Data Governance is the hot topic in today’s security- and privacy-concerned digital ecosystem. Blockchain technology offers data-centered security to sensitive, transactional systems that require tamper-resistant, fully auditable tracking mechanisms. Thus, blockchain and Data Governance (DG) complement each other in many ways, while maintaining distinct operational philosophies and application turfs. Blockchain is today’s preferred technology for […]
Blockchain Offers Internet of Things Data Quality and Data Security
The rapid advances of blockchain technology and the Internet of Things are changing how business on the internet gets done. Blockchain provides superior data security and Data Quality and, as a consequence, is changing the way people approach big data. This can be quite useful, as security remains a primary concern for Internet of Things […]
A Strategic Approach to Connecting Your Legacy Machines
Click to learn more about author Bernard Brode. If you work in the manufacturing or production sectors, it’s likely you’ve spent the last few years reading endless articles about the fourth industrial revolution and the massive benefits it can bring in terms of efficiency and agility. Unfortunately most of the literature on how to implement […]
Best Practices for Supply Chain Analytics in the Post-COVID-19 Era
Click to learn more about author Ashok Sharma. There are few crises in world history that have affected the supply chain like COVID-19. The pandemic has caused unprecedented stress and brought an insane level of scrutiny. Business leaders need to think differently and take appropriate measures to streamline their supply chain operations, using data as their […]
From Vision to Reality: Fintech Industry Trends
Click to learn more about author Alexey Chalimov. Fintech applications this year represent one of the fastest-growing markets that involve online activity. It’s not simply about money transfers anymore: The digital finance industry now offers users insurance, mortgages, loans, and crowdfunding opportunities, to name a few, and the diversity of the available banking services keeps […]
Blockchain Use Cases
Blockchain, which is akin to a distributed and decentralized accounts ledger, can record and verify high volumes of digital transactions, irrespective of location. So, blockchain has the capacity to contribute to many industry sectors, besides finance. As a secure technology platform, blockchain’s main benefits are accuracy, protection against fraud, and easy sharing of information. The […]
2021 Predictions: Powering Web 3.0, Lean AI, Post-COVID Business, and More
Click to learn more about author Manjusha Madabushi. It’ll be difficult for the events of any New Year to match the astronomical changes that took place over the past 12 months. Nevertheless, 2021 will surely see a number of developments that, although less momentous, will prove highly significant for the core areas of Data Management […]
Blockchain and Data Security Intersections
Blockchain represents a list of records, referred to as “blocks,” which are linked by way of cryptography. Each individual block holds a cryptographic hash from the previous block, as well as a timestamp and transaction data. It seems an ideal solution for organizations wanting to store huge amount of data, securely. Blockchain was created in […]
Data Quality’s Importance to Blockchain
What’s the connection between Data Quality and Blockchain? Dan Myers, principal information quality educator at DQMatters and the publisher of The Conformed Dimensions of Data Quality — which seeks to align the Data Management community by using common definitions — addressed the issue during his Enterprise Data World Conference presentation titled “Improved Data Quality Implications […]
Fluree Launches JavaScript Library
According to a new press release, “Fluree, a North Carolina-headquartered startup that provides a data-first technology stack, has announced the release of the Fluree JavaScript Library, a feature included in Fluree V0.13.0 that enables developers to launch a version of Fluree as an in-memory, code-resident data source for front-end applications, enabling sub-millisecond data delivery. ‘Developers […]