Posts Tagged ‘Big data’
Making Cities Smart-er
Data analytics continues to play a key role in helping cities become zero-carbon, improve urban mobility, and better manage their infrastructure in a secure, sustainable, and cost-effective manner – in other words, smart. Smart Energy brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Data analytics: The key to delivering smart cities.” The number of…
Read MoreNext Big Technologies
Emerging technologies have everyone excited. Big data and blockchain are touted to be the next big things set to revolutionize the way organizations do business. This interesting topic came to us from IT Pro Portal in their article, “Implications of blockchain In data science.” Blockchain technology entered public awareness with the increasing interest in digital currencies such…
Read MoreScience in Song
Sometimes it is nice to approach a serious topic with some lightheartedness. This is the case for the STM Tech Trends 2023 – a discussion forum of over 30 STM members aimed at identifying key trends that may impact the STM publishing industry between now and 2023. In April of 2019 at the STM U.S. Conference…
Read MoreData Science in Today’s Business
Data science is a technology that utilizes scientific methods, processes, algorithms, and systems to extract information from different data sets. Analytics Insight brought this news to us in their article, “Data Science is Changing the Way Businesses Compete and Operate.” A number of businesses today are leaning towards data-empowered approaches and embracing unique and innovative methods…
Read MoreThe Evolution of Data Scientists
The demand for big data, artificial intelligence, (AI) and other cutting-edge technologies are surging in the market. This results in a growth in data sets. So much so that not only data science but data scientists are also expected to evolve with time to meet the industry demand. Analytics Insight brought this interesting information to…
Read MoreOpen Source Platforms Evolving
Apache Hadoop, the collection of open source software utilities that facilitate using a network of many computers to solve problems involving massive amounts of data and computation, hit a speed bump recently with a shuffling of the key players. Big data workloads went to public cloud giants and a couple narrowly averted shutting down completely. Information Week brought…
Read MoreChallenges of Real Time Analytics
Analytics are in great demand. Today’s requirements are putting new pressures on existing data infrastructures. Performing real-time analytics across operational and stored data is typically critical to success but often challenging to implement. InfoWorld brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “How to do real-time analytics across historical and live data.” Many organizations…
Read MoreBig Data Analytics
Big data can offer insights into your business, but not without analytics. To utilize analytics you must first curate the data. Where does the data reside, and how can you get access to it? To answer those questions, organizations are discovering that data catalogs can help. This interesting information came to us from Datanami in their…
Read MoreSecurity and Governance of Data
Data has long been identified as one of the most valuable assets an organization possesses. How essential, then, is it for enterprises to adopt a strategy and framework that will manage their data? CDO Trends brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Data Management No Longer an IT Issue.” For some professional and…
Read MoreApplying Taxonomies in Shopping
Taxonomies are everywhere and even if they aren’t labeled as such, they do exist in any capacity that needs to successfully and efficiently find data. One such example is etsy.com. This interesting information came to us from Info Q in their article, “An Introduction to Structured Data at Etsy.” Etsy is about the unique and…
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