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The Technology of Relationships
In an effort to move forward with their artificial intelligence-based chatbot technology, Microsoft has recently purchased messaging app developer Wand Labs. This interesting information came to us from The Inquirer in their article, “Microsoft buys Wand Labs to fuel AI chatbot plans.” This new acquisition primarily focuses on technologies that involve chatbots that can communicate with people using…
Read MoreMoving Forward on the Right Path
The need for standards across any line of work or process is undeniable. In this particular case, there is a need to identify a committed community and mechanisms needed to develop environmental health sciences (EHS) semantic standards in order to advance understanding about the impacts of environmental exposure on human disease. This interesting information came to…
Read MoreRegistration Open for Data Strategy and Analytics Forum
Plan now to attend the Enterprise DATAVERSITY – Data Strategy and Analytics Forum on September 19-22, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. This year’s educational program is about putting the business first. It focuses on strategy by using enterprise analytics. It’s more than just big data, it is also about agile analytics, data science, and organizational roles and…
Read MoreWhite Papers Offer Guidance
DATAVERSITY brought us the news of some new white papers being released. One of those is titled “Overcoming the Reality Gap of Big Data.” For those facing the challenges of storage and access for big data, data warehousing as a service brings scalability and flexibility to deliver data to all users and systems that need…
Read MoreUnderstanding Unstructured Data
Text Analytics World is scheduled for June 21-22, 2016 in Chicago. They recently announced one of the keynote speakers, so if you haven’t registered yet, this might convince you. Boris Evelson is the Vice President, Principal Analyst at Forrester and serves in the Application Development & Delivery role. As a leading expert in business intelligence (BI), he…
Read MoreThe Human Side of Risk
“The most dangerous and risky thing organizations do is hire people—it is a corporate gamble,” says Margie Hlava, president of Access Innovations. “Finding excellent employees is both an art and a science, as is retaining them.” Information Outlook recently posted an article by Hlava and the Special Libraries Association has also shared it with their…
Read MoreIntelligent Data
Data continues to grow at an exponential rate. Structured or unstructured, it is a challenge to manage for every organization. If you don’t already have an information governance strategy in place, it is a must. Tech Target brought this news to our attention in their article, “Why information governance strategy equals information access.” Information governance (IG)…
Read MoreLearning Opportunity in the New Year
IBM is sponsoring a free webinar about data analytics during the first week back at work in the new year. We already know data analytics comes in many forms and from many sources. The data holds invaluable insights for business, but currently business intelligence teams are spending as much as 80 percent of their time preparing…
Read MoreAccess Innovations Represented at EDW 2016
The 20th annual Enterprise Data World (EDW) Conference is recognized as the most comprehensive educational conference on data management in the world. The event is scheduled for Sunday, April 17, 2016 – Friday, April 22, 2016 at the Sheraton Hotel & Marina in San Diego, California. The topic range is vast and comprehensive. From Data Governance & Stewardship to Analytics…
Read MoreLearning Opportunity Addresses Data for Analytics
DATAVERSITY is offering an educational opportunity to start your new year off right. The webinar is titled, “Data Prep – A Key Ingredient for Cloud-based Analytics”, scheduled for January 5, 2016 at 2:00 pm EST and best of all – is free. Data for analytics comes in many forms, from many sources. This data holds…
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