State of the art and Requirements analysis - I

Summary
This report will examine the SotA for the technologies involved in BigDataStack, present possible future trends and analyse the identified both use case and technical requirements. In M3 an internal deliverable will be provided in order to provide input to the initial conceptual model and architecture. During the course of the project the technologies and requirements related to BigDataStack will continue being investigated in order to ensure that the objectives and innovations of the project are valid, work is performed taking into account the latest SotA and developments fulfil the identified goals and requirements.