Structure 2010, a conference concerning internet infrastructure and cloud computing (and, consequently, data centers) is underway in San Francisco. Blogger Katie Fehrenbacher does some nice, regular blogposts from there.

One of them is a list of signs that you are really dealing with big data. What is big data? Well, that is exactly the problem. you really don't know that you have, say, malaria if you don't recognise the symptoms. You might misdiagnose it yourself as a simple flu.

So at Structure, a panel of wise men have come up with 5 signs that you have big data and should start planning for it. The signs are:

- You Do Complex Calculations

- You’re Drowning in Discs

- You Need New Tech to Stay Afloat

- You Want Your Info Now

and

- You to Have to Deliver Answers

I am not going to describe them all, that would be rather unfair as Fehrenbacher has put all the effort into it. The whole post can be found here.