Accessing the Clouds
The cloud has become a daily part of our nomenclature. It is the infinite storage location, easy to access archive, and secure hideaway of data. With this kind of prominence comes competition.
Finding Relevance
By Melody Smith|May 7th, 2015|indexing, metadata, News, search|Comments Off on Finding Relevance
Rovi Corporation introduced the industry’s lastest and some say most robust metadata product, Rovi Knowledge Graph.
Securing the Data
By Melody Smith|May 5th, 2015|metadata, News|Comments Off on Securing the Data
Data security breaches have not been limited to one particular type of business. Retailers have been victims, as has the healthcare industry. Ironically, education institutions also suffer data breaches at a rate of just over one per week. But the real victims have been the customers and patients who trusted their most personal information to these organizations while assuming that those organizations’ security measures would be enough.
Referencing the Data
By Melody Smith|May 4th, 2015|metadata, News, reference|Comments Off on Referencing the Data
TopQuadrant has released TopBraid Reference Data Manager™ (TopBraid RDM) to bring consistency and accuracy to reference data management.
Understanding Data
By Melody Smith|April 1st, 2015|metadata, News|Comments Off on Understanding Data
For some enterprises, big data analytics can be intimidating, but it is a refined discipline that delivers tangible insights. A social media approach to analytics could help enterprises get more value from their big data systems.
And the survey says…
By Melody Smith|March 12th, 2015|News, reference|Comments Off on And the survey says…
The Ancient World Online (AWOL) blog is looking for academics who have used open data in their teaching to share their experiences. By conducting a mini survey to understand which portals, tools or repositories academics use to retrieve open datasets, they can better understand how this information is being used in teaching and learning in higher education. Have you taken the AWOL User Survey?
The White Paper is Here
By Melody Smith|March 2nd, 2015|metadata, News, Taxonomy|Comments Off on The White Paper is Here
Back when Steve Martin rejoiced in his name being in print and predicting things will start happening to him now, the reference to white pages was much different. KM World recently released a white paper on big data and though it contains helpful information to tackling the challenge that comes with the data explosion, they didn't need to run through the streets declaring its arrival.
Better Analytics, Better Data
By Melody Smith|February 23rd, 2015|metadata, News|Comments Off on Better Analytics, Better Data
Cambridge Semantics and SPARQL City are collaborating to offer an integrated graph analytics solutions with semantic understanding to help enterprises get better understanding and value from big data.
Lost and Found
By Melody Smith|January 30th, 2015|metadata, News|Comments Off on Lost and Found
Yet again, another report about data security breaches at retailers and banks. America’s largest bank, JPMorgan Chase, is one of the latest high-profile victims, and it is still reeling from this summer’s cyber attack that compromised 76 million household accounts. Law firms are not immune from this type of disaster. Recently a study reported that 15% of U.S. law firms experienced a security breach in 2012, either through hackers, a break-in, a web site exploit, or a lost or stolen computer or smartphone.
Partner With the Best
By Melody Smith|January 15th, 2015|metadata, News, Technology|Comments Off on Partner With the Best
Data management technologies continue to evolve and offer new possibilities. Some are outstanding at offering new features and services, and some are less than satisfactory. There are many things to consider when previewing new data management technology.