A database administrator (DBA) is a person who manages, maintains, and secures data in one or more data systems so that a user can perform analysis for business operations. DBAs take care of data storage, organization, presentation, utilization, and analysis from a technical perspective. The DBA job is transitioning from being database-centric to data-centric, as […]
What Is Digital Transformation?
The term “digital transformation” describes an overall vision where technology, along with human resources, improves efficiency and effectiveness of business, cultural, and social activities. Digital transformation remakes processes through computing advances such as the internet of things (IoT), mobile applications, customer engagement, artificial intelligence and data, and analytics. While the definitions of digital transformation embody […]
What is a Knowledge Graph?
A knowledge graph, which can be considered a type of ontology, depicts “knowledge in terms of entities and their relationships,” according to GitHub. An example of a knowledge graph is shown below. Knowledge graphs developed from the need to do something with or act upon information based on context. For example, knowledge graphs help identify […]
Goodbye, Subjective Decision-Making: Welcome, Predictive Analytics
Click here to learn more about Sanjyot Salgar Patkar This column will talk about workforce analytics and future-proofing your business with succession planning using analytics. Imagine that you are part of a Talent Management team. A typical day at your job starts with compiling and matching employee data from various systems and rummaging through your […]
Cultivating a “Digital-Ready” Culture to Support Digital Transformation
Click to learn more about author Deborah Soule This is the seventh part of a series on digital transformation. Read Part One titled Where is Your Organization on the Digital Transformation Journey? Part Two is titled Stages of Transition in Becoming a Digital Organization. Part Three is titled Learning from the Cultures of High-Performing Digital Organizations. Continue […]
How Cybercriminals Use Panic to Defraud and Infect Organizations
Click to learn more about author David Balaban The dreadful coronavirus is taking the world by storm, and humanity is on the threshold of serious changes over the pandemic officially declared on March 11, 2020. Also referred to as COVID-19 or the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), this strain is now running rampant across different parts […]
How to Handle Throttling in Cloud Databases
Click to learn more about author Niels Brinch. Retry. Yes, retry is the answer and conclusion of this article, but let’s spend a little time looking at the problem on a higher level — what solutions there are and what the consequences are of those solutions. What is Throttling? If you are used to having […]
Trusting Data Delivery: What to Look for in a Data Validation Solution for Replication
Click here to learn more about Joe deBuzna. Many of us have experienced moving to a new home or city. And in any moving process, it’s common to end up with missing valuables or broken items that leave you wondering if you should have packed better, picked a different moving company, or just thought through […]
Increasing Operational Visibility and Responsiveness with Streaming Analytics
Click to learn more about author Bernd Gross. In today’s digital business age, enterprises are rapidly moving applications to an event-driven model to achieve the speed, agility, and responsiveness they need to remain competitive. Digital businesses — and their supporting technologies — must become more adept at responding to changing circumstances, and they must do […]
Leverage Your Data to Get a Holistic Customer View
Click to learn more about author Ibrahim Surani Today, data is the center of everything. Therefore, it’s only natural for organizations to leverage it to create a data-centric customer strategy that aims to optimize sales and marketing processes. Every customer action, ranging from the first touchpoint to the purchase, creates a digital footprint. These interactions […]