Taxonomies are Part of Education

Learning can be ethereal and abstract. When it comes to employees, organizations need to remember the variations of learning possessed by their workforce and reskill its employees in a way to keep up with the changing technology and culture. Surprisingly enough, taxonomies can help. This interesting topic came to us from ATD Education in their…

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Environmental Taxonomies

Sustainability or green taxonomies developed by governments, international bodies, and non-governmental organizations can help improve the consistency in identifying what, exactly, makes an investment sustainable. This interesting information came to us from Eye on ESG in their article, “Leveraging Taxonomies: How Asset Managers Are Using New Sustainability Classification Systems – Part I.” Investors have increasingly…

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AI and 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…

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Bringing Order to Chaos

Taxonomies can be used in different applications and for different purposes, but at their most basic, they organize and classify. This interesting information came to us from HRM Asia in their article, “Leveraging big data to meet future skills demand in the labour market.” The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has developed a taxonomy that captures…

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Data Quality is Essential

Data quality is the measure of how well suited a data set is to serve its specific purpose. Measures of data quality are based on data quality characteristics such as accuracy, completeness, consistency, validity, uniqueness and timeliness. Data quality is essential to operate a successful data pipeline and enable data-driven decision-making. This interesting information came…

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Getting the Most Out of the Data

The concept of big data has been around for years and most organizations now understand that if they capture all the data that streams into their businesses, they can apply analytics and get significant value from it. This is particularly true when using sophisticated techniques like artificial intelligence. CIO brought this interesting information to our attention in their…

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Using Emerging Technologies Against Us

When it comes to cyber threats, especially phishing, the nefarious characters know that the more data they’re able to harvest about an individual, the more likely they’ll be able to successfully phish them. Venture Beat brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “How AI and machine learning are changing the phishing game.”…

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Career with Data

We are in the middle of the the digital information age. So how does that impact career choices for the incoming generations and even those who are considering a second career? With great amounts of data comes a great need for data analysts. This interesting news came to us from Umass Lowell in their article,…

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Managing the AI Explosion

The popularity of artificial intelligence (AI) and the expansion of cloud computing is leaving an impression in the information management world. Using AI in the cloud can improve cloud performance and efficiency while driving digital transformation in enterprises. The Scholarly Kitchen brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Guest Post — Leveraging…

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