Mobile Computing and Semantic Caching

Semantic caching is a technique that integrates support for associative access into an architecture based on data-shipping. It can be very attractive for use in distributed systems due to the reduced network traffic and the improved response time. This interesting topic came to us from the ACL Digital Library in their paper, “Using Semantic Caching to Manage…

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The Dark Side of Data

Dark data is defined as unquantified and untapped data, and up to two-thirds of IT and business managers say half their data is dark. CIO Dive brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Dark data threatens to drown companies as emerging tech adoption increases.” As the general volume of data increases, respondents…

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Digging Into the Data

Data has stories to tell. Those stories, when told right, have the potential to yield significant benefits in informational analysis. This interesting topic came to us from Tech Republic in their article, “Why plot-driven data storytelling is important and how to create it.” It is important to learn how to get the stories out of…

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Finding the Value

Data has been compared to many valuable things and though this isn’t wrong, at the end of the day data is classified as an asset. This interesting topic came to us from IT Web in their article, “A successful data strategy is built with the future in mind.” Assets assist organizations to generate revenue, increase business value and…

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Semantic Caching and Data

Semantic caching is a technique that integrates support for associative access into an architecture based on data-shipping. It can be very attractive for use in distributed systems due to the reduced network traffic and the improved response time. This interesting topic came to us from the ACL Digital Library in their paper, “Using Semantic Caching to Manage…

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MIT Report Reveals Insights Into Data Infrastructures

A recent report by MIT Technology Review Insights examines how chief data officers and heads of analytics at leading organizations are building data infrastructures, services and use cases that drive business value. PR Newswire brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “A flexible data architecture is a critical foundation for analytics, AI, and…

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Business Intelligence from Data

There has been an explosion of data as more and more devices are producing more and more data at home and at in the workplace. The drawbacks to this is a loss of business intelligence (BI). A resulting lack of decision integrity, because of the complex data that informed business decisions can no longer be trusted.…

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Digital, Data and Chaos

We thought we were operating in a highly digital world and then the COVID-19 pandemic hit. More things are done digitally now than ever before. But are they being done well? This interesting topic came to our attention from IT Pro Portal in their article, “Poor data quality is the leading cause of digital transformation…

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The Currency of Business

TopQuadrant is a provider of data governance solutions using knowledge graph technologies. They have released a flagship product, TopBraid Enterprise Data Governance (EDG) 6.3, that delivers enhanced data governance capabilities and a new user experience for editing and viewing knowledge graphs. KM World brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Knowledge graph technology-based data…

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Open Source and the Enterprise

Databases have tremendous staying power within an enterprise. Once data finds its way into a particular database, it rarely gets taken out or replaced. This can poses challenges down the road. Tech Republic brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Why the future of enterprise data is open source.” Database migrations can do…

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