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Thinking Inside the Box: How to Audit an AI

By Paul Barba 4 hours ago

Click to learn more about author Paul Barba. Over the years we’ve read about far too many AI fails. But it’s not all AI’s fault. AI’s less-than-stellar track record is in large part due to poorly defined project goals and organizations’ tendency to treat the technology as inscrutable high-tech “magic”. Without transparency, accountability or an understanding […]

By Amit Dua 5 hours ago

Click to learn more about author Amit Dua. It is no news today that Big Data and Analytics are transforming the way different industries function on a day to day basis. A few years ago, companies were using marketing automation for their campaigns with varying degree of success. However, the role of Data Science in […]

By A.R. Guess 5 hours ago

According to a new press release, “EnterpriseDB announces the worldwide availability of EDB Postgres Platform 11 that includes Oracle database compatibility features, management and integration tools, providing organizations with high performance, enterprise-ready data management. EDB Postgres 11 includes an updated version of EDB Postgres Advanced Server, which is built on and enhances the capabilities of […]

By A.R. Guess 5 hours ago

A new press release states, “Global database solution provider FairCom Corporation is concluding a record-setting year highlighted by expansion of the company’s product line, workforce and infrastructure. FairCom once again set a new revenue record and continued its string of year-over-year revenue growth. On the product front, FairCom enhanced its family of data management solutions […]

By A.R. Guess 5 hours ago

According to a new press release, “MathWorks today introduced Sensor Fusion and Tracking Toolbox, which is now available as part of Release 2018b. The new toolbox equips engineers working on autonomous systems in aerospace and defense, automotive, consumer electronics, and other industries with algorithms and tools to maintain position, orientation, and situational awareness. The toolbox […]

By Tenley Proudfoot 13 hours ago

To view just the slides for this presentation, click HERE>> About the Webinar While wrath and envy are best left for human resources to address, overcoming the numerous obstacles that often inhibit successful Data Management must be a full organizational effort. The difficulty of implementing a new Data Strategy often goes underappreciated, particularly the multi-faceted […]

By Tenley Proudfoot 13 hours ago

DataEd Slides: The Seven Deadly Data Sins from DATAVERSITY To view just the On Demand recording of this presentation, click HERE>> About the Webinar While wrath and envy are best left for human resources to address, overcoming the numerous obstacles that often inhibit successful Data Management must be a full organizational effort. The difficulty of […]

By Jennifer Zaino 1 day ago

The future of Machine Learning (ML) is more: more projects, more stakeholders, and more migrations of high-performance computing (HPC) for Machine Learning workloads to the Hybrid Cloud. A recent survey conducted by Dimensional Research looked at the market momentum of Machine Learning, why companies are moving in that direction, and the hurdles they must overcome […]

By Mackenzie Thompson 1 day ago

Click to learn more about author Mackenzie Thompson. As 2018 comes to an end, now is the time to begin a new chapter concerning the life-saving power of data. Now is the time to remember not only the value of data but the many ways data informs what we value most—namely, the lives we cherish […]

Dec 18 Webinar: Building Effective Data Visualizations for Business Intelligence

By Monica Marcinko 2 months ago

DATE: December 18, 2018 TIME: 2 PM Eastern / 11 AM Pacific PRICE: Free to all attendees This webinar is sponsored by: About the Webinar To gain insights from Business Intelligence, you need to easily see and understand what the data tells you by using data visualizations. While these charts and graphs can be eye […]

By Tenley Proudfoot 2 months ago

DATE: December 20, 2018 TIME: 2 PM Eastern / 11 AM Pacific PRICE: Free to all attendees This webinar is sponsored by: About the Webinar Master Data is an important discipline that being implement by most organizations. Master Data sits at the heart of the single point of truth mentality or the need to discover […]

By Tenley Proudfoot 2 months ago

DATE: January 8, 2019 TIME: 2 PM Eastern / 11 AM Pacific PRICE: Free to all attendees About the Webinar Your Data Strategy should be concise, actionable, and understandable by business and IT! Data is not just another resource. It is your most powerful, yet poorly managed and therefore underutilized organizational asset. Data are your […]

By Tenley Proudfoot 2 months ago

DATE: January 9, 2019 TIME: 2 PM Eastern / 11 AM Pacific PRICE: Free to all attendees This Webinar Series is Developed by: About the Webinar What are you thinking about discussing regarding tools? Managing data assets is a key strategy for an effective data governance program. “Data assets” refer to any entities that […]

