In the digital age, organizations increasingly rely on data for strategic decision-making, making the management of this data more critical than ever. This reliance has spurred a significant shift across industries, driven by advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), which thrive on comprehensive, high-quality data. This evolution underscores the importance of master […]
World Backup Day Is So 2023 – How About World Data Resilience Day?
Instead of celebrating World Backup Day 2024 for accomplishing another year of successful backups, I recommend using it to look forward to a year of testing recovery. Instead of starting data protection strategies by planning backups, organizations should flip their mindset and start by planning recovery: What data needs to be recovered first? What systems […]
Unveiling the ROI Dilemma: How Data Blind Spots Impact Asset Owners’ Bottom Line
In today’s fast-moving investment world, corporate and insurance asset owners are operating in the dark, hindered by the absence of a standardized industry benchmark for an overall asset performance assessment. Asset owners usually have many other responsibilities beyond managing portfolio strategies, affecting their ability to allocate time to comprehensively evaluate and optimize the performance of […]
How Artificial Intelligence Will First Find Its Way Into Mental Health
Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Woebot Health made the news recently for some of its disastrously flawed artificial bot responses to text messages that were sent to it mimicking a mental health crisis. Woebot, which raised $90 million in a Series B round, responded that it is not intended for use during crises. Company leadership woefully […]
Integrating AWS Data Lake and RDS MS SQL: A Guide to Writing and Retrieving Data Securely
Writing data to an AWS data lake and retrieving it to populate an AWS RDS MS SQL database involves several AWS services and a sequence of steps for data transfer and transformation. This process leverages AWS S3 for the data lake storage, AWS Glue for ETL operations, and AWS Lambda for orchestration. Here’s a detailed […]
Getting Ahead of Shadow Generative AI
Like any new technology, a lot of people are keen to use generative AI to help them in their jobs. Accenture research found that 89% of businesses think that using generative AI to make services feel more human will open up more opportunities for them. This will force change – Accenture also found that 86% […]
Future-Proof Your Cyber Risk Management with These Top Trends in 2024 (Part II)
As shared in part one of this installment, the global marketplace faces an increasingly destructive cyber risk landscape each year, and 2024 is set to confirm this trend. The cost of data breaches alone is expected to reach $5 trillion, a growth of 11% from 2023. As technology advances, attackers continue to develop new, more sophisticated methods […]
The Drive Toward the Autonomous Enterprise Is a Key Focus for IT Leaders in 2024
According to Gartner, 80% of executives see automation as a vital thread that supports informed business decisions. And they’re right. In today’s business landscape, automation has transcended a mere “nice-to-have” and become a fundamental driver of organizational success. It’s not just transforming tasks but reshaping businesses from the inside out. Enhanced resilience, richer customer experiences, and a sharper […]
Four New Apache Cassandra 5.0 Features to Be Excited About
With the recent beta release of Apache Cassandra 5.0, now is a great time for teams to give it a spin and discover 5.0’s most interesting and anticipated new capabilities. As I’ve poked around with the new beta, here are four features introduced with open-source Cassandra 5.0 that developer teams should be excited about: 1. Vector […]
The Best Methodology for Moving AI Data and Keeping It Safe
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the power to change the global economy and potentially, one day, every aspect of our lives. There are numerous possible uses for the technology across industries, and new AI projects and applications are frequently released to the public. The only restriction on AI’s use appears to be the inventiveness of human beings. AI […]