Taxonomy Used in Energy Reporting

Taxonomies provide consistency in terms and categories to enable findability in content. This is true regardless of the subject. When it comes to energy, a new digital tool will make it easier and more convenient for businesses to comply with energy and carbon reporting rules. This interesting news came to us from Mirage News in their…

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A note to our clients about COVID-19

We are, like the rest of the world, monitoring the spread of COVID-19, and we are prepared to face this situation. We are hoping for the best while preparing for the worst, so we are implementing all safety precautions and preventive measures recommended by the CDC and WHO.  We also very much appreciate the message COVID-19…

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The Value of Data Privacy

Data privacy has always been important. It’s why people put locks on filing cabinets and rent safety deposit boxes. As more of our data becomes digitized and we share more information online, data privacy is taking on greater role in our world. This interesting topic came to us from Street Fight in their article, “The Risks…

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Quality Data Gives Insight

What is the role customer experience has in driving digital transformation projects? Most focus is on technology, but when it comes to the information that is derived from data – the story it tells about customer relations is priceless. ZD Net brought this information to our attention in their article, “CIOs juggling digital transformation pace, bad…

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Benefits of Predictive Analytics

Artificial intelligence (AI) has excited many a business leader. The idea of predictive analytics helping to drive their organization’s efficiency and future is alluring. There are certainly benefits of an end-to-end data engineering approach to achieving clean data, but there are also challenges.  Information Age brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “The…

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Voice Recognition and Emerging Technologies

Speech recognition is an emerging technology that still stumps some people. Speech or voice recognition is the ability of a machine or program to receive and interpret dictation or to understand and carry out spoken commands. Is there a place for voice recognition in advertising? This interesting topic came to us from Media Post in their article,…

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Digital and Data Quality

In this digital age in which we are living, we are drowning in an ocean of data. Organizations have a large number of data entities and data elements, as well as a large volume of data corresponding to the same. Challenges arise as they continue to amass more and more data with each passing day. With…

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Looking at Technology in 2020

As the first quarter of 2020 comes to a close, it is interesting to look back at what the predictions concerning the technology movement were and if there are any indications or affirmations as of yet. Tech Republic brought this interesting news to our attention in their article, “Big data predictions: 8 analytics trends in…

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Training for New Data Scientists

Both Aporta and the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS) recognize the need to solve global challenges through rigorous and systemic analysis of large and complex datasets and they are offering a path to educate and empower students to do so. MIT News brought this interesting news to our attention in their article, “Creating…

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Searching with AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning have the potential to measurably improve the accuracy of web search results. This isn’t really breaking news, but new applications are being implemented. Recently Bing’s image search engine was equipped with a number of techniques that better handle searches for pictures with specific context or attributes. Venture Beat brought this interesting…

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