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Technology and Publishing
Technology has impacted how the casual reader consumes information, whether that be news or fiction. This is not new news. However, how exactly has technology changed how the publishing industry approaches their work? This interesting topic came to us from The New York Times in their article, “How Technology Is (and Isn’t) Changing Our Reading Habits.”…
Read MoreData Analytics’ Value Spans Industries
Whichever industry you work in, or whatever your interests, you will almost certainly heard about how data is changing the face of our world. It might be helping to cure a disease, boost a company’s revenue, make a building more efficient or direct sustaining agriculture and it’s ability to meet the needs of a growing population.…
Read MoreData Scientists and Machine Learning Roles
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are the golden children in technology for the coming years. What role are data scientists playing in this? This interesting topic came to our attention from DATAVERSITY in their article, “Data Scientists and Machine Learning Algorithms for the Data-Driven World.” Are data scientists using their skills to develop better machine learning…
Read MoreScholarly Search Gets New Platform
Digital Science launched a new platform – Dimensions – intended to transform scholarly search. Digital Science brought this news to us in their article, “Digital Science Launches Dimensions: a Next-generation Research and Discovery Platform Linking 124 Million Documents, Providing Free Search and Citation Data Across 86 Million Articles.” This is a collaboration between six Digital…
Read MoreData Protection
One of the largest data breach of over 143 million personal records by Equifax has many wondering when and how it will ever end. Forbes brought this topic to our attention in their article, “The Equifax Breach And The Case For Digital Identity.” With the volume of cyber crimes and data breaches, it makes you…
Read MoreGrey Literature Conference Call for Papers
This may feel really far away, but the GreyNet International 2018 conference or GL20 has been scheduled for December 3-4, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana. They have sent out a “call for papers” along with the save the date announcement. The theme for this year’s conference is “Research Data Fuels and Sustains Grey Literature”. The definition of…
Read MoreTechnology Ad Nauseum
Data from the Internet of Things (IoT) is quickly becoming important for the field of product development. The data collected from a device can help better understand consumer requirements and allow for more solid decision-making. DATAVERSITY brought this information to our attention in their article, “How IoT Data Improves Product Development.” This is taking place…
Read MoreGathering Business Intelligence in a New Era
Business analytics has changed not only the world we live in but the way business intelligence is gathered and used across industries. DATAVERSITY brought this information to our attention in their article, “Advanced Data Discovery and Augmented Analytics: Simple, Sophisticated Tools for Business Users.” Reporting, dashboards, advanced data visualization and end-user self-service are given the highest…
Read MoreEBSCO Appoints New CIO
EBSCO Industries out of Birmingham, Alabama recently announced that Ryan Loy will be joining the company as Chief Information Officer (CIO). Business Wire brought this news to us in their article, “EBSCO Industries Announces New Chief Information Officer.” “As we plan for significant organic and acquisition growth over the next five to ten years, building…
Read MoreBad Data to Good Data
In today’s digital world, business users need easier ways to explore data, uncover new insights and make informed decisions instantly from any device. However, achieving this can be difficult for many organizations even with the best of IT infrastructures. What if the data is just bad? DATAVERSITY brought this interesting information to our attention in…
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