"We have seen that the Big Data solutions out there are not one-size-fit-all. The technologies are also evolving very quickly, making it a quagmire for most of those charged with the responsibilities of Big Data implementations, especially on the heels of well publicized initial Hadoop adoption challenges."

How is a person suppose to educate themselves on this stuff? Things are changing so fast, and all this technology is used by only a few giant companies. Reading about it is fine, but getting hands on seems a daunting task.