“Existing conditions” is a term for conditions that don’t last very long. Amazon changed the face of retail. Google democratized access to information. Facebook and pretty much every social media site has changed the way we interact with each other. Change came to Carrs Tool Steels, too. The U.K. supplier of tool steel and high-strength […]
Wrangle Your Technology Sprawl by Adopting a DevOps Mentality
Click to learn more about author Rob Chapman. If you’re part of an IT team supporting a lot of retail locations, you’ve likely felt the burden of technology sprawl. Businesses that once had just a few servers and a small IT shop are suddenly dealing with dozens, hundreds, or maybe even thousands of systems. Unfortunately, […]
How to Fight Back Against the Risks of Ransomware: Seven Data Security Steps
Click to learn more about author Charles Burger. Of all the cybersecurity threats out there, being attacked by ransomware is among the most devastating. It spreads quickly throughout the network, is a nightmare to remove, and makes any encrypted files inaccessible until the ransom is paid to a “darknet” site before the decryption key is […]
NoSQL Databases: The Versatile Solution for Continuous Intelligence
Most businesses tend to rely on relational database management systems (RDBMS) to provide business insight, including continuous intelligence. Cloud relational databases have improved computing power they bring to the table, to handle more massive amounts of data. However, relational databases, even ones in the cloud, face two issues. They have a harder time with the […]
Top Five Issues When Migrating Database Workloads to the Cloud
Click to learn more about author Ron Bennatan. If you are responsible for your company’s database security and compliance program, chances are you started this project when most database workloads were on-premises, and your databases lived inside your own data centers. Most likely, you are also embarking on or already in the middle of a […]
Slides: Knowledge Graphs vs. Property Graphs
Slides: Knowledge Graphs vs. Property Graphs from DATAVERSITY To view just the On Demand recording of this presentation, click HERE>> This webinar is sponsored by: About the Webinar We are in the era of graphs. Graphs are hot. Why? Flexibility is one strong driver: Heterogeneous data, integrating new data sources, and analytics all require flexibility. […]
Webinar: Knowledge Graphs vs. Property Graphs
To view just the slides from this presentation, click HERE>> This webinar is sponsored by: About the Webinar We are in the era of graphs. Graphs are hot. Why? Flexibility is one strong driver: Heterogeneous data, integrating new data sources, and analytics all require flexibility. Graphs deliver it in spades. Over the last few years, […]
Data Quality’s Importance to Blockchain
What’s the connection between Data Quality and Blockchain? Dan Myers, principal information quality educator at DQMatters and the publisher of The Conformed Dimensions of Data Quality — which seeks to align the Data Management community by using common definitions — addressed the issue during his Enterprise Data World Conference presentation titled “Improved Data Quality Implications […]
Data Security When Working Remotely
Click to learn more about author Daniel Santry. The global pandemic has changed the way some businesses operate almost beyond recognition. Many company headquarters have been all but empty throughout the majority of 2020, and, although the situation is slowly changing in many parts of the world, remote working has firmly established itself. Modern communication […]
What is a Data Modeler?
A data modeler is a person who models data or documents software and business system designs. By doing this, a data modeler translates business needs into technical specifications. Developers and other IT members benefit from this when creating new data systems and troubleshooting and maintaining them. Data models promote consensus among developers, customers, and other […]