Enterprises today do a reasonably good job instrumenting their networks for data and log collection -- so much so that they find themselves bombarded by incredible volumes of data sourcing from a diverse ecosystem. Talk about "Big Data" is just about everywhere these days but what does "Big Data" even mean and how can we exploit it to meet our needs? This talk discusses hands-on proven techniques for tackling the "Big Data" challenge and also touches on optimizing workflow integrating intelligence and producing high fidelity actionable alerting.