Venture Capital Sees Big Returns in Big Data: Reuters

There's an interesting article by Sarah McBride on Reuters.com called "Venture Capital Sees Big Returns in Big Data" that's worth a read.  In the article, Accel Partners' Ping Li outlines four themes for big data: (1) storage and networking services that support big data platforms; (2) platforms that enable the analysis of huge volumes of data; (3) big data apps; and (4) data-driven apps (data is used in a way that drives another app).  Big data is garnering a lot of attention from venture capitalists these days, and this article provides some interesting background.  Here's the link:   http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/17/us-venture-bigdata-idUSTRE81G1HO20120217

Here are a couple prior posts regarding big data:
Big Data 101:  http://www.allenlatta.com/1/post/2012/02/big-data-101-nytimescom.html 

Start-Ups Tackling Big Data:  http://www.allenlatta.com/1/post/2011/12/start-ups-tackling-big-data-nytimescom.html