Click to learn more about author Manoj Saxena. Today the public sees AI as a technical solution, but AI’s biggest problems are not technical, they’re the design and behavioral issues. “There is nothing Artificial about AI” to quote Fei Fei Li, a leading AI researcher at Stanford University. AI is inspired by people, it is […]
The Right to Erasure Blues
Click to learn more about author Lindsey Ullian. When it went into effect in May 2018, Europe’s General Data Privacy Regulations (GDPR) enacted important protections around consumer data, something that has been sorely needed for some time. For too long, businesses had been playing fast and loose with what personally identifiable information they chose to […]
Data Radically Shifts the Way Oil & Gas Industry Approaches Operational Efficiency
Click to learn more about author Chirag Shivalker. With reducing prices in the energy sector, oil and gas companies are required to focus more on bringing in higher operational efficiency. For this, predictions are made that Data Management and analytics will lead the digital journey for the industry. Capital investments in energy projects have doubled […]
Do You Know Where Your Data Came From?
Click to learn more about author Mike Brody. Unless you’ve been living under a rock the past few years (and if you have, no judgement), you know there has been growing cultural concern over data privacy and legitimacy. This is the age of fake news and consumer data monetization. Just last month, Google bought credit card […]
The Next Wave of Data Regulations: How Businesses Can Navigate the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018
Click to learn more about author Daniel Wu. The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) will take effect on January 1, 2020, and much like the European Union’s (EU’s) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) scramble earlier this year, organizations have a lot to do in preparation – or risk paying the price. For each […]
Data Scientist, Esquire: The Rise of the Data Literate Lawyer
Click to learn more about author Michael D. Shaw. Despite its reputation for hidebound rules and obscure texts, the legal profession is in the midst of a transformation that will expand what law schools teach, bar examiners test, and lawyers must know. Fluency in contracts and civil procedure will no longer suffice, and expertise concerning […]
The Never-Ending Quest for a Single Customer View
Click to learn more about author Kevin W. McCarthy. A “single customer view” is one of those ever-elusive concepts in the world of Data Management, almost a digital “white-whale” for you Moby Dick fans. Everyone talks about it by some name or another: 360-degree view, golden record, single source of truth, system of record, and […]
Smart Data Governance: Ensuring Regulatory Compliance with Smart Availability
Click to learn more about author Don Boxley. Traditionally, high availability (HA) concerns revolved around performance. HA offered various redundancy and failover options to ensure business continuity in the event of workload spikes, planned maintenance, and unplanned downtime. Today, HA methods have been superseded by Smart Availability’s intelligent workload routing automation, in which data and […]
Infographic: Orgs Fear Non-compliance with EU Data Regulation Could Put Them Out of Business
by Angela Guess A new press release reports, “A global study from Veritas Technologies, the leader in information management, has revealed that 86 percent of organizations worldwide are concerned that a failure to adhere to the upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) could have a major negative impact on their business. Nearly 20 percent said […]