By Tenley Proudfoot 2 months ago

DATE: January 17, 2019 TIME: 2 PM Eastern / 11 AM Pacific PRICE: Free to all attendees About the Webinar Most people recognize that Data Stewards play an essential role in their Data Governance and Information Governance programs. However, the manner in which Data Stewards are used is not the same from organization to […]

By Tenley Proudfoot 2 months ago

DATE: January 24, 2019 TIME: 2 PM Eastern / 11 AM Pacific PRICE: Free to all attendees About the Webinar With technological innovation and change occurring at an ever-increasing rate, it’s hard to keep track of what’s hype and what can provide practical value for your organization. Join this webinar to see the results […]

By Tenley Proudfoot 3 months ago

DATE: February 12, 2019 TIME: 2 PM Eastern / 11 AM Pacific PRICE: Free to all attendees About the Webinar Data Modeling is how we do Data Architecture. Many are confused when it comes to data. Architecture, models, data – it can seem a bit overwhelming. This webinar offers a clear explanation of Data Modeling […]

By Tenley Proudfoot 3 months ago

DATE: February 21, 2019 TIME: 2 PM Eastern / 11 AM Pacific PRICE: Free to all attendees This webinar is sponsored by: About the Webinar Metadata Governance is the execution and enforcement of authority over the management of Metadata and other data documentation. Organizations that govern their data documentation find […]

By Tenley Proudfoot 3 months ago

DATE: February 28, 2019 TIME: 2 PM Eastern / 11 AM Pacific PRICE: Free to all attendees About the Webinar Developing a Data Strategy for your organization can seem like a daunting task. The opportunity in getting it right can be significant, however, as data drives many of the key initiatives in today’s marketplace: […]

Thinking Inside the Box: How to Audit an AI

By Paul Barba 4 hours ago

By Amit Dua 5 hours ago

By Mackenzie Thompson 1 day ago

By Kartik Patel 2 days ago

Click to learn more about author Kartik Patel. The process of Predictive Analytics has come far in the past decade. No longer is this process the sole responsibility of data scientists or IT staff. Today’s Self-serve Predictive Analytics and forecasting tools are designed to support business users and data analysts alike. What is Predictive Analytics? Predictive […]

By Victor DeMarines 3 days ago

Click to learn more about author Victor DeMarines. Gartner predicts that by 2021, some 75 percent of independent software vendors will embed software usage analytics in their products to inform product management decisions and measure customer health. When viewed through the lens of our product management recent survey “Listening to the Voice of the Customer,” that […]

By Jans Aasman 4 days ago

Click to learn more about author Dr. Jans Aasman. There’s a general consensus throughout the data ecosystem that Data Preparation is the most substantial barrier to capitalizing on data-driven processes. Whether organizations are embarking on Data Science initiatives or simply feeding any assortment of enterprise applications, the cleansing, classifying, mapping, modeling, transforming, and integrating of data […]

By Mat Hamlin 4 days ago

Click to learn more about author Mat Hamlin. 13,443,149,623 and counting – that’s the number of data records that have been lost or stolen since 2013. We are living in a world where a new cybersecurity breach happens every day, attack vectors such as ransomware and malware only continue to become more sophisticated and internal […]

By William Peterson 1 week ago

Click to learn more about author William Peterson. Existing generations of Data Management are point products or tools solving a specific issue. Conceptually this is similar to networking devices or compute being treated as a manageable resource. Terms like Data Fabric, while helpful, can be confusing as there are a number of competing definitions and uses […]

By Harsh Arora 1 week ago

Click to learn more about author Harsh Arora. Introduction to Modern Healthcare The healthcare sector has seen radical changes with advancements in modern technology. Every emerging tech which has been incorporated in this sector has led to improved health care services and treatments. Hospitals and clinicians have proactively adopted new innovative technological solutions of the modern […]

Machine Learning Moves to the Hybrid Cloud

By Jennifer Zaino 1 day ago

By Michelle Knight 2 days ago

Billions of things with sensors surround people and their lives. These Internet of Things (IoT) interact with people, homes, factories, workplaces, cities, farms, and vehicles. Gartner predicts that by 2020, IoT technology will be in 95 percent of electronics for new product designs, from wearables to medical devices and beyond. IoT promises useful information, allowing […]

By Michelle Knight 3 days ago

It would be any Data Manager’s nightmare to run meetings that create pedantic and irrelevant business glossaries or data dictionaries, which eventually gather cyber dust. However, skipping over building and maintaining a good business glossary or data dictionary risks convoluted meanings, confusing communications, and business failures. What should a company do? Robert S. Seiner (Bob), […]

