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Security Issues with Destroyed Data
Lane County Health & Human Services in Oregon recently reported that they lost archived medical information of more than 700 patients. Health Data Management brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Oregon agency loses boxed records of more than 700 patients.” This may seem shocking, but in the days of paper record keeping this…
Read MoreInternet of Things is Reaching Out
The emerging Internet of Things (IoT) is a virtually connected network of physical devices, such as lab equipment and sensors. It can help solve problems that researchers have traditionally addressed over hours or days of direct monitoring. The-Scientist.com brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Bringing the Internet of Things into the Lab.”…
Read MoreScholarly Communication Webinar
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) is offering a webinar as part of their 2018 series titled, “Scholarly Information Applications for Blockchain,” scheduled for August 27, 2018 1:00 p.m. (EST). Stakeholders in the scholarly communications ecosystem are beginning to think about how blockchain might be integrated into their existing workflows but might still be asking if…
Read MoreDocument Management Success
When running a business, multi-tasking is an understatement. Managing the paperwork, documents, and data for an organization is very important but often falls lower on the to-do list. Content is valuable. More and more content is digital-based and protecting it while providing quick access is the challenge. Business Matters Magazine brought this interesting information to our attention in their…
Read MoreFrom Business Language to Machine Language
We’re talking about relationships, but not the personal kind. A business has its own language based on the product and the organizational lingo. This language is not only critical to being able to communicate with others in your organization as well as with your customers, but it also influences how the programmers and data scientists identify…
Read MoreTaxonomies Beget Consistency
Whether you are talking about queries or processes, systems or taxonomies, standards make the outcomes more reliable because of the consistent approach to the data or topic. This interesting and important topic came to us from Security Boulevard.com in their article: “The Power of Standards and Consistency.” The variety and volume of information can be overwhelming. True…
Read MoreMetadata Taxonomist Opportunity
To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, semantic technology, ontology, etc., we are sharing career opportunities that we find with our readers. Even if you are not in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields are evolving.…
Read MoreData Storage Challenges
There is a lot of discussion and references to swamps in the news lately, but they aren’t talking about data. DATAVERSITY.net brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Data Lake vs. Data Swamp: Leveraging Enterprise Data.” Data lakes and data swamps are different and the difference lies in how data is curated. A data…
Read MoreSocial Media’s Latest Challenge
“Bots” is the new word being thrown about as social media wages war against artificial intelligence (AI). This came to us from the Wall Street Journal in their article, “Bots vs. Trolls: How AI Could Clean Up Social Media.” AI has been referred to as a cure-all remedy, able to fix all the problems that…
Read MoreCyber Risk Management
When it comes to cybersecurity, organizations face a future in which it’s best to prepare for worst-case scenarios. Unfortunately, it’s often difficult to convince the decision makers of this fact. It’s much easier for organizations to acknowledge the overall value of cyber risk management than to be specific in terms of organizational goals, budgets, and…
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