A survey on big data applications and challenges

Big data defines huge, diverse and fast growing data which requires new technologies to handle. With the rapid growth of data, big data has brought attention of researchers to use it in most prominent way for decision making in various emerging applications. These huge data is extremely useful and valuable for scientific exploration, increase productivity in business and improvement in mankind. It helps from public sector to business activities, healthcare to better navigation, smart cities to national security. Though, with large opportunities to work, the challenges are to handle these data is also increased. In this paper basic of big data with its application and challenges have been discussed. These challenges are also inherent from verity, volume and velocity of data. However if we can manage this issues related to big data then there will be potential improvement in quality of our lives.