Providing Enterprise Solutions
Workfront provides cloud-based enterprise work management solutions and with their recently released edition of Workfront DAM, marketers, IT professionals, and other enterprise teams now have the ability to request work and locate once-undiscoverable assets with more speed and ease, the goal being to eliminate hours of wasted time. This interesting information came to us from IT Business…
Read MoreSearch Technology Continues to Evolve
Google’s RankBrain is a machine learning system that, along with other algorithm factors, helps to determine what the best results will be for a specific query set. RankBrain was recently released and is causing quite the chatter. Search Engine Land brought this news to us in their article, “How RankBrain Changes Entity Search.” RankBrain appears to be related to…
Read MoreStandards Across the Board
We know the value of standards. In the world of ecological data, there is a lack of consensus on standardization of metadata, which obstructs studies. This interesting information came from 7th Space Interactive in their article, “Standardizing metadata and taxonomic identification in metabarcoding studies.” There is a need for the development and application of standards. Clear, consistent…
Read MorePartnering with the Best
Big data has promised interesting opportunities for quite some time now. As the volume and variety of data continues to grow, organisations have started implementing new storage strategies. This interesting information came to our attention from IT Pro Portal in their article, “Crunching big data: Making sense of massive data sets.” Today’s intelligent systems rely on…
Read MoreThe Strategy Around Data
The Enterprise DATAVERSITY: Data Strategy and Analytics Forum is scheduled for September 19-22, 2016 in Chicago. If you haven’t already registered, there is a savings of $300 if you do so by July 8th. This is a unique opportunity to elevate your professional skills, learn more about the latest analytics tools, and get inspired by the some…
Read MoreTapping Data Lakes
Semantic computing continues to evolve and especially in the healthcare industry as big data analytics leaders looks to move beyond the basics of population health management, predictive analytics, and risk stratification. Health IT Analytics brought this information to us in their article, “Montefiore Semantic Data Lake Tackles Predictive Analytics.” In contrast to the traditional relational database, this…
Read MoreAccess Innovations Announces DHUG East
Access Innovations is pleased to announce the date and location of their upcoming Data Harmony Users Group East (DHUGE) Meeting. DHUGE will take place on September 26, 2016 at the ASCE Bechtel Conference Center, the event center for the American Society of Civil Engineers, in Reston, VA. DHUGE is an extension of Access Innovations’ three-day…
Read MoreNew Collaboration Enhances Medical Imaging with Semantic Technology
Mirada Medical, MAASTRO clinic, the Netherlands and SOHARD Software GmbH have won a European Eurostars grant to develop the next generation of automatic contouring and semantic database driven treatment planning support software. Health Care Business brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Mirada collaborates on machine learning and big data driven radiotherapy planning.” This…
Read MoreUnique Indexing Project Carried Out by Eagle Scout
Recently, one 14-year-old boy has been photographing tombstones and recording their inscriptions into a national grave-collection genealogy database as his Eagle Scout project. This interesting news came to us from The Southern Illinoisan in their article, “Eagle Scout candidate indexing graves at local cemeteries.” This unique indexing project is being carried out by Tanner Burke in…
Read MoreSave the Dates
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) is offering some educational and networking opportunities this summer, so before you are all booked up take a look and register for one or two, or all. Consider it your summer school. Open Data Fostering Open Science: Meeting Researchers’ Needs Thursday, June 16 (9:00 am – 10:45 am…
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