Not Too Late to Attend the Enterprise Data World Conference
The 22nd Annual Enterprise Data World (EDW) Conference hosted by DATAVERSITY is scheduled for April 22-27, 2018 in San Diego. It is not too late to register. EDW is recognized as the most comprehensive educational conference on data management in the world. Join hundreds of data professionals from around the globe to attend this unique conference. This six-day conference kicks off each year with in-depth…
Read MoreManaging Data and Money
Data is money. Managing money and data takes information. A recent study by MIT found big data is costing money to fix bad data. This information was brought to us by Datamation in their article, “Top 10 Data Governance Solutions.” As more data is created and collected, the challenges continue to grow. That is one reason why data management or data…
Read MoreProtecting Data Through Cloud Security
Data breaches might quickly become one of the most commonly used word in the news if we continue at our current pace. The battle for cybersecurity continues but at times feels like failure is gaining. Forbes brought this interesting news to our attention in their article, “The Cloud Is Rising To The Cybersecurity Challenge.” Smaller businesses…
Read MoreForecasting with Data
Everyone wants to know about the future – what to expect, how to act and most importantly, how to prepare. Prescriptive analytics involves finding the best course of action for a given situation. Similar to its cousins, descriptive analytics and predictive analytics that gathers historical facts and then encompasses a variety of statistical techniques that…
Read MoreTechnology and the Environment
Growing and relatively new concerns about climate change, pollution, and energy costs have prompted new focus on consumption and sustainability. In response to evolving concerns, a number of countries and large cities have focused on the development of smart cities and smart grids that uses technology to support an infrastructure managed by artificial intelligence (AI) and big data…
Read MoreOpen Process and Community
Open source or open access – it is all about sharing information. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting information to us in their article, “A Brief History of Open Source Data Technologies.” The near-simultaneous rise of interest in open source and open access has made these concepts ripe for confusion. Though open source and open access are two distinctly different things, their ultimate…
Read MoreFighting Back Against Ransomware
Cyber security against data breaches these days are top of the list of priorities for most organizations. Microsoft has recognized that and is offering some support in their recent update of Office 365. This interesting information came to us from The Hacker News in their article, “Microsoft Office 365 Gets Built-in Ransomware Protection and Enhanced…
Read MoreSmarter Technology
Remember when you were amazed at how fast a copy machine could reproduce your document in multiple copies including stapling and sorting them? However fast it was, it never seemed to be fast enough as became more acclimated to technology and the instant gratification it can offer. Nothing has really changed except for the tools…
Read MoreShining the Light on Peer Review
Peer review is a vital step in scientific publishing. Unfortunately it is often not formally taught. This interesting news came to us from EurekAlert! in their article, “PLOS announces new website for peer reviewers.” In support of its global peer reviewer community of more than 74,000 researchers, the Public Library of Science (PLOS) created the PLOS…
Read MoreAI in Healthcare
Healthcare information technology is benefiting from artificial intelligence (AI) advances. The adoption of AI in healthcare continues to increase and providing solutions for patients, providers, and the industry as a whole. DATAVERSITY brought this information to our attention in their article, “Artificial Intelligence and Data Management: AI Meets Healthcare Innovation.” The proliferation of the Internet of…
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