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Press Release: DATAVERSITY Announces the First Enterprise Analytics Online Conference

Los Angeles, Calif. — DATAVERSITY Education, LLC announced the agenda and opened registration today for Enterprise Analytics Online (EAO). This free online event will be held at http://eanalyticsonline.com on October 18th, 2017, from 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time. Registration is required to attend. EAO is the most recent event to be added to […]

By Keith D. Foote 47 mins ago

Kyvos Insights offers OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) software, which works directly with Hadoop storage systems. The use of Hadoop counteracts OLAP’s historical problem of lacking scalability. Their software constructs “cubes” on Hadoop which, in turn, supports multi-dimensional analytics. The OLAP/Hadoop combination supports the processing of both unstructured and structured data at any scale, in turn, […]

By Michael D. Shaw 43 mins ago

Click to learn more about author Michael D. Shaw. If there is an essential element to successful drug treatment, it is data. That is, treatment centers need to make better use of data – they need to gather data, period – so they have information to interpret and analyze. That material influences the care a […]

By A.R. Guess 28 mins ago

by Angela Guess A recent press release reports, “Today, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company, announced Amazon Macie, a new security service that uses machine learning to help customers prevent data loss by automatically discovering, classifying, and protecting sensitive data in AWS. Amazon Macie recognizes sensitive data such as personally identifiable information (PII) […]

By A.R. Guess 23 mins ago

by Angela Guess A new press release reports, “Kyvos Insights, a big data analytics company, today announced the immediate availability of Kyvos 4.0, a new, groundbreaking version of the massively scalable, self-service analytics solution, that establishes new enterprise-grade functionality and industry benchmarks for creating data cubes with near limitless scalability and performance. Kyvos 4.0 delivers […]

By A.R. Guess 17 mins ago

by Angela Guess According to a new press release, “Barracuda Networks, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-enabled security and data protection solutions, today announced that organizations using Barracuda Backup now have the ability to replicate data securely and efficiently from either an on-premises physical or virtual backup appliance to AWS. This feature provides customers, resellers, […]

By Amber Lee Dennis 23 hours ago

Salah Kamel, CEO and Founder of Semarchy, says, “I was born and raised in data.” Kamel has been an innovator throughout his career and was awarded the 2016 DAMA International Excellence in Data Management Award. The annual award recognizes organizations or individuals who have made significant contributions to Data Management principles. His latest contribution is […]

By A.R. Guess 24 hours ago

by Angela Guess According to a recent press release, “Alteryx, Inc., a leader in self-service data analytics, today announced that it is partnering with Plotly, the preferred data visualization platform for modern data science, to enhance inline “visualytics” within the Alteryx platform. As modern organizations seek to distribute analytics capabilities across a variety of business […]

By A.R. Guess 24 hours ago

by Angela Guess A recent press release states, “Fortress Information Security today announced its new Emerging Security Risk Management platform with an enterprise-wide visualization capability that allows organizations to plug gaps in their autonomous security systems by creating a visual map across their information technology (IT), operational technology (OT) and their external supply chain connections […]

Aug 17 RWDG Webinar: How to Construct a Data Governance Policy

By Anita Kress 12 months ago

DATE: August 17, 2017 TIME: 2 PM Eastern / 11 AM Pacific PRICE: Free to all attendees. About the Webinar A Data Governance Policy consists of several components. The components include, but are not limited to, a policy statement, core principal statements, and dimensions of how the policy’s effectiveness will be measured. The rationale and […]

By Shannon Kempe 12 months ago

DATE: August 22, 2017 TIME: 2 PM Eastern / 11 AM Pacific PRICE: Free to all attendees This Webinar is Sponsored by: About the Webinar In order to prepare for a data governance initiative, companies need to break down their organizational silos and address inefficiencis in business process. Any organization will use a number of […]

By Anita Kress 12 months ago

DATE: August 24, 2017 TIME: 2 PM Eastern / 11 AM Pacific PRICE: Free to all attendees. About the Webinar Data Integration is a key part of many of today’s data management challenges: from data warehousing, to MDM, to mergers & acquisitions. Issues can arise not only in trying to align technical formats from various […]

