This document discusses big data analytics and how it is transforming business intelligence. It defines big data analytics as combining large datasets ("big data") with advanced analytic techniques. It describes big data using the three V's: volume, variety, and velocity. Volume refers to the large size of datasets. Variety means data comes from many different sources and formats. Velocity means data streams in continuously and in real-time. The document provides examples of how companies are using big data analytics to discover new insights and track changing customer behavior.