1, the purpose is different: big data is to explore the value of information, while cloud computing is mainly through the Internet to manage resources and provide appropriate services.

2, the object is different: the object of big data is data, the object of cloud computing is the Internet resources as well as applications and so on.

3, the background is different: the emergence of big data is the user and all walks of life produced by the big data show geometric growth; the emergence of cloud computing is the growth of user service demand, as well as the ability of enterprises to deal with the business of improving.

4, the value of different: the value of big data is to explore the effective information of the data, cloud computing can be used to save a lot of cost.

Structure

Big data includes structured, semi-structured and unstructured data, and unstructured data is increasingly becoming the main part of the data. According to IDC: 80% of all data in the enterprise is unstructured, and this data is growing exponentially by 60% every year.

Big data is the development of the Internet to the present stage of an appearance or characteristics only, there is no need to myth it or to keep in awe of it, in the cloud computing as the representative of the technological innovation of the curtain of the lining, these originally seem difficult to collect and use the data began to be easy to be utilized through the continuous innovation of all walks of life, big data will gradually create more value for human beings.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Big Data