Data-Driven Strategy
Strategy can be challenging for many organizations and leaders. When it comes to data strategy, it gets even more ambiguous. This interesting and important subject came to us from CIO DIVE in their article, “5 uncomfortable questions to improve enterprise data culture.” Information management and technology leaders need to find the gaps in their data…
Read MoreUsing Taxonomies for the Environment
Sustainability or green taxonomies developed by governments, international bodies, and non-governmental organizations can help improve 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 taken…
Read MoreTaxonomies Provide Structure
Researchers at University of Victoria in Canada have recently carried out a study aimed at clearly delineating the notion of a “safety-critical self-adaptive system.” As part of their work, they also devised a new taxonomy that could be used to classify different adaptation performed by self-adaptive systems. This taxonomy specifically focuses on the safety or…
Read MoreThe Role of Governance
Data governance and information governance can help organizations meet their compliance, risk management, security and business goals. As organizations become increasingly reliant on accessible and accurate data sets, the importance of these two disciplines is increasing. While they’re two of the most commonly used terms in the records and information management industry, their definitions and…
Read MoreLearning About Machine Learning
Machine learning has become an important component of many applications we use today, and adding machine learning capabilities to applications is becoming increasingly easy. Interestingly, many machine learning libraries and online services don’t even require a thorough knowledge of machine learning. This interesting topic came to us from Pete Warden’s Blog in his post, “How…
Read MoreFinding the Value in Digital
Digital media of all kinds have become an increasingly significant part of our everyday experience. Every day, we consume and interact with photos, audio files, video clips, animations, games, interactive ads, streaming movies and even experiential marketing, which has gained a digital edge with the rise of virtual reality and augmented reality. An organization’s content…
Read MoreEnsuring Data Quality in Healthcare
Modern cloud data processing and management systems are rapidly being adopted and scaled across the healthcare industry. This has benefits. However, it has also introduces a number of significant administrative and operational issues in many organizations, due to the inability to source and manage consistent, quality data. Tech Republic brought this interesting information to our…
Read MoreWrangling Data
An analytics strategy is part of a comprehensive strategic vision to specify how data is collected and used to inform business decisions. It is meant to provide clarity on key reporting metrics by specifying the sources and types of data that are collected and used for reporting. Inside Big Data brought this topic to us in…
Read MoreInsights and Intelligence
Business intelligence describes the strategies, technologies and tools that companies use to obtain business information. It also describes the information itself. Then there is data analytics — the technical process through which we obtain actionable insights from raw data. Not the same, but not isolated from one another. This interesting information came to us from…
Read MoreData Professionals in the Job Market
Employment and the lack of available employees is a common topic these days. The national unemployment rate in the United States is currently at 3.5%. For the tech market, it is at 1.7%. This interesting topic came to us from CNBC in their article, “Why data analytics is the hottest skill recruiters are looking for.“…
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