Data in the Sky

More and more businesses are moving their IT and data science functions to the cloud. Cloud computing holds many promises to organizations at a time when cost efficiencies and expediency are high priorities. Low-cost storage, real-time computing, managed services, and automated analytics and business intelligence services have caught the eyes of businesses looking to relieve their own…

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Focus on Standards

IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) is the largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for humanity. The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA),and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab have launched the global Council on Extended Intelligence (CXI). The IEEE Standards Association brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “IEEE and the…

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Taxonomies Beget Consistency

Whether you are talking about queries or processes, systems or taxonomies, standards make the outcomes more reliable because of the consistent approach to the data or topic. This interesting and important topic came to us from Security Boulevard.com in their article: “The Power of Standards and Consistency.” The variety and volume of information can be overwhelming. True…

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Data Storage Challenges

There is a lot of discussion and references to swamps in the news lately, but they aren’t talking about data. DATAVERSITY.net brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Data Lake vs. Data Swamp: Leveraging Enterprise Data.” Data lakes and data swamps are different and the difference lies in how data is curated. A data…

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Data Governance At Play

There is a lot of discussion happening about data governance these days. Data governance is the overall management of the availability, usability, integrity, and security of data used in an enterprise. A sound data governance program includes a governing body or council, a defined set of procedures and a plan to execute those procedures. In order to get…

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Standardizing Data

Data exchange between organizations and data sharing inside organizations is necessary to effectively communicate needs and news. Digital data standards are intended to facilitate the massive amounts of data that result from the increasing volume, velocity, variety, and variability of newly acquired analytical data, which is necessary for confident, comprehensive material characterization. Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology…

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Taxonomies in Finance

Standardization of data is accomplished through a custom taxonomy. Regardless of the topic or subject, taxonomies make findability of content easy and consistent. Markets Media brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Taxonomy, Data Crucial For Sustainable Finance.” An economic taxonomy is a system of classification of economic activity, including products, companies and industries.…

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Standards in Reporting

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched a pilot program to determine the government’s potential to untangle the bureaucracy of federal grant reporting. Talk about facing down a mountain. Fed Scoop brought this interesting topic to us in their article, “HHS pilot could change the way government reports on grants spending.” A report was…

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