This document discusses the data problem of vast amounts and rapid growth of data being generated daily from various sources. It is estimated that 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created every day as of 2012. This data includes structured data like social media posts, photos, and videos uploaded, as well as unstructured data. The large volume and speed of data generation presents challenges and opportunities for businesses to gain insights through analytics to improve customer experience, business agility, and drive growth. However, properly addressing this big data problem requires the right technologies and solutions around areas like Hadoop, R, ETL, data warehousing, and driving analytics maturity.