Digitization and Cloud Computing

Digitization is necessary if an organization wants to move to the next level of productivity and efficiency. Manual processes need to be converted into digital workflows and moved into the cloud. CDO Trends brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Rebooting Data Management for the Digital Era.“ Digitization helps your business grow at a…

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Predictive Science in Application

Predictive modeling and predictive analytics are terms used, often interchangeably, in big data.  Predictive modeling uses regression models and statistics to predict the probability of outcomes and it can be applied to any unknown event. Predictive modeling is often used in the field of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI). The model is chosen using detection theory to…

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The Quality of Data

Analytics has long been the bible of data and insight. It’s easy to forget that analytics are only as good as the data that informs the results. Digital Insurance brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “After the pandemic, can insurers still trust analytics?“ The pandemic has changed the business environment. It…

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Search and Find

Enterprise search can retrieve data, both structured and unstructured, within the company. It is beneficial because it enables users to easily access organized information. This interesting information came to us from Tech Target in their article, “How businesses should deal with enterprise search issues.” Content without access is relatively worthless. Enterprise search is how an…

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Relevant Use of AI

The fires in the Bay Area were triggered by massive amounts of lightning strikes. For the past month, lightning has been igniting hundreds of fires that quickly started to grow, merge and spread. Firefighters use a multitude of tools to fight fires, but one might surprise you. This interesting news came to us from Government…

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Taxonomies for Financial Consistency

A new handbook outlining standards for the financial technology (fintech) sector has been released in an effort to unify regulators, policy makers and stakeholders. This interesting topic came to us from the Business Mirror in their article, “Group pushes standards to unify fintech industry.” The fintech taxonomy carries the title “Unchartered Beyond” and includes standards for…

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Access Innovations Represented in the NKOS Workshop Panel

Networked Knowledge Organization Systems (NKOS) is holding their 2020 Workshop as a virtual meeting over September 9-10, 2020. It will focus on health and medical as well as overall knowledge organization systems. As part of the workshop, one session titled, “Facing the World Wide Health Crisis with Vocabulary Control and Standards” will feature a panel…

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Data Quality in Strategy

The volume of market data, historical prices and transactional data that is stored in disparate systems allows organizations to not only collect the data, but extract value from it. This information came to our attention in Finextra’s article, “Unlocking Data Silos to Reach the Promised Land of Smart Data Analytics.” Data quality is critical to…

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Volume of Data Requires Governance and Taxonomy

The continuous push and pull of new regulations, projects and analytics investments create constant disruption for organizations. The volume of data created and managed is overwhelming. To address this, it feels like a refresher on data governance 101 is in order. This interesting topic came to us from ZD Net in their article, “Data governance for…

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Open Source and Culture

The term open source refers to something people can modify and share because its design is publicly accessible. Behind any successful open source project or product there is typically a passionate and close community collaborating under the virtue of transparency to develop services that break from tradition. This is a cultural issue, and one that pushes the industry to…

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