The connection between big data, cloud computing and the Internet of Things. On the whole, big data, cloud computing and Internet of Things complement each other. Big data is rooted in cloud computing, and many technologies of big data analysis come from cloud computing. The distributed data storage and management system of cloud computing provides massive data storage and management capabilities, and MapReduce, a distributed parallel processing framework, provides massive data analysis capabilities. Without the support of these cloud computing technologies, big data analysis is impossible.