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Data, Data and More Data
The total amount of information stored by humanity doubles every two years. Let that sink in a little. This interesting information came from The Market Mogul in their article, “Harnessing The Power Of Big Data: Trends For 2017.” Big data, which is blocks of data that are too big to be processed through common software…
Read MoreBringing Smart Data Into Play
Smart data is hardly new to the information management world. However it just might have finally reached the point of acceptance. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “The State of Smart Data in the Enterprise – 2017.” Every day brings more news articles about artificial intelligence (AI) powering applications that rely…
Read MoreMachine Learning Applications Grow
BreezoMeter has announced the addition of air quality forecasting and pollen dispersion data, based on its proprietary machine learning algorithm, to its API. The company is now able to provide air quality data up to four days in advance. This interesting information came from DATAVERSITY in their article, “BreezoMeter First to Offer Machine Learning Air Pollution Forecasting…
Read MoreNew Technology Takes Anonymity to a New Level
Blockchain has been known as the technology supporting the digital currency bitcoin, but now it is getting a new reputation in the world of distributed ledger technology. This interesting information came to us from Image & Data Manager in their article, “Why should records management professionals care about blockchain?” Bitcoin is the digital currency that makes it possible…
Read MoreTurbo Charging DAM Systems
Digital asset managers spend an unbelievable amount of time and energy on metadata application. The work is tedious and no one that has never taken an entire day to load photos into a digital asset management (DAM) system would ever fully understand just how much. CMS Wire brought this interesting information to us in their article,…
Read MorePatented Ontology Technology for Career Matching
The United States Patent Office has granted RiseSmart a patent for ontology development for profile matching. PR Newswire brought this interesting information to us in their article, “U.S. Patent Office validates RiseSmart’s innovation in outplacement with broad technology patent.” The company’s sophisticated SmartMatch™ engine is powered by RiseSmart. It is what gives the company’s career transition services…
Read MoreAn Elite Group
The term “Copy editors” conjures up images of wire-framed bespectacled people hunched over their desks furiously scratching and swiping with their pencils (always pencils, never pens). Columbia Journalism Review brought this interesting and humorous news to us in their article, “Revenge of the copy editors: Grammar pros find internet stardom.” Copy editors of today will likely…
Read MoreGeeks by Another Name
The term geek has no gender specific connotations. Gender also has zero impact on the ways in which women interact with geek culture. However, geek culture talks to women differently because it believes that we are different. This interesting and somewhat quirky topic came to us from A90SKID in their article, “Semantics and Gender in Geek Culture.” The…
Read MoreDatabases Are Not Basic
Data analytics change on a daily basis. Organizations fight to stay abreast of the technological demands, especially when transitioning from relational databases to graph databases. Smart Data Collective brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Understanding the Evolution from Relationship Databases to Semantic Graph Databases.” The real challenge seems to involve big data…
Read MoreMetadata in Space
NASA’s Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) provides full and open access to more than 17.5 petabytes of Earth observation data. These data are managed by NASA’s Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS) Project. This interesting information came to us from Earth Data in their article, “The Common Metadata Repository: The Foundation of NASA’s…
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