Managing Analytics for Big Data
More and more technology organizations are developing products for designing, implementing and deploying big data analytics models. Venture Beat brought this interesting topic to us in their article, “AI and big data analytics startup Noogata nets $12M.” Big data analytics helps businesses and organizations make better decisions by revealing information that would have otherwise been…
Read MoreCoordinating Data Managing Tools
A data fabric is a single environment consisting of a unified architecture, and services or technologies running on that architecture, that helps organizations manage their data. Think of data fabric as a weave that is stretched over a large space that connects multiple locations, types, and sources of data, with methods for accessing that data. The data can…
Read MoreThe Threat of Ransomware Continues
Ransomware is a type of malicious software cyber criminals use to block you from accessing your own data. The digital extortionists encrypt the files on your system and add extensions to the attacked data and hold it hostage until the demanded ransom is paid. Information Age brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “The fight…
Read MoreConsistency Through Data Governance
Data governance is the process of managing the availability, usability, integrity and security of the data in enterprise systems, based on internal data standards and policies that also control data usage. Effective data governance ensures that data is consistent and trustworthy and doesn’t get misused. This news came to us from Innovation Aus in their article, “Data governance maturing quickly.” Organizations around the world are increasingly…
Read MoreThe Danger of Ordinary Taxonomies
Many standards and non-customized taxonomies are the result of one vendor becoming dominant in a market or sector. Diginomica brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Standardizing taxonomies can grease the wheels of the future’s Everything-as-a-Service.“ A standards-based custom taxonomy can help you provide clear order to your data, which enables comprehensive…
Read MoreIntegrated Data
Although nearly two-thirds of organizations agree that real-time data is needed for decision-making in business, companies often use data from different channels that don’t integrate with one another. This makes it incredibly difficult to translate information into action. This interesting information came to us from Entrepreneur in their article, “How to Use Real-Time Data to…
Read MoreDigital Technologies
Emerging technologies have proven that they have the potential to change the face of public opinion and marketing research. There are always new technologies coming into the marketing research arena and all too often we bore of them before they see their full potential. This interesting topic came to us from Tech Dot Minnesota in…
Read MoreSemantic Search Technology
Semantic technology is a frequent topic of conversation in the information science world. Machine learning or semantic technology is the basis for most commercial artificial intelligence (AI) systems. But where does semantic search fit in? Semantic search seeks to improve search accuracy by understanding searcher intent and the contextual meaning of terms as they appear…
Read MoreAccess to Academic Publication
Every role I have ever played in communications, whether it be in healthcare, human resources, information technology, faith-based reporting or even fiction – the challenge is to simplify the language so that it is accessible to all readers, regardless of their background or academic make-up. This interesting subject came to us from The Scholarly Kitchen…
Read MoreVisualizing the Search
Data visualization is the graphical representation of information and data. By using visual elements like charts, graphs and maps, data visualization tools can provide an accessible way to see and understand trends, outliers and patterns in data – whatever subject the data covers. This interesting information came to us from Daily Nous in their article, “New…
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