By Paramita Ghosh 1 week ago

According to many market statistics, data volume is doubling every two years, but in future this time span may get further reduced. The vast portion of this data (about 79 percent) is text data. Natural Language Processing (NLP) is the sub-branch of Data Science that attempts to extract insights from “text.” Thus, NLP is assuming […]

By Amber Lee Dennis 1 week ago

When you use Google, pick a movie from Netflix, talk to Siri or Alexa, or look for your nephew on Facebook, you’re benefiting from Knowledge Graph technology. DATAVERSITY® recently caught up with the three co-founders of TopQuadrant, CEO Irene Polikoff, CTO Ralph Hodgson, and CMO Robert Coyne, to get their perspective on Knowledge Graph technology […]

By Paramita Ghosh 1 week ago

The sudden growth of business data in recent years due to streaming data technologies and Internet of Things (IoT), Mobile, and Big Data pipelines, has businesses struggling to put better Data Management practices in place. Organizations are constantly in search of advanced data collection and storage, Data Management, Data Governance, and Data Security platforms. Why […]

By Amber Lee Dennis 2 weeks ago

The Arizona state government wants to improve outcomes for the people they serve. Part of their plan to improve those outcomes involves a robust state-wide Data Governance program to change the culture and elevate the state of Data Management for a hundred Arizona agencies. Jeff Wolkove – State Data Management Architect for the Arizona Department […]

By Jennifer Zaino 2 weeks ago

Containers are thriving in the IT community thanks to their value at running entire runtime environments and for supporting a microservices approach to building applications. In a survey conducted last year by 451 Research, 71 percent of 200 large enterprise IT leaders said they are using Kubernetes to manage their container infrastructure. The usage is […]

By Paramita Ghosh 2 weeks ago

In 2019, Advanced Analytics capabilities with minimal manual efforts will remain the hallmark of all competitive Business Intelligence solutions. The Business Application Research Center (BARC) 2018 Business Intelligence Survey indicates that the global BI solutions market is slated for major technological changes. The primary technology initiatives that BI users can expect in 2019 are Cloud BI deployments, BI […]

EnterpriseDB Announces Enterprise-Ready Version of Postgres Platform 11

By A.R. Guess 5 hours ago

By A.R. Guess 1 day ago

A new press release states, “Dell Boomi™ (Boomi), the leading enterprise transformation provider of cloud integration and workflow automation to build The Connected Business, announced its Fall 2018 release of the Boomi platform. This update reinforces Boomi’s mission to provide enterprise-grade security, enhanced usability and expanded flexibility for customers. Boomi recognizes the vital need for […]

By A.R. Guess 1 day ago

According to a recent press release, “Following the launch of the COBIT 2019 framework last month, ISACA has published a Design Guide and an Implementation Guide to make the governance framework more practical, customizable and easier to use. The new guides, available as free downloads for ISACA’s 135,000 members as well as for purchase by […]

By A.R. Guess 1 day ago

A recent press release reports, “A major issue facing enterprises today is how to leverage advanced and predictive analytics on a large scale while data scientist resources are scarce. Datawatch Corporation today announced the release of Datawatch Swarm 2.2, which addresses that problem by delivering built in automation that connects data scientists with business analysts […]

By A.R. Guess 2 days ago

A new press release reports, “Streamlio, an intelligent platform for fast data, today announces that Streamlio Community Edition, powered by The Apache Software Foundation’s new top-level project, Apache Pulsar, is now available as a Kubernetes application on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Marketplace. With Streamlio Community Edition, enterprises now can easily leverage Pulsar’s cloud-native architecture […]

By A.R. Guess 2 days ago

According to a new press release, “Atomist, the software delivery automation company, today announced the ability for developers to now deliver to Kubernetes using the open source Software Delivery Machine (SDM) in local mode. SDM local is completely open source and now supports delivery to Kubernetes, whether a single-node cluster on a laptop using minikube […]

By A.R. Guess 2 days ago

A new press release reports, “Accelerite today announced ShareInsights 3.0 for non-developer data analysts, featuring new capabilities that significantly reduce the complexity and costs associated with extracting insights from AWS Data Lakes. The new version of the platform gives users a no-code, browser-based, drag-and-drop toolset that unifies functions of Athena, EMR, Redshift, Kinesis, Elasticsearch and […]