Data Governance, Catalogs and Lakes

New products are focusing on machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) add-ons that help automate some aspects of data governance. Tech Target brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Data catalog software takes on data lakes, privacy laws.“ Data governance has been impacted by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other…

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Finding the Right Balance on Compliance

With the proliferation of data being produced, there should be no surprise that companies today are overwhelmed with data. The real-time connectivity provided by digitalization has created a business environment where every enterprise is more closely linked to its customers, partners, and suppliers than ever before. This interesting information came to us from Enterprise Innovation…

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Internet of Our Things

All around us are machines with sensors connecting, collecting, and coordinating our lives. These internet of things (IoT) interact with people, homes, factories, offices, retailers, cities, farms, vehicles….the list goes on. Professionals predict that by 2020, IoT technology will be in 95 percent of electronics for new product designs. Everything from doorbells to coffee pots to wearable medical devices. DATAVERSITY…

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Riding the Digital Transformation Wave

Digital transformation is the new vogue word in technology. While the exact definition varies depending upon who is talking about it, the basic notion is organizations need to take advantage of their own data – their most valuable resource. Transforming the organization to work more digitally results in a deeper understanding of customers, markets, competitors…

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Taxonomy Educational Opportunities at SLA 2019

The Special Libraries Association (SLA) Taxonomy Division is pleased to present several educational sessions at the SLA 2019 Annual Conference in Cleveland, Ohio this summer. Addressing taxonomies from many different angles, workshop titles like Big Data and Controlled Vocabularies, Ensuring Semantic Interoperability and Creating Interoperable Taxonomies, Keeping Your Taxonomy Fresh and Relevant, Taxonomy Governance IRL, and Taxonomy Tools and…

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Start with Strategy

A good business strategy contains many things and many tools are used to reach the final product. Analytics, data governance, and information architecture are just the beginning. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “It’s Time to Build a Cohesive Data Strategy.” The information management activities may be siloed across the enterprise…

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The Value of a Digital Asset Management System

A digital asset management (DAM) system consists of the management tasks and technological functionality that helps companies organize their media assets (such as photographs, video and marketing assets) to strengthen their message or brand. CMS Wire brought this news to us in their article, “A DAM Glossary of Common Terms.” Because DAM systems inventory, control, and…

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Big Data and the Cloud

The big data world is under a shiny spotlight because of the flurry of activity with cloud access and Hadoop technology implementation. In an increasingly cloud-friendly business landscape, more and more global businesses are moving to the cloud.  DATAVERSITY brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Data Governance and Serverless Computing.” The…

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