Making Better Use of Data

Pre-processing and indexing data in one operation with the new add-on for Splunk creates new performance and ergonomic value for users. This interesting information came to us from EIN News in their article, “New Splunk Add-On Streamlines Data Preparation, Indexing, and Visualization.” Splunk is an indexing and visualization platform and with this new add-on by Innovative…

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Standards Across the Board

We know the value of standards. In the world of ecological data, there is a lack of consensus on standardization of metadata, which obstructs studies. This interesting information came from 7th Space Interactive in their article, “Standardizing metadata and taxonomic identification in metabarcoding studies.” There is a need for the development and application of standards. Clear, consistent…

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Partnering with the Best

Big data has promised interesting opportunities for quite some time now. As the volume and variety of data continues to grow, organisations have started implementing new storage strategies. This interesting information came to our attention from IT Pro Portal in their article, “Crunching big data: Making sense of massive data sets.” Today’s intelligent systems rely on…

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The Strategy Around Data

The Enterprise DATAVERSITY: Data Strategy and Analytics Forum is scheduled for September 19-22, 2016 in Chicago. If you haven’t already registered, there is a savings of $300 if you do so by July 8th. This is a unique opportunity to elevate your professional skills, learn more about the latest analytics tools, and get inspired by the some…

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Tapping Data Lakes

Semantic computing continues to evolve and especially in the healthcare industry as big data analytics leaders looks to move beyond the basics of population health management, predictive analytics, and risk stratification. Health IT Analytics brought this information to us in their article, “Montefiore Semantic Data Lake Tackles Predictive Analytics.” In contrast to the traditional relational database, this…

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Tracking the Data

Late in 2014, Scholarly Kitchen shared with us a project with Ithaka S+R to research Amazon’s book sales to academic libraries. Some early results are in and they can be viewed on the Ithaka Web site. The Scholarly Kitchen brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Update on a Library Research Project.” The project began at the…

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Protecting Yourself

It seems every day some organization has been breached and their data has been compromised. It has happened to insurance companies, large retailers and now a fast food chain. Wendy’s is investigating claims of a possible credit card breach at some of its locations. This information came to us from The Hill in their article, “Wendy’s…

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