By Anita Kress 1 year ago

DATE: September 7, 2017 TIME: 2 PM Eastern / 11 AM Pacific PRICE: Free to all attendees This Webinar is Sponsored by: About the Webinar Data analysis can include looking back at historical data, understanding what an organization currently has, and even looking forward to predictions of the future. This presentation will talk about the […]

By Anita Kress 1 year ago

DATE: September 12, 2017 TIME: 2 PM Eastern, 11 AM Pacific PRICE: Free to all attendees About the Webinar From its widespread formal business practice to the scope of casual popular awareness, “Big Data” has a tendency to live up to its name. Featured in countless headlines, journal articles, and industry reviews, Big Data metrics […]

By Shannon Kempe 1 year ago

DATE: September 13, 2017 TIME: 2 PM Eastern / 11 AM Pacific PRICE: Free to all attendees This Webinar is Sponsored by: About the Webinar There’s no question that organizations across the globe are ramping up their efforts to prepare for the EU’s expansive General Data Protection Regulation. In a recent Veritas survey, over 92% […]

By Anita Kress 1 year ago

DATE: September 14, 2017 TIME: 2 PM Eastern / 11 AM Pacific PRICE: Free for all attendees About the Webinar Need more than visualization? Generate custom narrative docs from data today. Technology for natural language generation (NLG) has advanced from the production of restricted-domain question-answering and simulation systems to the delivery of general purpose data- […]

By Anita Kress 1 year ago

DATE: September 21, 2017 TIME: 2 PM Eastern / 11 AM Pacific PRICE: Free to all attendees. About the Webinar Organizations purchase Data Governance Tools to formalize responsibility and automate and assist the processes of governing data and metadata. There are many different types of tools on the market that assist in program implementation and […]

By Anita Kress 1 year ago

DATE: September 28, 2017 TIME: 2 PM Eastern / 11 AM Pacific PRICE: Free to all attendees. About the Webinar Master Data Management (MDM) can create a 360 view of core business assets such as Customer, Product, Vendor, and more. Data modeling is a core component of MDM in both creating the technical integration between […]

The Necessity of Data for Successful Drug Treatment

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By Ravi Shankar 2 days ago

Click to learn more about author Ravi Shankar. Just like any other Saturday, I was at home, spending time with family and catching up on work. My daughter, likewise, was in her room finishing up her homework before the weekend came to an end. Using her MacBook, she took her time and typed up her paper […]

By Andrew Brust 5 days ago

Click to learn more about video blogger Andrew Brust. The Big Data & Brews video blog series continues with host Andrew Brust, Senior Director of Market Strategy and Intelligence at Datameer. The series touches on hot topics within the business of Big Data, Analytics, Internet of Things, Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Modern BI, NoSQL and Next […]

By Jeff Hirsch 7 days ago

Click here to learn more about Jeff Hirsch. The enclosed numbers, courtesy of Forbes, reveal the magazine’s 2017 ranking of “The World’s Most Valuable Brands”: Brand Brand Value (Billions) Apple $170.0 Coca-Cola $ 56.4 Disney $ 43.9 Nike $ 29.6 Starbucks $14.9 What do these brands all have in common? Great products, brilliant management […]

By Thomas Frisendal 1 week ago

Click to learn more about video blogger Thomas Frisendal. The title of this post sounds as if it is a quote from a Star Trek episode. I don’t believe it is, but a lot of the dialogue involving Lt. Commander Data is indeed about understanding. Here is an example from Star Trek: The Next Generation: Starship […]

By Greg Davoll 2 weeks ago

Click to learn more about author Greg Davoll. Since its inception in the late 1970s, the role of the database administrator (DBA) has continuously evolved to meet growing demands within the industry. With data at the heart of driving business growth today, the DBA is emerging as the unsung hero working behind the scenes and adapting […]

By Steve Miller 2 weeks ago

Click to learn more about author Steve Miller. A few weeks ago, I participated in a conference call with an Inquidia customer to discuss their new initiative in predictive analytics. We’ve already been helping them build a web-based analytic app for about 9 months. The partnership has been quite successful, and with analytics, once the […]

