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Big Data and the Cloud
The big data world is under a shiny spotlight because of the flurry of activity with cloud access and Hadoop technology implementation. In an increasingly cloud-friendly business landscape, more and more global businesses are moving to the cloud. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Data Governance and Serverless Computing.” The…
Read MoreThe Role of Semantics and Ontologies
The relationship between technology and standards is key to pushing standards toward an industry-wide adoption. This interesting topic came to us from Waters Technology in their article, “Semantics Takes Tech to Tango.” Blockchain is an example of a technology that depends on the advancement of semantics and ontologies. Here we are, 2,000 years after the Greeks…
Read MoreData Breaches Are On the Rise
In yet another headline reporting yet another data breach, Quora has announced that it has been attacked by hackers. NPR brought this news to us in their article, “100 Million Quora Users Affected By ‘Malicious’ Data Breach.” Quora, the question-and-answer website, reported that a malicious third party may have lifted the account information of some 100 million…
Read MoreApproachable Data Governance
Data governance is the overall management of the availability, usability, integrity and security of data used in an enterprise. A sound data governance program is important to execute those procedures and avoid data misuse. Silicon ANGLE brought this interesting topic to us in their article, “Data governance does more than thwart GDPR police — a lot more.” Dread of data…
Read MoreRegularly Information Management Gauging Interest
Regulatory compliance is the goal that organizations aspire to achieve in their efforts to ensure that they are aware of and take steps to comply with relevant laws, policies, and regulations. Due to the increasing number of regulations and need for operational transparency, organizations are increasingly adopting the use of consolidated and harmonized sets of compliance controls…
Read MoreSci-Hub Blocked in Russia
Sci-Hub is the infamous pirate site that bypasses paywalls to illicitly host millions of pay-to-read scientific papers. The creator, Alexandra Elbakyan, sees the research repository is her solution to the rampant paywalls and copyright restrictions that keep valuable research out of the public domain. Now, Sci-Hub is being blocked in Russia after a court in…
Read MoreMaking Findability More Comprehensive
Since the 1960s academic libraries have been using their own standards for the communication of metadata about resources in their catalogs. Determined to take advantage of the semantic web, Stanford Libraries is working with the libraries of Cornell, Harvard and the University of Iowa to continue the development of a “linked data” metadata environment. This interesting topic came to us from Campus Technology…
Read MoreAI Over Time
Manual tagging and cataloging of assets can be a time consuming and expensive activity, with the results not always being useful. However, audio-visual content can be transformed into dynamic assets using metadata enriched with a combination of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques and manual processes. TV Technology.com brought this topic to our attention in their article, “Metadata…
Read MoreOpen Access Deal Made
Cambridge University Press recently announced they have reached an open access deal with higher education and research institutions in Sweden. This came to us from their release, “Cambridge University Press signs major Open Access deal in Sweden.” The three-year ‘read and publish’ deal has been agreed with Bibsam – a consortium of 85 higher education and research…
Read MoreNew Cloud-Based Metadata Repository Service Released
Open Data Model has announced their development of a cloud-based metadata repository service that is a fraction of the cost of traditional systems, and that delivers results much faster. Computer World brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Open Data Model promises to accelerate metadata management.” The company’s co-founder is entrepreneur Rodger Nixon…
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