Technology
Collaboration Among Analytics and Big Data
Project Spark was launched by TransUnion Chief Information and Technology Officer Mohit Kapoor. It is an IT program designed to revolutionize the way the global risk and information solutions provider used big data. The Enterprisers Project brought this subject to us in their article, “TransUnion CIO: Rethinking the business around analytics.” Speaking about TransUnion’s transformation into a…
Read MoreALPSP Conference Promises Rich Content
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers’s (ALPSP) 10th annual conference is coming up soon. The big question is “what does artificial intelligence (AI) mean for scholarly and professional publishing?” There are experts ready to explain what AI is, how it’s impacting other industries and the potential it holds for publishing. You just have to…
Read MoreAnalytics & Data
There is a demand for analytics, especially in the realm of big data. To respond, comprehensive information management needs quality of data. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Impact of Big Data in Enterprise Information Management.” Data technologies have not made a huge impression on mainstream business users. The emergence of…
Read MoreUnderstanding Knowledge
There are many terms used in relation to artificial intelligence. Some are synonymous and some are just distantly related. Sys-Con Media brought this news to us in their article, “AI Is About Machine Reasoning.” In 1955 Prof. John McCarthy defined artificial intelligence as the goal to develop machines that behave as though they were intelligent. Even…
Read MoreFree Educational Opportunity
The Professional/Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Journals Committee has added an additional free guest speaker talk to their summer programs. This will be a talk via webinar only. We will be hearing from Laura Harvey, Head of Publisher Relations at Publons on Tuesday, July 18th from 12:00-1:00 p.m. (ET) via webinar. Publons is the world’s first and largest reviewer recognition…
Read MoreNew Partnership Enhances Collaborative Technologies
Silverchair Information Systems (Silverchair) and Zapnito announced a new partnership to enable STM and humanities publishers, professional societies, and other knowledge providers to foster engagement around expert content and discussions. This information came to us from Silverchair’s press release, “Zapnito and Silverchair Partner to Create and Enrich Knowledge Communities.” This isn’t a new collaboration. Zapnito’s…
Read MoreEducational Opportunity on PIDs
The Professional/Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Committee for Digital Innovation (CDI) will be hearing from guest speaker Christine Orr, Sales Director – North America at RINGGOLD on Wednesday, July 19 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. at the HarperCollins/NY offices. Christine will address Persistent Identifiers – The 5 things you need to know. The use of persistent identifiers (PIDs) has become much more widespread in our industry,…
Read MoreDigital Storytelling
At the Digital Public Library of America’s DPLAfest2017, networking and conversations about outreach, collection development, and issues central to the DPLA community were expected, and no one was disappointed. The speakers placed a special emphasis on details that are frequently overlooked. American Libraries brought this interesting information to us in their blog post, “The Devil Is in the…
Read MoreTech Leaders Gather in D.C.
Recently, the leaders of tech gathered in Washington D.C. for a series of working sessions to discuss cyber security, updates to the government’s computer systems and future tech trends. This interesting news came from CNet in their article, “Apple’s Cook, Amazon’s Bezos converge on White House.” The meeting was hosted by the new White House Office of…
Read MoreAnalytics Provide Insight
Predictive analytics has opened up new possibilities for predicting future events by studying past performance. Predictive analytics is the use of data, statistical algorithms and machine learning techniques to identify the likelihood of future outcomes based on historical data. The goal is to go beyond knowing what has happened to providing a best assessment of what…
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