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Machine and Deep Learning Increase Adoption
Recently Google released its next generation of on-device computer vision networks – MobileNewtV2. Google is claiming a substantially faster process for the same accuracy across the entire latency spectrum. HPC Wire brought this news to our attention in their article, “Google Releases Improved Neural Networks for Vision Recognition.” Various Google-developed machine learning and deep learning tools…
Read MoreUsing the Data
Organizations are always looking for ways to use data to gain an understanding of customers as individuals and use those insights to build long-term retail relationships. This starts with semantically enriching the data. This interesting topic came to our attention from CMS Wire in their article, “Enhance Your Customer Experiences With Semantic Data Enrichment.” But first, what is…
Read MoreBig Media Merger Leaves Many Winners
AT&T closed its merger with Time Warner this past week. They completed the $85 billion deal ahead of its June 20 deadline. So what does this mean? Who is the big winner in this mess? The Washington Post brought us this news in their article, “It’s official: AT&T-Time Warner is a done deal.” AT&T is mostly…
Read MoreRecords Management Challenges
It is the general feeling that things are fairer, easier and more democratic in Canada. And while that might be the case in some circumstances, it is not a broad sweep fact. Accessing public records in Canada has the same challenges as the United States and other bureaucratic processes. The Star out of Canada brought this…
Read MoreMachine Learning Working to Improve Data Quality
Data quality has always been important and that continues to be fact. However, because business data requires thorough cleansing and preparation to be used as input to any analytics or business intelligence system, it might be even more important than ever. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “The Impact of Data…
Read MoreNatural Language Processing Acknowledged in Awards
The Amazon Research Awards (ARA) is one of Amazon’s ways of supporting external research that could potentially be integrated into the tech giant’s platform in the future. Recently the 49 projects chosen were announced. This interesting information came to us from Slator in their article, “Natural Language Processing and Neural Machine Translation Figure Prominently in Amazon…
Read MoreSemantic Technology and Climate Control
Helsinki climate experts presented an action plan to render the city carbon neutral by 2035 and they used semantic technology as part of their model. Markets Insider brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Helsinki Compiles Building Energy Data into Semantic 3D City ModelEnergy and Climate Atlas is a tool to reach climate…
Read MoreCloud Management Requirements
Informatica’s Intelligent Data Platform solution portfolio supports sophisticated requirements of data managers, data engineers, data scientists, data curators and other professionals working in private, public and hybrid cloud environments. This interesting news came to us from Silicon ANGLE in their article, “Informatica keeps the momentum rolling In hybrid cloud management.” Cloud management means the software and technologies designed…
Read MoreWorking in the Clouds
Data continues to pile up and it isn’t limited to one type of business or organization. This interesting information came to us from Financial Express in their article, “Elevating your research to the cloud.” On a personal level, hundreds of millions of people take photos, make videos and send texts every day. For the business world, data…
Read MoreAustralia National Archives Facing Challenges
When it comes to archives, more and more focus is being put on digital data and cloud storage. This may leave some with the impression that less talent and staff is needed to maintain a thorough and retrievable archival system. This interesting information came to us from The Canberra Times in their article, “National Archives confirms…
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