According to a new press release, “Alteryx, Inc., revolutionizing business through data science and analytics, today announced the general availability of the newest version of the Alteryx platform (2018.2) at its annual user conference, Inspire 2018. The release delivers new features across the platform to improve the analytic experience for IT, business analysts and data […]
Preventing Nation-Wide Security Breaches with Semantic Standards
Click to learn more about author Dr. Jans Aasman. Last year’s Equifax security breach provides a valuable lesson for organizations seeking to protect digital assets and is worth examining closer for three reasons. With intruders accessing personally identifiable information such as social security and driver’s license numbers for over 100 million Americans across the country, it’s […]
Hey Data Professionals, When Should You Lead with Story?
Click to learn more about author Bree Baich. “I could understand every word the professor was saying, but I couldn’t understand what he was talking about – I couldn’t link between the words. The way we communicate data is very similar because very often what we do is throw data points at people, we throw charts […]
Throtle Announces Integration With Adobe Analytics Cloud for Data Onboarding
According to a recent press release, “Throtle, an identity-based data onboarding company focused on deterministic matching and cross-device identity resolution, announced today its now a Business level partner within the Adobe Exchange partner program. In addition, Throtle’s announcing its integration with Adobe Audience Manager, part of Adobe Analytics Cloud, to provide customers with advanced data […]
Know When It’s Time to Retire Your Applications – Starting with Documentum
Click to learn more about author Bill Tolson. It’s a difficult part of life, but nothing lasts forever, including once widely deployed business applications. As most IT professionals at least understand if not embrace, retirement of aging applications is a necessary part of an application’s lifecycle. Like any product, applications have a shelf life, and once […]
Domino Data Lab Unveils Framework to Enable Businesses to Become Model-Driven
A new press release reports, “Domino Data Lab, provider of an open data science platform, today introduced a framework to help organizations become model-driven by systematically developing, validating, delivering, and monitoring predictive and machine learning models at scale. The Model Management framework, substantiated by engagements with hundreds of organizations that run their businesses on models, […]
The Business View of Data and Data Quality: The Six Dimensions of Semantic Quality – Part One
Click to learn more about author Ronald G. Ross. Business has a fundamental problem with Data Quality. In some places it’s merely painful, in others it’s near catastrophic. Why is the problem so pervasive? Why does it never seem to get fixed? Perhaps we’ve been thinking about the problem wrong. Time for a fresh look. The […]
Myths and Facts about Master Data Management
Click to learn more about author Bruck Assefa. Throughout my years in this industry, I’ve had the pleasure of educating organizations about the in’s and out’s of Master Data Management (MDM) solutions. In my discussions about the industry, use cases and technologies, a few things stood out to me as regular misconceptions and potential pitfalls. Most […]
Apache Flink 1.5.0 Release Announcement
According to a recent press release, “The Apache Flink community is thrilled to announce the 1.5.0 release. Over the past 5 months, the Flink community has been working hard to resolve more than 780 issues. Please check the complete changelog for more detail. Flink 1.5.0 is the sixth major release in the 1.x.y series. As […]
Commvault Extends Data Management Capabilities For Microsoft Office 365
According to a recent press release, “Commvault, a global leader in enterprise backup, recovery, archive, data management and the cloud, today announced expansion of its portfolio with further integrations into Microsoft Office 365 to improve data protection, migration, security, eDiscovery and compliance for its customers. Enterprise IT organizations can now extend their Commvault investments to […]