Big Data Gets Bigger and Better

From bytes to zettabytes, the amount and variety of data being collected, stored, and analyzed keep increasing, providing not only challenges to collection and storage but also promise of better analysis and use to predict and correct problems. Many types of data are constantly being generated, including records of food processing and distribution conditions, results of microbiological tests, results of genomic research, records of foodborne illness outbreaks, nutrient content information, and m…