Safety in Numbers

There is much discussion in the news about the safety of your personal data. Do you know how safe your data might be? Do you know all the locations that hold your data? Don’t worry, few people do. Protecting your personal data has never been more important. In a post-Cambridge Analytica world, the followup question is whether…

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Uncommon Sense

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is a division of the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for the development of emerging technologies. To put this into perspective, this 60-year-old agency proposed and prototyped the precursor to the world wide web. This interesting information came to us from Venture Beat in their article, “DARPA wants to build ‘contextual’…

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AI Then and Now

Necessity is the mother of invention. Well, maybe. This interesting topic came to us from Analytics India in their article, “Rugged Information Architecture Is Key To AI Growth In Enterprises.” Regardless of the incentive, every invention has taken time to perfect itself. The first telephone wasn’t perfect, neither were the automobile or x-ray machine. Artificial…

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The Importance of Data Governance

Data governance has never been more important. In fact, Panoply recently announced a new data governance functionality called “Teams” that is designed for proper access to information. This includes being able to control data permissions and provisions to avoid over-sharing of data. PR Newswire brought this interesting information to us in their release, “Panoply Announces New…

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Machine Learning and Data Management

Artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies are taking Wall Street by storm. Just recently, Octopai, a player in metadata management automation for business intelligence was recognized in Gartner’s September 2018 “Cool Vendors in Data Science and Machine Learning”. Markets Insider brought this topic to our attention in their article, “Octopai Named a Gartner Cool Vendor in Data Science…

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The Relationship of the Internet of Things and Big Data

The Internet of Things (IoT) is changing the way we interact with things, i.e. objects, appliances, etc. As a result, there is massive amounts of data being produced and that will impact the way big data is handled. DATAVERSITY brought this news to us in their article, “How Will the Internet of Things (IoT) Impact…

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Senior Data Architect Opportunity

To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, semantic technology, ontology, etc., we are sharing career opportunities that we find with our readers. Even if you are not in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields are evolving.…

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Is More Better?

In academia, the number of citations that an article receives is considered one of the most important measures of scientific impact and quality. The academic competition for grants and research positions places high value on such measures, in addition to the number of publications by any given researcher. Inside Higher Ed brought this interesting information to…

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Finding the Business Intelligence

Organizations rely on reports to understand information in their day-to-day operational and strategic decisions. Whether it is printed reports, virtual dashboards or score-cards, today’s data is sourced and distributed from disparate sources of data. DATAVERSITY brought this topic to us in their article, “Making the Best Use of Your Business Intelligence Solution.” In this disconnected…

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