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Building a Blockchain Taxonomy
The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) is working with research organizations, industry consortiums and businesses, including Microsoft, to create a blockchain-neutral business-focused Token Taxonomy Framework. This interesting news came to us from Computer World in their article, “Coming soon: A token taxonomy to define the world of blockchain.” The group is working to universally define in non-technical terms what…
Read MoreHandling Big Data Sets with Open Source Approaches
The Bank of England has changed how it collects and analyzes their ever growing data sets over the past few years by adopting enterprise versions of open source technologies to help it modernize its data architecture. Computer World UK brought this interesting information to us in their article, “How the Bank of England redesigned its data hub around…
Read MoreUsing Science in Marketing
Data science and analytics are valuable skills to have at most organizations. In the world of advertising, they are among the most requested technical skills at digital ad agencies worldwide and that is expected to continue over the next couple of years. This interesting topic came to us from eMarketer in their article, “Data Science…
Read MoreOptimizing Your Resume for AI
Most people when writing resumes are trying to impress the recruiter or Human Resource professional with their experience, education and personal skills. However, most resumes are reviewed now by artificial intelligence-powered software. It is a little harder to impress. Forbes brought this interesting topic to us in their article, “How To Write A Resume That…
Read MoreMetadata Analyst Position Available at Penguin Random House
To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, semantic technology, and information science, 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…
Read MoreRemoving Bias from Classifications
The Dewey Decimal Classification system has dictated the way libraries organize their collections for more than a century. This approach may have been around forever, but it isn’t perfect. The way information is organized and sorted places prioritization on some information, leaving other information behind. YES Magazine brought this interesting story to us in their article,…
Read MoreStandards for Digital Literacy
The Coalition for Digital Intelligence (CDI) has launched the DQ Global Standards Report 2019 – the world’s first attempt to define a global standard for digital literacy, skills and readiness across the education and technology sectors. This interesting information came to us from IT News Africa in their article, “Digital Intelligence launches global standard for…
Read MoreProduct Taxonomy Analyst Opportunity
To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, 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 evolving.…
Read MoreThe Benefits of the Cloud
As of 2018, 73 percent of businesses have at least one application or system operating in the cloud. This is important because it is expected that 83 percent of business functions will occur in the cloud by 2020. Business.com brought this interesting information to us in their article, “You’ve Moved Your Company’s Data to the Cloud – What’s Next?” Cloud…
Read MoreBusinesses Are Embracing Machine Learning
Machine learning is a method of data analysis that automates analytical model building. It is a branch of artificial intelligence based on the idea that systems can learn from data, identify patterns and make decisions with minimal to no human intervention. This interesting topic came to us from Verdict in their article, “What is machine learning and why…
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