In the world of data management, the focus often zeroes in on the performance, scalability, and reliability of database systems. Total cost of ownership (TCO) is a crucial aspect that should hold equal – if not more – importance. TCO isn’t just a financial metric; it’s a comprehensive assessment that can significantly impact a business’s […]
Overcoming Real-Time Data Integration Challenges to Optimize for Surgical Capacity
In the healthcare industry, surgical capacity management is one of the biggest issues organizations face. Hospitals and surgery centers must be efficient in handling their resources. The margins are too small for waste, and there are too many patients in need of care. Data, particularly real-time data, is an essential asset. But it is only […]
Knowledge Graphs 101: The Story (and Benefits) Behind the Hype
Knowledge graphs, while not as well-known as other data management offerings, are a proven dynamic and scalable solution for addressing enterprise data management requirements across several verticals. As a hub for data, metadata, and content, they provide a unified, consistent, and unambiguous view of data scattered across different systems. Using global knowledge as context for […]
Data Detection and Response (DDR): The Future of Data Security
There’s a unanimous consensus that data is the lifeblood of organizations. From customer records to intellectual property, the explosion of information creates tremendous value – and equally tremendous risk. The pace of cyberattacks accelerates relentlessly, with disastrous data breaches becoming a mainstay in news headlines and the associated costs skyrocketing. Current approaches to data security are […]
How In-Database Machine Learning Transforms Decision-Making
In the contemporary landscape of data-driven decision-making, enterprises are increasingly turning to predictive analytics to gain valuable insights into future trends and behaviors. Predictive analytics involves extracting patterns from historical data to forecast future outcomes, enabling organizations to make proactive decisions and optimize their operations. Traditionally, predictive analytics has been performed using standalone machine learning […]
Managing Software Entitlements and Billing: How Usage Data Supports Streamlined Processes
At some point in your life, you’ve probably joined a gym. In doing so, you had to decide what type of membership was right for your fitness goals and at the right price point for your budget. Maybe it was an all-access pass, billed monthly or annually, with unlimited use of the facility, including the […]
Maximizing Business Value with Generative AI
Have we ever seen something get adopted so quickly as generative AI (GenAI) compared to the past? Think about it: ChatGPT launched in 2022 and gained 100 million users in two months. In comparison, we have been hearing about AI for a few years, but the adoption rates of AI have varied from 25% to […]
Why the Slowdown of Kryder’s Law Spells Urgency for Sustainable Archival Storage
Kryder’s Law, named after Mark Kryder – the former SVP of research at Seagate Technology – is an observation comparable to Moore’s Law but specifically related to the area of magnetic disk storage. It posits that the density of information stored on magnetic disks is increasing exponentially, doubling approximately every 18 months. Kryder’s Law, much like Moore’s […]
Ask a Data Ethicist: How Can We Address the Ethics of Reusing Data?
Reusing data is a fundamental part of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Yet, when we collect data for one purpose, and use it for other purposes, we could be crossing both legal and ethical boundaries. How can we address the ethics of reusing data? Understand Your Data Before we address the issue of reuse, we […]
Unlocking the Power of Data with Process Mining
Data is invaluable to an organization, but it can also represent a major stumbling block if an enterprise hasn’t optimized how data is used to support processes that run operations. Process mining can play a role in helping organizations get an objective and detailed view of process flows – including fixing bottlenecks and delays that […]