This document discusses big data analytics in business management. It defines big data and its key characteristics of volume, velocity, and variety. Large amounts of structured, unstructured, and semi-structured data are now being generated from various sources like web data, purchases, social media, sensors, etc. Big data analytics uses techniques like MapReduce and Hadoop to extract insights from large, diverse datasets in real-time to improve areas like customer experience, operations, and decision making for businesses. Location analytics and web analytics are also highlighted as important applications of big data.