Posts by Melody Smith
Data Tells a Story
Data contains more than numbers, demographics, and sales figures. It tells a story about your customers, your employees, and your organizations as a whole. Lexology brought this important information to our attention in their article, “What does your data tell you? Role of data analysis in mapping out DE&I goals.” Every business wants to make…
Read MoreGoverning Success
All organizations need to plan how they use data so that it is handled consistently throughout the business to support business outcomes. This is where data governance plays an important role. This interesting topic came to us from TechRepublic in their article, “How data governance works and how it can benefit your organization.” Data governance is…
Read MorePopular Mechanics
Machine learning and data science are two separate concepts that are related to the field of artificial intelligence (AI), but both rely on data. This interesting topic came to us from Unite.AI in their article, “Machine Learning vs Data Science: Key Differences.” In the 21st Century, those two terms are some of the most searched terms…
Read MoreData Has Power
The right data and analytics strategy can power your institution’s digital transformation. Financial Express brought this interesting news to our attention in their article, “A new competitive edge – harnessing data with purpose?“ Data can help improve quality of work for an organization and quality of life for those doing that work. Improving quality is…
Read MoreAI and Energy
With artificial intelligence’s (AI) undeniable rise in use and popularity, it will be applied to myriad industries and will be leveraged for a variety of causes – one being environmental sustainability. As the field of AI continues to prosper, companies with massive ecological impressions can leverage the field’s power to make impactful changes to the world…
Read MoreData Integrity and Trust
Organizations are learning that they can reap great benefits from data, but do they understand how important it is to be able to trust the data that drives their decision making? Tech Target brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Why businesses should know the importance of data quality.“ At a fundamental level,…
Read MoreEnhancing Human Intelligence
Semantic enhancement extends beyond journal article indexing, though the ability of users to easily find all the relevant articles when searching still remains the central purpose. Now, in addition to articles, semantic fingerprinting is used for identifying and clustering ancillary published resources, media, events, authors, members or subscribers, and industry experts. The systems you choose…
Read MoreEmerging Tech and Gaming
Among the newest emerging technologies is virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) for gaming. VR is a completely immersive experience where you are transported to a different world. AR is similar, but it augments your existing surroundings instead of transporting you to a new world. This interesting topic came to us from Entrepreneur in…
Read MoreLearning About Tech is Key for Organizations
Global executives are deploying and scaling artificial intelligence (AI) at a rate higher than ever before. In fact, 94% of business leaders agree that AI is critical to success over the next five years. However, some organizations are seeing a delay in benefits from AI. Computer Weekly brought this interesting information to us in their…
Read MoreManufactured Data
Organizations committed to data driven decision making often share common concerns about privacy, data integrity, and a lack of sufficient data. Synthetic data allows companies to share data and create algorithms more easily. This interesting information came to us from MIT’s Sloan School of Management in their article, “What is synthetic data — and how…
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