A recent press release reports, “Silwood Technology Ltd. which provides self-service metadata discovery software to simplify and speed up the exploitation of data in large, complex enterprise application packages, today announced a global reseller agreement with IDERA, a provider of powerful database productivity tools. Through this agreement, IDERA will market and resell Safyr® to complement […]
Three Best Practices for Managing Distributed Applications Architecture
Click to learn more about author Patrick Hubbard. Make no mistake, distributed application architectures can bring tremendous benefits for business. For example, actually using Cloud the way it’s designed can achieve the cost savings promised years ago. But for enterprise IT, distributed architectures can create a problem—many of the monitoring tools we’ve relied on for years […]
Can Automation Save Big Data?
Click to learn more about author Amar Arsikere. “What would you think if I sang out of tune? Would you stand up and walk out on me?” The Beatles song everybody knows could also pass as the wilting rallying cry for Big Data, whose “tune” does seem out of sorts these days as more people question […]
TopQuadrant’s TopBraid 6.0 Release Delivers New Level of Integrated Data Governance
According to a new press release, “TopQuadrant, a leading provider of standards-based data governance solutions today announced the release of TopBraid 6.0, a combinable set of modular solutions for Data Governance. With its standards-based, knowledge graph technology, TopBraid Enterprise Data Governance (EDG) offers an integrated approach to data governance which readily allows for enhancements to […]
Varonis Announces Upcoming Integration with Box to Secure Enterprise Content in the Cloud
A recent press release reports, “Varonis Systems, Inc., a pioneer in data security and analytics, is announcing an upcoming integration with Box, a leader in cloud content management, that will enable customers to secure and manage their data across their cloud data stores, including Box. With this integration, customers can gain security insights specific to […]
Leveraging AI and Machine Learning As Competitive Business Drivers
Click to learn more about author Dr. Michael Zeller. As volume, velocity and variety of data – often referred to as the “three V’s of Big Data” – continue- to increase, many businesses are unprepared to match the influx of this data with tools for collection and analysis. Even more surprising is that most organizations are […]
Insurance for Data Privacy in the Digital Age
Click to learn more about author Jon Snyder. The future is data-driven. But given that colossal amounts of data are collected every day to support internet-enabled devices, new risks crop up all the time — risks that used to be almost exclusively the lot of businesses. Data Security has become a major concern for these systems, […]
New Alluxio Release Accelerates Cloud Deployments for Analytics and Machine Learning
According to a recent press release, “Alluxio, developer of the world’s first software system that unifies data at memory speed, today announced the release of Alluxio 1.8 to accelerate cloud adoption for analytics and machine learning workloads. Location-aware data management tools provide a wide range of policy-based control within hybrid cloud environments and within cloud […]
Chicago Crime Q2, 2018 Update
Click to learn more about author Steve Miller. In my April blog, I reported an update on violent crime in Chicago from January 2001 through March 2018. This is a continuation of analysis I’ve regularly conducted, born of concern for the staggering 50+% increase in Chicago homicides in 2016 from 2015, along with an only […]
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 […]