Identifying At-Risk Data

A hacker scanning for unsecured databases was able to compromise at least 58.8 million records from Modern Business Solutions (MBS), a data management and monetization firm primarily serving the automotive, employment and real-estate industries. This news came to us from SC Magazine in their article, “Unsecured database lets hacker expose 58 million plus records from data…

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Data Breaches and Politics

Data security is as important as ever. Cyber fraud and attacks seem to fill the headlines on a daily basis. In this political season, how does your vote impact the future of cyber security? Or does it? Forbes brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Cyber Security Trends To Watch: 2016.” Many…

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Easy Access

Digital assets are a huge part of any company’s files. They are also of significant value to the company because of their content and importance, so managing them and protecting them should be a top priority. Smart Business brought this topic to us in their article, “Five things a company should know about managing its digital assets.” This…

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Generations and Technology

Generational differences are attributed to everything from driver’s licenses, work styles, and communications. The first generation born to be truly digital natives are millennials. So it would be natural that they push the boundaries of massive online data considering that 59 percent of millennials get their news online, and 80 percent sleep with their phone next…

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Audiobooks Transformed

Remember books on tape? Then they morphed into CDs, but it still took four or five CDs for a decent size novel. Now with smartphones, audiobooks are finding a new audience that appreciates the ease and portability of downloading recorded versions of books onto their smartphones. USA Today brought this information to us in their article, “Smartphones give…

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Webinar Addresses Creative Commons

Association of American Publisher’s Professional & Scholar’s Publishing Books Committee is bringing guest speakers Terence P. Keegan and David S. Korzenik from the law firm of Miller Korzenik Sommers LLP to discuss When Creative Commons Licenses Create Headaches. This interesting educational event is scheduled for Friday, October 21st from 12:30-1:30 p.m. at the AAP/NY office and via the webinar. Many online publishers…

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Time for Change

We have all heard it muttered and maybe some of us have done the muttering. The observation that many feel there is no innovation in scholarly publishing and that leaves the publishing word ripe for disruption. The Scholarly Kitchen brought this news to us in their article, “Ripe for Disruption – From Within?” With scholarly publishing, it seems that…

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Greater Freedom Provided in Data

Databases require flexible approaches. As size and content fluctuate, so should the response. Modern approaches to database management are becoming extremely popular, the latest being triplestores, which have the ability to ingest diverse data and provide flexibility with respect to schema changes and mappings. This interesting information came to us from Ontotext in their article, “The…

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The Power of Technology

The Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of physical objects—devices, vehicles, buildings and other items—embedded with electronics, software, sensors, and network connectivity that enables these objects to collect and exchange data. New applications are constantly being created and one of the more recent ones came from a team of US researchers that has developed…

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