You will have an overview of IBM’s big data strategy and review why it is important to understand and use big data. It will cover IBM BigInsights as a platform for managing and gaining insights from your big data. As such, you will see how the BigInsights have aligned their offerings to better suit your needs with the IBM Open Platform (IOP) along with the three specialized modules with value-add that sits on top of the IOP. You will also get an introduction to the BigInsights value-add including Big SQL, BigSheets, and Big R. The participant will be engaged with the product through interactive exercises.