The field of Data Science is in a transitional mode in terms of how the latest data technologies are being used to solve business problems for a strategic advantage. In the near future, Data Scientists will conduct their business very differently. As Big Data, algorithm economics, IoT, and Cloud continue to become mainstream across global […]
The Fundamentals of Microservices: Use Cases and Benefits
Microservices offer a number of benefits, which include helping release software faster, update software more frequently, and add new features more quickly. Microservices provide the flexibility to use different technologies and different programming languages, depending on the organization’s needs. The Microservice philosophy of decentralization effects the management and architecture of data. The traditional monolithic approach […]
The Value of Strong Metadata Discovery
Too often professionals such as Data Analysts, Data Architects, and Compliance Specialists find themselves at a loss when it comes to being able, on their own, to discover, understand and use the rich Metadata within large enterprise ERP and CRM applications. It becomes complicated, costly, and time-consuming for these users to pull relevant business-context subsets […]
A Hybrid Approach to Leverage Intelligent Analytics
“The need to merge real-time analytical processing with on-the-spot transactional decision-making is a problem common to all industries,” noted Monte Zweben, Splice Machine’s cofounder and CEO in a recent DATAVERSITY® interview. Intelligent predictive applications are trained to learn and to adapt, rather than simply being programmed with a limited series of responses. Predictive applications can […]
The Leader’s Data Manifesto: Time to Focus on Why Data Management Matters
The Leader’s Data Manifesto, originally unveiled at the Enterprise Data World 2017 Conference, continues to generate attention from data professionals. The Manifesto counts hundreds of signatories at this point, expressing their support of its vision for data and information to be truly valued and managed as a business asset. Signers-on include Data Quality managers, Chief […]
Internet of Things vs. Edge Computing: Processing Real-Time Data
In Edge Computing, “data” is processed near the data source or at the edge of the network while in a typical Cloud environment, data processing happens in a centralized data storage location. The Forbes post This Is What You Need to Learn about Edge Computing provides a good illustration of this point. New iPhones have […]
Disrupting Metadata Management with Metadata Automation
The pre-digital card catalogs of libraries offer a good example of metadata (title, author, copyright, location on shelf). Metadata essentially means “data offering information about the data” or simply “data about data.” It is also often defined as “data in context,” since it supplies the “what, where, when, why, and how” of data. Metadata is […]
Case Study: Unilog Leverages Data Preparation to Monetize Upstream Data
“Paxata has facilitated the monetization of our data,” said Noah Kays, Director of Content Subscriptions, at Unilog. Unilog is a global technology company specializing in e-commerce solutions and content for business-to-business distributors in the industrial products (electrical, plumbing, etc.) market. The solution includes Product Information Management system (PIM), a Content Management System (CMS), helping distributors […]
Data Governance: A Look Ahead from the Front Lines
When it comes to Data Governance and Data Management programs, the enterprise needs to be thinking about today – and tomorrow. Data Governance leaders at financial services and planning organization TIAA are wrestling with the increasing pace of change and what its impact will be on current management and governance models. “The digital world is […]
Artificial Intelligence Has its Foundation in Good Data
Creating value and competitive advantage are two top use cases for Artificial Intelligence (AI). Now, it’s time for businesses to really get their hands on how to put it to work to those ends. Most companies are ready and willing to take it on. In the case of large enterprises, they’re looking for ways to […]