With the increasing use of big data by organizations in every field, the need for big data analysts will continue to grow. Big data analysts examine vast amounts of varied data. They uncover hidden patterns, customer preferences, and market trends. One of the primary differences between a big data analyst and a data scientist is […]
Knowledge Graphs, Ontologies, and AI
This past fall, all aspects of the computable knowledge structure KBpedia – its upper ontology (KKO), full knowledge graph, mappings to major leading knowledge bases, and 70 logical concept groupings called typologies – became open source. Making big strides in increasing definitions and mappings has been a main focus of KBpedia v. 1.60. As it always […]
Serverless Computing and Serverless Architecture: An Overview of BaaS, FaaS, and PaaS
The term serverless computing immediately indicates an IT infrastructure where the business owner does not have to invest in a specialized or expensive hardware platform. The essence of serverless architecture and serverless computing lies in the provisioning of third-party services, which are also referred to as backend-as-a-service (BaaS) and a special code made available through […]
Fundamentals of the Data Lakehouse
During the last few years, a new concept in Data Architecture has emerged. It is called the “data lakehouse.” The data lakehouse offers a new paradigm that takes the best characteristics of data warehouses (large amounts of coordinated data) and data lakes (massive amounts of uncoordinated data), and merges them, providing improved controls and tools. […]
So You Want to be a Data Curator?
Data curation is highly focused on maintaining and managing metadata, and not the database itself. Consequently, much of data curation involves such things as good communications and the usage popularity of services or articles. Data curators not only create, manage, and maintain data, but may also be involved in determining best practices for working with […]
Case Study: Predictive Analytics and Data Science Keep an Eye on the Weather
Weather companies want to do their best so that consumers and businesses can have reliable forecasts – not just for the day but in advance of it. Accuracy matters to weather services such as the Weather Channel and AccuWeather and predictive analytics, along with Data Science, is allowing them to get more precise weather reports […]
Methods for Saving and Integrating Legacy Data
New digital technologies are designed for mobile devices, the cloud, and in-house databases. They offer a wide variety of opportunities for business today. Unfortunately, they are often completely incompatible with older, legacy database systems, and this incompatibility can make an organization slow and plodding, comparatively speaking, rather than efficient and useful. While new technologies can […]
Blockchain Uses Multiply with New Database Innovations
Blockchain is still considered new technology, best known for supporting cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ether. But blockchain can provide security for a variety of purposes, ranging from privacy controls on medical records to preventing vote tampering. Ultimately, blockchain is a secure, encrypted database of agreements. Blockchain serves as a bookkeeping/contract platform which is incorruptible […]
The Logical Data Fabric: A Single Place for Data Integration
The ability to provide a single place for instantaneous data access can mean business continuity or closure. Many nations found this out during the recent global crisis, as countries needed to know the number of tests taken and the infection rate in order to determine both the virus’ spread and who to quarantine. Unfortunately, the […]
Kubernetes Fundamentals: Facilitating Cloud Deployment and Container Simplicity
Kubernetes (sometimes abbreviated to “kube”) is open-sourced, was originally developed by Google, and organizes containers into logical units for transport and use in the cloud. Containers support the construction of self-contained environments capable of transporting data, and the software supporting it. Containers are, ultimately, a way to package software and other application components. It is […]