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Data Governance Provides Consistency
Data governance is the overall management of the availability, integrity, and security of data used in an enterprise. At its core, data governance is corporate data policy compliance. This interesting information came to us from Tech Target in their article, “How data lineage tools boost data governance policies.” Data policies can span an array of intents, including directives…
Read MoreMachine Learning and Data Management
Artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies are taking Wall Street by storm. Just recently, Octopai, a player in metadata management automation for business intelligence was recognized in Gartner’s September 2018 “Cool Vendors in Data Science and Machine Learning”. Markets Insider brought this topic to our attention in their article, “Octopai Named a Gartner Cool Vendor in Data Science…
Read MoreNew and Trendy Words Added to Scrabble Game
For those hard core Scrabble players or bibliophiles, the maker of the iconic word game, Hasbro Inc., has added 300 new words to boost your score. This interesting news came to us from VOA in their article, “Score! Scrabble Dictionary Adds ‘OK,’ ‘ew’ to Official Play.” Merriam-Webster released the sixth edition of “The Official Scrabble…
Read MoreThe Relationship of the Internet of Things and Big Data
The Internet of Things (IoT) is changing the way we interact with things, i.e. objects, appliances, etc. As a result, there is massive amounts of data being produced and that will impact the way big data is handled. DATAVERSITY brought this news to us in their article, “How Will the Internet of Things (IoT) Impact…
Read MoreAI Being Utilized for New Japanese Defense Ministry Records Management Project
The Japanese Defense Ministry is planning to use artificial intelligence (AI) for the management of public records. This comes on the heels of the mishandling of daily Self-Defense Forces activity logs. The interesting information came to us from The Japan Times in their article, “Japan’s defense officials to use AI for record management.” Currently, the ministry…
Read MoreWhat Doesn’t Fit
Machine learning image classifiers use context clues to help understand the contents of a photo, room, or any type of space. For example, if they manage to identify a dining-room table with a high degree of confidence, that can help resolve ambiguity about other objects nearby, identifying them as chairs. Kind of a “where there…
Read MoreData Storage Is Not One Size Fits All
Data lake or data warehouse? What is the difference and what works best? DATAVERSITY brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Data Lake or Data Warehouse: Which Is Right for You?” First off, data lakes and data warehouses are both widely used for storing big data, but they are not interchangeable terms. A data lake is a…
Read MoreInternet of Things Changes Security Game
The current administration has made indications that cyber security is crucial to an Internet of Things (IoT) world. This came in the roll out of the 5G wireless broadband and the warnings about overregulation. This interesting topic came to us from Broadcasting Cable in their article, “NTIA’s Redl: Government Shouldn’t Rush to Regulate IoT ‘Bugs‘.” At…
Read MoreInvesting in IT Careers at Home
Collaboration across party lines is working towards creating information technology jobs and careers for the residents of middle America. This interesting information came to us from The New York Times in their article, “The Coders of Kentucky.” Instead of outsourcing technical jobs to other countries, one organization invested in the people of Appalachia with training…
Read MoreLooking Behind the Curtain
Sometimes in research, you don’t always see the benefits right away, and often times research even gets tossed before it gets started. JAXenter brought this interesting information to us in their article, “GitHub Experiments provides a sneak peak into software development.” To shine a little more light on the work in progress, GitHub has launched Experiments: giving insight…
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