By Alex Rinke 2 weeks ago

Click to learn more about author Alex Rinke. In his landmark 1996 HBR essay entitled “What is Strategy?” Michael Porter famously stated: “Operational effectiveness competition shifts the productivity frontier outward, effectively raising the bar for everyone.” This adage has never carried more weight than right now, in the digital age. Global players like Amazon have perfected […]

By Stuart Tarmy 2 weeks ago

Click to learn more about author Stuart Tarmy. When is the Best Time to Appoint a DPO? What are Their Key Responsibilities? As many companies are now aware, the European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes effective on May 25th 2018, and will have a significant and possibly devastating impact on all companies that […]

OLAP, Hadoop, and Multi-Dimensional Analytics Combined

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By Jennifer Zaino 6 days ago

The schema.org Global Semantic Vocabulary expands its reach through means including hosted/reviewed and external extensions. The former is managed and published as part of the schema.org project, while the latter live elsewhere in the Semantic Web, typically managed by third parties with their own processes and collaboration mechanisms. Examples of extensions in various stages of […]

By Keith D. Foote 7 days ago

Data Architecture is a set of rules, policies, and models that determine what kind of data gets collected, and how it gets used, processed, and stored within a database system. Data integration, for example, is dependent on Data Architecture for instructions on the integration process. Without the shift from a programming paradigm to a Data […]

By Michelle Knight 1 week ago

To succeed as a data-driven business means understanding data problems quickly, before spending time and money on a ready-made solution. As Albert Einstein stated, “If I had an hour to solve a problem I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about solutions.” Organizations need to use their time wisely by […]

By Paramita Ghosh 2 weeks ago

The multiple V’s of Big Data require the hardware architecture operating it to be “distributed” and rooted in parallel processing for the most efficient management possible. Although the data sources for Big Data can be anywhere, when the multi-channel data is pulled into the Big Data environment, then the two significant characteristics that distinguish Big […]

By Jennifer Zaino 2 weeks ago

Customer experience executives in every industry are intrigued by the idea of using chatbots inspired by Artificial Intelligence (AI) to better service their clients, reduce costs, and increase the possibility for better analytics and other data-related activities. Many vendors are looking to deliver solutions in this space, one of them being Rulai. Recently, it was […]

By Jennifer Zaino 2 weeks ago

What is the state of Data Quality in the enterprise? According to the 2017 Global Data Management Benchmark report conducted by Loudhouse for Experian Data Quality (EDQ), hopes for getting the most value out of data are high, but not everything is quite in place to achieve that. The survey finds, for example, that 61 […]

By Paramita Ghosh 3 weeks ago

In an ideal world, a Data Scientist is expected to demonstrate a rare combination of technical, analytical, and communication skills that make them sought after data innovators. In the real world, Data Scientists arrive from a wide variety of academic majors like mathematics, statistics, economics, operations research, or computer science. Additionally, the roles they assume […]

AWS Announces Amazon Macie

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by Angela Guess A new press release reports, “Splunk Inc., provider of the leading software platform for real-time Operational Intelligence, today announced Splunk® Insights for AWS Cloud Monitoring, a solution that helps organizations drive more value from their journey to the cloud. Splunk Insights for AWS Cloud Monitoring provides end-to-end security, operational and cost management […]

By A.R. Guess 2 days ago

by Angela Guess According to a recent press release, “MemSQL, provider of the fastest real-time data warehouse, today announced it’s among the first partners in the Amazon Web Services GovCloud Marketplace. Federal agencies can now use MemSQL from the AWS GovCloud isolated region and be adherent with government-specific regulatory and compliance requirements. According to Statista, […]

By A.R. Guess 2 days ago

by Angela Guess A recent press release out of the company states, “Informatica, the Enterprise Cloud Data Management leader accelerating data-driven digital transformation, today announced that Gartner, Inc., a leading IT research and advisory firm, has positioned Informatica as a Leader in its 2017 Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools for the 12th consecutive year. […]

By A.R. Guess 2 days ago

by Angela Guess A recent press release states, “Synopsys, Inc. today announced a collaboration with Morpho, Inc. to optimize Morpho’s computational photography software for Synopsys’ DesignWare® EV6x Vision Processors. Morpho’s Scene Classifier™ image classification technology uses deep learning algorithms to analyze visual input and automatically apply tags for classification, searchability and organization. Morpho is optimizing […]