News
Cyber Risk in Healthcare
Cyber criminals continue to look for ways to attack and access data. It is important that organizations utilize every available tool in their possession to fight back. Health IT Security brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Can Analytics Improve Healthcare Cybersecurity, Reduce Cyber Risk?” For healthcare, cybersecurity still remains a challenge and…
Read MoreThe Role of IoT Data
Data produced and consumed by the many Internet of Things (IoT) devices is constantly growing at an ever-expanding rate. It is predicted that there will be nearly 31 billion IoT connected devices by 2020. This interesting topic came to us from the RFID Journal in their article, “Finding Value in IoT Data.” Volume is great, but…
Read MoreAI and the Auto Industry
Artificial intelligence (AI) has permeated itself into every aspect of our business and personal lives. So it should be no surprise that it is very engaged in the design aspect of automobiles. This interesting news came to us from the Toronto online news, The Star, in their article, “Artificial Intelligence is transforming the automobile industry.”…
Read MoreThe Role of IoT in Emerging Technologies
The Internet of Things (IoT) continues to grow and become a part of our business and personal lives. For organizations it has become even more important to develop an edge computing strategy and model that brings analytics and data storage closer to the locations where they are needed. Digital Insurance brought this interesting news to our…
Read MoreOntologist Opportunity
To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, information services, semantic technology, ontology, etc., we are sharing career opportunities that we find with our readers. Even if you are not in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields are…
Read MoreThe Relationship Between Researchers and Scientists is Unique
A former scientist, turned publisher, Dr. Milka Kostic poses a question and gives some answers about the give and take between publishers and researchers. The Scholarly Kitchen brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “What Do Researchers Want from Publishers? An Interview with Dr Milka Kostic.” After hearing her keynote on How to make…
Read MorePlaying in the Gene Pool
Researchers have developed a new online tool that allows users to navigate through an interactive microbial tree of life and to generate new scientific hypotheses and discoveries. This interesting news came to us from Phys.org in their article, “Powerful online tool will help researchers make new genomic discoveries.” Through AnnoTree’s Web-based interface, users may query…
Read MoreMaking Cities Smart-er
Data analytics continues to play a key role in helping cities become zero-carbon, improve urban mobility, and better manage their infrastructure in a secure, sustainable, and cost-effective manner – in other words, smart. Smart Energy brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Data analytics: The key to delivering smart cities.” The number of…
Read MoreHalloween Taxonomy of Horrors
One of the biggest questions floating around every year in October is this: “What movies will you watch this month?”—or some derivative of that. All the major networks play their own hand-picked list of 25-50 “horror” movies all month long. Farms open their doors to a public that can roam around haunted barns and mazes;…
Read MoreNext Big Technologies
Emerging technologies have everyone excited. Big data and blockchain are touted to be the next big things set to revolutionize the way organizations do business. This interesting topic came to us from IT Pro Portal in their article, “Implications of blockchain In data science.” Blockchain technology entered public awareness with the increasing interest in digital currencies such…
Read More