Paul C. Zikopoulos, B.A., M.B.A., is the vice president of Technical Profes-sionals for IBM Software Group's Information Management division and additionally leads the World Wide Competitive Database and Big Data Tech-nical Sales Acceleration teams. He is an award-winning writer and speaker with more than 20 years of experience in information management. Paul is seen as a global expert in Big Data and database. Independent groups often recognize him as a thought leader in Big Data, with nominations to SAP's "Top 50 Big Data Twitter Influencers," Big Data Republic's "Most Influential," and Onal...