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Behavioral Health Embraces AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) is being used more and more in technology to clone human behaviors. It is also being utilized alongside analytics to make predictions. Consider AI the new crystal ball of technology. This interesting topic came to us from Medical Xpress in their article, “Prediction of psychotic onset with AI language analysis.” The IBM…
Read MoreMachine Learning and Deep Learning – What is the Difference?
The term machine learning has been around for awhile and its association to artificial intelligence (AI) keeps it in the trendy part of the news. AI has been part of our imaginations long before it hit the news. Visions of research labs and computer scientists rallied around the latest self-aware technology has filled not only…
Read MoreIBM’s Latest Release Comes with Many Promises
IBM has unveiled a new data science and machine learning platform with the promise from one executive stating it was “the most significant announcement we’ve made about data in years.” Silicon ANGLE brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “IBM calls its new machine learning platform ‘the reinvention of the database’.” Featuring an in-memory…
Read MoreNot Too Late to Attend the Enterprise Data World Conference
The 22nd Annual Enterprise Data World (EDW) Conference hosted by DATAVERSITY is scheduled for April 22-27, 2018 in San Diego. It is not too late to register. EDW is recognized as the most comprehensive educational conference on data management in the world. Join hundreds of data professionals from around the globe to attend this unique conference. This six-day conference kicks off each year with in-depth…
Read MoreManaging Data and Money
Data is money. Managing money and data takes information. A recent study by MIT found big data is costing money to fix bad data. This information was brought to us by Datamation in their article, “Top 10 Data Governance Solutions.” As more data is created and collected, the challenges continue to grow. That is one reason why data management or data…
Read MoreProtecting Data Through Cloud Security
Data breaches might quickly become one of the most commonly used word in the news if we continue at our current pace. The battle for cybersecurity continues but at times feels like failure is gaining. Forbes brought this interesting news to our attention in their article, “The Cloud Is Rising To The Cybersecurity Challenge.” Smaller businesses…
Read MoreForecasting with Data
Everyone wants to know about the future – what to expect, how to act and most importantly, how to prepare. Prescriptive analytics involves finding the best course of action for a given situation. Similar to its cousins, descriptive analytics and predictive analytics that gathers historical facts and then encompasses a variety of statistical techniques that…
Read MoreTechnology and the Environment
Growing and relatively new concerns about climate change, pollution, and energy costs have prompted new focus on consumption and sustainability. In response to evolving concerns, a number of countries and large cities have focused on the development of smart cities and smart grids that uses technology to support an infrastructure managed by artificial intelligence (AI) and big data…
Read MoreOpen Process and Community
Open source or open access – it is all about sharing information. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting information to us in their article, “A Brief History of Open Source Data Technologies.” The near-simultaneous rise of interest in open source and open access has made these concepts ripe for confusion. Though open source and open access are two distinctly different things, their ultimate…
Read MoreFighting Back Against Ransomware
Cyber security against data breaches these days are top of the list of priorities for most organizations. Microsoft has recognized that and is offering some support in their recent update of Office 365. This interesting information came to us from The Hacker News in their article, “Microsoft Office 365 Gets Built-in Ransomware Protection and Enhanced…
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