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MDM & Data Governance Summit Registration is Open
The MDM & Data Governance Summit is taking place November 4-5, 2019 in New York City. Register today and join an influential network of 500+ business and IT users to learn and get advice from from industry peers, experts and thought leaders. The MDM & Data Governance Summit provides an opportunity for the data management community to engage…
Read MoreStoring Intelligent Data
Artificial intelligence (AI) and data storage is a big topic these days. The Next Platform brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “The Challenge Machine Learning Brings to Storage.” Data storage is an equally vital component of today’s machine learning technology, but it’s rarely the star. However, today’s analytics-based AI wouldn’t exist…
Read MoreRiding the Digital Wave
Organizations are managing an increasingly complicated set of conflicting rules around digital data across markets. Consistency and clarity is needed. Digital Insurance brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Lack of digital standards making data management increasingly complicated.” Fear of change, or maybe the lack thereof, is causing organizations worldwide to shift…
Read MoreOpen Source Evolution
Open source is almost everywhere these days. It refers to the open source model, in which software or other products are released under an open source license as part of the open source software movement. Some professionals are excited about the resources and opportunities acquisitions can bring to the open source movement, while others worry that tech giants may change what they…
Read MoreRevisioning Data
Manipulation is the key word when it comes to tricking online users to agreeing to something without them realizing, at least until it is too late. We have all been there, trying to access the page with the desired information and windows keep popping up. You just want them to go away. Unfortunately, in your…
Read MoreSweet Stuff
You know how much I like finding odd and unique taxonomies. I find it a little humorous and comforting to know that taxonomies exist in all parts of our lives, not just information science or biology. Today’s gem is for all those taxonomists who have a sweet tooth – or maybe I should say sour tooth? Sour candies, like many…
Read MorePeer Review Challenges
In the academic publishing world, peer review is like the “inspected by” sticker you find in your clothes. It provides assurance that someone who knows what they’re doing has double-checked it. This means a group of scientists completes a study and writes it up in the form of an article. They submit it to a journal for publication.…
Read MoreOpen Access Project Gains Interest
A new project has been launched to help universities, researchers, libraries and publishers make better use of open access book publishing in humanities and the social sciences. Campus Technology brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Project Working to Improve Open-Access Publishing.” The Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs (COPIM) is a partnership…
Read MoreTechnology in the Publishing World
Publishing is an information technology business, but technology may not be enough. It is more than having the capacity to invest in technology or even the desire, there must be a strategy behind the effort. The Scholarly Kitchen brought this topic to our attention in their article, “Why Is It So Hard to Solve Problems with…
Read MoreAnalytics in Accounting Webinar
Analytics are becoming more important to users in every industry. The importance and need of data analytics is ever increasing, especially for today’s accountants. From planning to risk assessment to identifying opportunities for their clients, being able to get data timely and knowing how to work with it and use it for actionable insights is critical…
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