The term big data are applied to data sets which is beyond the ability of traditional databases to capture, manage, and process the data with low-latency. Big data analytics can be real-time processing or streaming analytics. The primary goal is to help businesses to use data to be well informed about their customers, decisions they should be making, improving efficiency and various other use cases. For more read: http://www.cbronline.com/news/big-data/analytics/big-data-analytics-what-it-is-and-why-you-should-care-4894627