Stephen Brobst said that the basic premise of Big Data applications is the abundant information, which is mostly owned by the government that its role is providing Big Data and figures to businesses.

However, only releasing information doesn't mean Open Data. Stephen Brobst emphasized that there are two elements to match Open Data: reachable and readable. In other words, Open Data is reachable by people with no limitation, as well as readable by computer so that it will be analyzed easily.

Xinbei Big Data forum was held on February 9, Stephen Brobst gave a speech under the topic “Big Data, Big Value”, lecturing the core concepts and applications of Big Data.

Brobst helped launch the start-up companies Tanning Technology Corporation, NexTek Solutions, and Strategic Technologies and Systems. He joined Teradata when it was a division of NCR Corporation in 1999, when it acquired Strategic Technologies and Systems. The San Diego Union Tribune labeled him one of their “People to Watch” in 2005.

Brobst has been interviewed in Computer Weekly, BBC News, and Forbes Magazine about the challenges of big data and unstructured data in the software industry.