This document summarizes a seminar presentation on big data analytics. It reviews 25 research papers published between 2011-2014 on issues related to big data analysis, real-time big data analysis using Hadoop in cloud computing, and classification of big data using tools and frameworks. The review process involved a 5-stage analysis of the papers. Key issues identified include big data analysis, real-time analysis using Hadoop in clouds, and classification using tools like Hadoop, MapReduce, HDFS. Promising solutions discussed are MapReduce Agent Mobility framework, PuntStore with pLSM index, IOT-StatisticDB statistical database mechanism, and visual clustering analysis.