metadata
Major Player in Health Data
The acquisition of Truven Health Analytics by IBM changes the playing field for cloud computing and data management in the health industry. This interesting turn of events came to our attention by Yahoo News in their post, “IBM buys Truven Health Analytics for $2.6 bn.” It is the fourth major purchase that IBM has made in less than a year…
Read MoreData Depositories Explained
A last minute educational opportunity for this week comes from DATAVERSITY and is titled, “The Heart of Data Modeling Presents: Who’s Pissing in Your Data Lake.” The new data terms of Data Lake, Data Reservoir, and Data Swamp can be confusing. The types of data anomalies that organizations can run into when they use external data could…
Read MoreHarsh Realities
Publishers have come to a realization – kicking and screaming – that they must participate in metadata. It is important to develop standards and improve the accuracy of inputting the data to reach companies outside of their traditional customer base. The Bookseller brought this news to us in their article, “Publishers need to focus on metadata.”…
Read MoreProof of the Need for Standards
Manually applying metadata to SharePoint deployments can be time-consuming and can also create inefficiencies. Tech Target brought this interesting information to us in their article, “SharePoint Managed Metadata Service creates efficiencies.” The ability to search for and easily retrieve content is a primary function of SharePoint. However, poor metadata and taxonomy practices can defeat those efforts.…
Read MoreConsistency in Digitizing
A recent survey conducted by ALM to uncover trends in legal records scanning revealed some interesting practices. Business Wire brought this news to us in their article, “Omtool Survey Reveals That 69% of Law Firms Are Actively Digitizing Client Records But Only 35% Have Tackled Records Room Scanning.” The good news? The survey’s findings showed that 69%…
Read MoreFinding the Data
Text processing crosses many genres, fields and occupations. The need for data mining knows no borders. Maana recently announced a new patent on its semantic search technology that takes data mining into the future. Forbes brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Maana Reinvents Data Mining For The Digital Age.” Data mining is an established data…
Read MoreAutomated Data Extraction and Analysis Makes Finding Content Easier
RAVN Systems recently released RAVN ACE for automated data extraction for ISDA (International Swaps and Derivatives Association) Master Agreements and Credit Support Annexes (CSAs) using artificial intelligence. This interesting information came to us from PRNewswire in their article, “RAVN Systems Releases RAVN ACE for Automated Data Extraction of ISDA Documents Using Artificial Intelligence.” RAVN ACE joins…
Read MoreFree Access to European Cancer Congress Webcasts
A new online platform that is run by Elsevier and hosted by the European Journal of Cancer (EJC) is designed to provide healthcare professionals free access to a selection of lectures from the European Cancer Congress (ECC2015), held in Vienna on September 25-29, 2015. Knowledge Speak brought this interesting news to us in their article, “Elsevier’s…
Read MoreAnalytics for Every Genre
Clinical Architecture has been selected by SPH Analytics (SPHA) for its next-generation healthcare analytics platform. EIN News brought this news to us in their article, “SPH Analytics Selects Clinical Architecture’s Semantic Normalization and Natural Language Processing Technologies to Provide Next Generation Solutions.” Clinical Architecture’s Symedical® platform addresses healthcare interoperability challenges specifically related to the management of…
Read MoreVisualizing Your Data
Data visualization is the presentation of data in a pictorial or graphical format. It enables decision makers to see analytics presented visually, so they can grasp difficult concepts or identify new patterns. Visualizing complex data can be a challenge but also offers unique opportunities to direct perception without drowning in spreadsheets, numbers and queries. At…
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