Some of the inherited challenges in big data are
capture, storage, search, analysis and virtualization due
to its characteristics (Zaslavsky et al., 2012). Bringing
big data from different sources together has been a
challenge. Large parts of valuable data lurk in “data
silos” of different departments, regional offices and
specialized agencies. Fragmentation impedes the
massive and timely exploitation of data.
Interoperability and integration of isolated data silos
and data interoperability standards are becoming
pressing issues for Big Data (Hilbert, 2013). Therefore,
the following challenges have become important issues
(Demchenko et al., 2012):