Data Security Concerns at an All Time High

It seems that concern around personal data security is on the nightly news and paper headlines on a daily basis. When it comes to government and citizen data, there is definitely risk involved – from how it is stored, transferred or used. Enterprise Innovation brought this topic to us in their article, “Wrestling with national challenges…

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Future Data Scientists

With technology and automation evolving, the role of a data scientist is increasing in numbers and need. This information came to us from Tech Target in their article, “A future data scientist needs business, deep learning skills.” The future data scientist role may look different, with a heavier focus on business operations and oversight, not just…

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The Growth of Data

Data is definitely expanding exponentially, but it might not be the critical situation many predict. This interesting topic came to us from Gigabit in their article, “Can your customer data platform facilitate the right decisions?” Data is very important because it enables organizations to learn more about their customers and offer them better service. So more…

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Digital Transformation Gets Support

Many information technology (IT) professionals believe digital transformation is key to an organization’s survival. But this can’t happen in a vacuum. Significant help from outside sources is needed. This interesting topic came to us from Digital Insurance in their article, “Most firms see digital transformation as critical, but many need help.” The top investments in technology…

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Bring Data Together

The powerful combination of linked data and semantics has the potential to unlock anything from regulatory compliance to new communication channels. Information Age brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Linked data and semantics: Key to data integration and governance.” Metadata and data governance can directly benefit regulatory compliance and beyond. One…

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Social Transportation

Technology has enabled many things in our current reality few would have guessed. One of those are the ride sharing electric scooters that just seem to appear on the downtown corner, in a driveway or dumped in a park. Their sheer existence and the technology around renting one pushes the boundaries on social technology. Forbes brought…

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Technology and Deployed Employees

Working remotely from home has long been seen as a perk to a position. The assumed responsible behavior was a sign from your supervisors that you could be trusted to be as productive, or more, without physical supervision. Many employees would forego a monetary raise for this opportunity. This interesting topic came to us from…

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FDA is Using Technology for Food Safety

Emerging technologies are the new toys for the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA). They have announced plans to pilot artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies. In addition, they are exploring how to utilize blockchain internally and industry-wide. Computer World brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “FDA to pilot A.I., consider…

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Big, Bigger, Biggest Data

Big data used to bring awe to the reader and the users. However, with the deluge of digital information growing at such a pace the term no longer seems adequate. Maybe we should call it gigantic data instead? Gigabit brought this topic to us in their article, “Three barriers to effective data analytics.” Many companies have…

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Handling Big Data Sets with Open Source Approaches

The Bank of England has changed how it collects and analyzes their ever growing data sets over the past few years by adopting enterprise versions of open source technologies to help it modernize its data architecture. Computer World UK brought this interesting information to us in their article, “How the Bank of England redesigned its data hub around…

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