year already so please don’t call).