Business semantics describes metadata, reconciled to have consistent organizational terms and meanings. While business metadata describes data to enhance business value, business semantics makes up a sub-set of this metadata, the vocabulary. Business semantics can result in a business glossary, but it may take on a combination of different formats. Conceptual data models, data catalogs, […]
A Brief History of Neural Networks
In the last few decades, neural networks have evolved from an academic curiosity into a vast “deep learning” industry. Deep learning uses neural networks, a data structure design loosely inspired by the layout of biological neurons. These neural networks are constructed in layers, and the inputs from one layer are connected to the outputs of […]
Tutorial: Importing Bike Data from Google BigQuery
Click to learn more about author Emilio Silvestri. To match the increasing number of organizations turning to cloud repositories and services to attain top levels of scalability, security, and performance, our company provides connectors to a variety of cloud service providers. We recently published an article about KNIME on AWS, for example. Continuing with our series […]
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Protection
Artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques are altering the way organizations gather, process, and protect data. They are being used to gather massive amounts of information about internet users in the form of big data, and to secure and protect it. The challenge is how to maximize the use of big data, while simultaneously safeguarding […]
What Is the Karl Pearson Correlation and How Is It Useful for Enterprise Analysis?
Click to learn more about Kartik Patel. This article explains the Karl Pearson Correlation method of analysis, and how it can be applied in business. Correlation is a statistical measure that indicates the extent to which two variables fluctuate together. A positive correlation indicates the extent to which those variables increase or decrease in parallel. A […]
The Benefits of Making Computer Vision Investments as a Retailer
Click to learn more about author Henry Bell. We live in a time when e-commerce giants like Amazon have raised the standards for customer experience. This has affected not only other online stores but traditional retailers as well. Offline stores are bound to become more reliant on data collection to provide their customers with a […]
Is Streaming Analytics the Future of Business Analytics?
Analyzing data as it is created or changes? Is that possible? Now it is, with streaming analytics, which monitors and responds to continuously flowing data from connected devices and live data channels like the sensors, machine logs, relational databases, social media feeds, location data sources, and so on. The core differentiator of streaming analytics is […]
Why I Believe the Hyperautomation Hype – and You Should Too
Click to learn more about author Mathias Golombek. Just when you’d got to grips with automation, along comes hyperautomation. The buzzword cynics will think that’s a bad joke, a Will Farrell-style parody of a “top trend to watch!” from yet another thought leader. I’d usually count myself among those cynics, but on this occasion, I’m sold […]
14 Skills Data Analysts Need for a Successful Career in 2021
Click to learn more about author Ashok Sharma. Do you want to be a data analyst? If so, great career choice! Data analysts are in high demand: From technology giants like IBM and Microsoft to our favorite media streaming providers like Netflix and Amazon Prime, organizations are increasingly relying on data analytics to make smart business decisions. […]
Seven Principles to Put DataOps into Practice
You’re going to hear a lot more about DataOps in the coming months and the next couple of years. That’s the word from DataKitchen co-founder Eric Estabrooks. You know something is gaining market traction when Gartner includes it in a hype cycle report. The research firm did just that for DataOps in its Hype […]