What is Left to Emerge?
“Emerging technologies” is a widely pandered term these days. Though largely self-explanatory, this term doesn’t give the full story. The list of new technologies arising in the marketplace is perhaps incomplete due to the compartmental nature of proprietary development. To keep up with the rapid innovation and disruption happening across all industries and stay ahead…
Read MoreUsing Data to Shine Light on Inequities
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has pledged $90 million to help reduce health disparities with data-driven solutions. Specifically, this pledge will allow health centers to expand analytics and reporting capabilities, eventually enhancing healthcare services and supporting patient-level UDS+ data submissions through the collection of more precise data on health disparities. This…
Read MoreGrowing Edge
Every day, the news highlights how emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are changing businesses operations, improving education, and impacting personal and professional quality of life. This news from Acceleration Economy should therefore come as no surprise: “How AI and Machine Learning (ML) Help Prevent Sports Injuries.” Sports has long been using…
Read MoreData Driven Strategy
The future of marketing is being driven by technology, data, and consumer behavior. There are also strong emphases on delivering personalized, engaging, and socially responsible experiences for customers. What does this mean to day-to-day data management? Business Day brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Technology, data, consumer behaviour driving future of marketing…
Read MoreAnalytics and Data Monetization
Data monetization is the process where company-generated data is used to create a measurable economic benefit. This can include selling data to third parties or using data internally to improve processes or realize new innovation opportunities. This interesting subject came to us from ITWeb in their article, “Data monetisation brings rewards for good governance.” Data monetization…
Read MoreThe Strength of Data Integrity
Data integrity is the overall accuracy, wholeness, and consistency of data. It also refers to the safety of data in regard to regulatory compliance and security. This interesting information came to us from Solutions Review in their article, “Leveraging Data Integrity to Drive Success in Digital Transformation, ESG, and Supply Chain Resiliency.” More business leaders than…
Read MoreCan Blockchain Bring About Explainable AI?
The key advantage of artificial intelligence (AI) is its ability to simulate human reasoning and react quickly to large volumes of many different inputs. This is also its drawback, however, since the complexity of the AI decision-making process is often not transparent. Complex machine learning models in AI, such as deep neural networks, are often black boxes.…
Read MoreTaxonomies vs. Classification
Understanding taxonomies and how they are used can be challenging, depending on the context and audience. The Accidental Taxonomist brought this interesting topic to us in their article, “Taxonomy Definition.” Taxonomy is the science of classification – a basic means of understanding the world around us. Creating information order and structure is what a taxonomy is all about. Classifying documents and…
Read MoreEmbracing Predictive Analytics
Festo recently announced a new artificial intelligence (AI) platform for predictive maintenance, predictive quality, and energy optimization. Using advanced analytics, Festo AX maps data to learn a component, machine, product, or energy system’s healthy state. Festo AX provides actionable information to correct anomalies when data begins trending out of normal. This interesting topic came to…
Read MoreDigging in Data
In the age of self-service business intelligence, nearly every company considers itself a data-driven company, but not every company is treating their data architecture with the level of democratization and scalability it deserves. InfoWorld brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “How to explain data meshes, fabrics, and clouds.” CEOs know what a…
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