Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research Vol. 5, No. 5, 2015, 850-853 850

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Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research
Vol. 5, No. 5, 2015, 850-853
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Erturk and Jyoti: Perspectives on a Big Data Application: What Database Engineers and IT Students… 
 
Perspectives
Perspectives on a Big Data Application: What 
Database Engineers and IT Students Need to Know 
Emre Erturk
Senior Lecturer, School of Computing 
Eastern Institute of Technology 
Napier, New Zealand 
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Kamal Jyoti 
Postgraduate Student, School of Computing 
Eastern Institute of Technology 
Napier, New Zealand 
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Abstract— Cloud Computing and Big Data are important and 
related current trends in the world of information technology. 
They will have significant impact on the curricula of computer 
engineering and information systems at universities and higher 
education institutions. Learning about big data is useful for both 
working database professionals and students, in accordance with 
the increase in jobs requiring these skills. It is also important to 
address a broad gamut of database engineering skills, i.e. 
database design, installation, and operation. Therefore the 
authors have investigated MongoDB, a popular application, both 
from the perspective of industry retraining for database 
specialists and for teaching. This paper demonstrates some 
practical activities that can be done by students at the Eastern 
Institute of Technology New Zealand. In addition to testing and 
preparing new content for future students, this paper contributes 
to the very recent and emerging academic literature in this area.