This document discusses using a big data approach for ClimatEdge to analyze climate risk data at scale. It notes that climate events in 2012 caused $160 billion in damages and that risk is calculated as impact times probability. It states that without scalable solutions for big data storage and analytics, ClimatEdge's offerings will be limited. It outlines acquiring, analyzing, advising, and acting on data with velocity, volume, and variety challenges through flexible, loosely coupled, and technology agnostic infrastructure.

1. A Big Data Approach
To ClimatEdge
Christopher Keller

2. $160 billion in damages
2012

3. risk = impact * probability
low risk
high risk

4. tornados
global and domestic floods
hail

5. without a scalable solution for big data storage and
analytics, climatedge offerings
will be limited

6. velocity
volume
variety

7. velocity
volume
variety

8. velocity
volume
variety

9. Acquire
Velocity
Analyze
Advise
Act
Storage
Data
Analytics &
Discovery
Acquisition
Infrastructure
Real-time &
Offline
Presentation

10. flexibility
loose coupling
technology agnostic

11. api
cloning
appliance

12. the end...and the beginning