First came relational databases, which provide a useful comparison for understanding non-relational databases. Invented by Edgar F. Codd in 1970, the relational database arranges data into different rows and columns by associating a specific key for each row. Almost all relational database systems use Structured Query Language (SQL) and are remarkably complex. They are traditionally […]
Google Me, Google You: Data Privacy and Data Gathering
Click to learn more about author Cathy Nolan. Who hasn’t Googled their name at one time or another? It can be affirming, as in “Wow, they know I gave a presentation at a conference”, or scary as in “Wow, they know I have a police record!” Yes, there isn’t much they don’t know, and it’s not […]
Innovit Helps Medical Devices Manufacturers Meet Regulatory Compliance, Reduce Counterfeiting
A recent press release states, “Innovit, a global master data management solution provider, today announced the availability of its Unique Device Identification (UDI) Multi-Connector solution, which helps medical device manufacturers keep pace with regulatory compliance standards and reduce the threat of counterfeiting by automating UDI data submissions to a host of regulatory databases. Innovit’s UDI […]
The Network Finally Gets Its Due as the Enabler of Edge Computing
Click to learn more about author Destiny Bertucci. Imagine connecting billions of things or running autonomous vehicles at dial-up network speed. The cacophony of the connection process (remember that noise?) would be bad enough, but the latency would be even worse. To handle the digital world, Edge Computing is on the rise, and the network […]
New Light Technologies and Boundless Announce Strategic Partnership
A recent press release reports, “ New Light Technologies, Inc. (NLT) and Boundless, today announced a strategic partnership to drive delivery of innovative, highly scalable and cloud enabled open geospatial solutions to federal and state governments. As demand grows for geospatial software to be more accessible, secure, modular, scalable, interoperable and integrated with enterprise IT […]
The Business View of Data and Data Quality The Six Dimensions of Semantic Quality – Part 2
Click to learn more about author Ronald G. Ross. This is the second and final part of this series on Data Quality and Semantic Quality. You can access the first part here: The Business View of Data and Data Quality: The Six Dimensions of Semantic Quality – Part One Forming High-Quality Business Communications Rather than retroactively […]
Collibra Introduces ‘Citizen-Sourced Ratings’ in New Collibra 5.4 Release
A new press release reports, “Data-driven organizations realize the importance of deriving value from their data for business advantage. But this can only be achieved when data citizens (anyone within the organization who uses data to perform their job) can easily access the data, understand it, and trust it. Today, Collibra, the leader in enterprise […]
Quest Diagnostics Unveils Quanum Enterprise Content Solutions
According to a recent press release, “Quest Diagnostics, the world’s leading provider of diagnostic information services, today unveiled the newest version of its Quanum Enterprise Content Management Solution, featuring Smart Capture® from Ephesoft to increase document value through automated classification and data extraction. In connection with the new product version and to better align its […]
Cloud Platforms for Analytics: The House Brand Ain’t Always Enough – Conclusion
Click to learn more about author Andrew Brust. In the first part of this column we looked at industry trends that have contributed to the creation of market demand for Public Cloud solutions, what’s in the Cloud Analytics stack and Amazon integration pairs. If you missed it, check out part one first. A Difference of […]
HashiCorp Delivers Day-Zero Support for New AWS Kubernetes Service with Terraform
According to a recent press release, “HashiCorp, a leader in cloud automation software, today announced day-zero support for the new AWS Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes (EKS) with HashiCorp Terraform. EKS is the newest managed service offered by AWS and will allow users to create Kubernetes clusters and incorporate other AWS services, like auto-scaling, without […]