Venture Logistics, a full-service trucking and logistics company, was facing a challenge in communicating data between its transportation management system (TMS) and clients. “We were always behind the eight ball, which lead to our customers telling us that our data failed and we’d missed out on orders or missed out on payments,” said Tom Jeffries, […]
Data Privacy Challenges: Compliance-as-a-Service Evolves
Massive data stores, a rapidly changing regulatory landscape, and the potential for catastrophic damage to brand and bottom line have made privacy the top concern for companies across the globe. Concern about the accelerating pace of data privacy regulation headed the list of Gartner’s 2019 Emerging Risks Monitor, and depending on the industry, between 64 […]
Blockchain Trends in 2020
2020 is likely the year when blockchain technologies will witness higher adoption rates and usage across industry niches. As announced in 2019, China may lead the way to substantial investment in blockchain research and applications. The largest cryptocurrency exchanges are in China, and this year may see some dramatic deployment shifts from the multi-cloud blockchains […]
A Brief History of Data Quality
The term “Data Quality” focuses primarily on the level of accuracy possessed by the data, but also includes other qualities such as accessibility and usefulness. Some data isn’t accurate at all, which, in turn, promotes bad decision-making. Some organizations promote fact checking and Data Governance, and, as a consequence, make decisions that give them an […]
Hybrid Cloud vs. Multi-Cloud Architectures
The workloads (applications) running on an enterprise hybrid or multi-cloud network determine the architectural requirements. All cloud architectures share some common patterns, while the specifics of running workloads necessitate custom architectures. The architecture patterns are broadly of two types: “distributed-deployment” pattern and “redundant-deployment” pattern. In the former, an application runs in an environment best suited […]
Case Study: JTC Grows its Cloud Services Core through Trust and Teamwork
Trust, teamwork, and technology form the core of Jewell Technical Consulting, Inc. (JTC) and its partnership with Leaseweb USA, a leading hosting and cloud services company whose offerings include Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solutions. JTC, a company providing private cloud services to North Virginia and D.C. metro businesses, was originally utilizing another hosting facility 20 miles way […]
Data Science Trends in 2020
The exponential growth of data, partly generated by sensor-driven devices, is making Data Science and machine learning (ML) market differentiators in global business-analytics solutions. With the rising demand in Data Science and ML skills, 2020 may well be a witness to several new trends in the field. According to IDC: “[I]f our digital universe or […]
Understanding Key-Value Databases
In 1966, a DEC PDP-7 computer was delivered to the Massachusetts General Hospital without any programming. The hospital had invested in a computer but had no way to run it. At this time, there was very little in the way of software options, operating systems, or database support. The hospital did, however, have access to […]
Justify MDM Investments with an Alternative Approach
How far can Data Quality fall before real pain sets in? Not far. Addressing that issue requires validating, matching, and merging existing data so that you can drive out duplicates and enrich the data with new data as it becomes available. In other words, it requires Master Data Management (MDM), which helps companies share data […]
So You Want to be a Data Architect?
Being a data architect requires a good understanding of the cloud, databases in general, and the applications and programs used to maximize their potential. A fully functional data architect understands all the phases of Data Modeling, including conceptualization and database optimization. They also understand a continuing education is part of the job. Typically, a data […]