Digital Has Its Place

The demise of print is starting to sound like Chicken Little and “the sky is falling.” As early as the 1990s, the CEO of a major professional publisher announced that “print is dead”, though he publicly recanted that statement several years later. Despite the advances in digital technology and e-products, print sales have remained the prize…

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More Than Data Lost

We have all heard about Yahoo’s recent data hack. They revealed they had been hacked in 2014 and over 500 million accounts were the victims of username and password theft. This announcement came as Verizon was negotiating the purchase of Yahoo to the tune of $4.8 billion dollars. Apparently this crisis has discounted the deal as Verizon…

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The Oxymoron of Fake News

Much focus is on the validity of news these days and even more questions as to why it’s so prevalent. This interesting information came to us from Information Today Europe in their article, “Fake news – the awful truth.” There are several reasons why people produce fake news stories or entirely fake news sites. Follow…

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Securing the Data

Cyber attacks and data breaches know no prejudice. They are willing and able to inflict their chaos on any type of business. So many believe the best defense in cyber security is an aggressive offense. This intereting topic came to us from QSR Magazine in their article, “The New Cyber Strategy.” Technological developments have created new…

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Healthcare Data in the Cloud

The cloud is positioned to be a key player in healthcare. This in spite of serious concerns about data and HIPAA rules. Forbes brought this interesting information to us in their article, “For Healthcare, Cloud Computing Comes In Measured Doses. A survey from Level 3 and HIMMS Analytics revealed a growing adoption of the cloud for a…

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Personal Data Collection

Monitoring and tracking of data is taking place on a global scale and a very personal one. With sleep trackers, activity monitors, heart monitors and many other data-logging devices, each one of us is a walking log of numbers. This information came to us from PSFK in their article, “Attractive Metadata Could Be The Golden Ticket To…

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