Posts Tagged ‘Technology’
New Features Enhance Efficiency
Altova MissionKit’s release features changes to its big data, database, and XBRL tools – all designed to increase an organization’s productivity. This interesting news came from Software Development Times in their article, “Altova MissionKit enhances its Big Data, database and XBRL tools.” Altova’s last release focused mostly on support for JSON and .NET APIs, introducing new tools…
Read MoreGenerations 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…
Read MoreKMWorld 2016 – Still Time to Register
KMWorld 2016 is just a few week away. In Washington D.C. on November 14-17, 2016, chief information officers, information professionals, content managers, and knowledge architects will gather to celebrate this year’s theme: Hacking KM: People, Processes, & Technologies. Maybe “celebrate” is stretching it a little, but this conference will take a look at novel ways to support knowledge…
Read MorePower Project Using Cellular Engineering
In the world of semantic technology and artificial intelligence, it may seem surprising that cellular engineering is poised to open up new and exciting avenues of exploration into ways to address issues like combating disease, enhancing food production, monitoring the environment for toxins and much more. Forbes brought this news to us in their article, “IBM,…
Read MoreNew Partnerships Build Language Bridge
Hindawi and Editage have announced a new partnership that will provide English-language editing to authors wishing to submit to Hindawi publications. The Society for Scholarly Publishing brought this news to us in their release, “Hindawi and Editage announce their partnership to provide English-language editing services.” Hindawi is a publisher of peer-reviewed open access journals covering a…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreData Modeling Learning Opportunity
DATAVERSITY is bringing another learning opportunity in the form of a webinar called, “Data Modeling and Shortcuts to Success in Scaling Time Series Applications.” The webinar is scheduled for September 29, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. EST. The webinar is sponsored by Basho and will be facilitated by Basho technologies and Databricks, creators of Apache Spark. Both…
Read MoreFirst Government Chief Information Security Officer
As unlikely as it seems, President Obama recently named Gregory Touhill, a retired Air Force brigadier general, as the United States federal government’s first chief information security officer (CISO). Bank Info Security brought this news to us in their article, “Obama Names Retired Air Force General as First Federal CISO.” In February, Obama created the federal…
Read MorePartnership for the Better
The American Heart Association (AHA) is partnering with Amazon Web Services (AWS) in an effort to further cardiovascular medicine with AWS cloud technology. Healthcare IT News brought this information to us in their article, “American Heart Association collaborates with Amazon Web Services for precision medicine.” It’s a part of the AHA Institute for Precision Cardiovascular Medicine’s…
Read MoreTypography in the Digital Age
Comic book nerds, typography nerds, and all those in the middle will find kinship with this topic. Fonts for every purpose have undergone significant change due to digital technology. Lettering has moved into the digital realm, which has opened up new possibilities for subtle storytelling through typography. This interesting information came to us from The Scholarly…
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