Big Data can be defined as a process of working with monolithic data sets with an analytic insight to it. In today’s world of “Internet of Things” and with the advanced network bandwidth; information is being transmitted at a higher velocity. I believe Big Data is the solution for enterprise’s looking to gain an upper hand in extracting the information stored in these data sets efficiently eliminating gray areas. A lot of people have started adapting to e-commerce, and hence data obtained from these customers over a period is humongous. Furthermore, with the changing landscape of technology and emergence of software architectures like Hadoop, data is being pulled from various legacy systems within an enterprise and also can be stored in economical hardware. Companies like Amazon and Google have already ascended in the realm of Big Data, I believe that with the advancement in technology and especially social networks, there would be an upsurge in the amount of data that is being transmitted and concepts like machine learning would determine the future course.