At StampedeCon 2014, Rob Peglar (EMC Isilon) presented "Big Data Past, Present and Future – Where are we Headed?" Rob Peglar was one of the speakers at the very first StampedeCon. Following that talk two years ago, Rob will present an overview of and insight into the technologies and system approaches to computing, transport and storage of big data – where we’ve been, are now and are headed. There is a major ‘fork in the road’ upcoming in the treatment and business application of big data and the technology that surrounds it, one that is important enough to change the course of the methodologies and approaches used by large and small business alike, especially for the infrastructure required either on premise or in the cloud.