Click to learn more about author Hardik Oza. Data is wealth. Data is knowledge. Knowledge gives you the power to make decisions leading to digital transformation. Digital transformation means being ready for the present and the future, taking on the competition, acquiring customers, knowing them, and making the right choices at the right time or […]
Streaming Analytics: The Value is in the Action
“When we’re talking about streaming analytics, we’re talking about flipping our traditional paradigm a little bit and thinking about how we bring analytics to our data, and not necessarily data to our analytics,” said Kimberly Nevala, the Director of Business Strategies for SAS Best Practices, while discussing streaming analytics during the DATAVERSITY® Enterprise Analytics Online […]
Don’t Make These Six Big Data Mistakes
Click to learn more about author Evelyn Johnson. Why do big data projects fail? They do; that’s for sure. Gartner estimated that 60 percent of big data projects fail to achieve their desired objectives. A year later, they revised this figure to 85 percent, admitting they were “too conservative” with the original estimate. So, going […]
A Brief History of Data Containers
Data containers have become crucial for the efficient transport of data to a public cloud and back to a private platform. Containers are software packages containing everything needed for the software to run. This includes libraries, system tools, and settings, as well as an executable program. Additionally, containers offer another layer of security because the […]
How to Connect Data Management to the Essence of Your Business
Click to learn more about author Scott Taylor. The Data Rants video blog series begins with host Scott Taylor “The Data Whisperer.” The series covers some of the most prominent questions in Data Management such as Master Data, the difference between Master Data and MDM, “truth” versus “meaning” in data, Data Quality, and so much […]
The Problem with Big Data: It’s Getting Bigger
Click to learn more about author Bernard Brode. Take a quick look at the history of big data, and one fact will immediately strike you: The ability to collect data has almost always been larger than our ability to process it. Processing power used to expand exponentially, but in recent years that growth has slowed. […]
How Does IoT Security Impact PCI Compliance?
Click to learn more about author Rob Chapman. From self-driving vehicles to the food lockers at your local convenience store, the Internet of Things (IoT) is virtually everywhere. In fact, it’s one of those rare technology trends that has not only lived up to big expectations but continued to surpass them. Everyone from industry analysts […]
Data Lakes: What They are and How to Use Them
Click to learn more about author Jaya Shankar Byrraju. For most companies, having data means having access to wealth. And the key to fully leveraging the wealth that data represents lies in how effectively companies harness, manage, parse, and interpret it. But first, the data must exist somewhere. Enter data lakes. These are central repositories […]
The Fundamentals of Data Anonymization and Protection
Click to learn more about author David Balaban. Data anonymization is a process aimed at eliminating personally identifiable clues so that it’s impracticable, or at least very challenging, to attribute this information to a specific individual. In this regard, the terms “de-identification” and “anonymization” denote virtually the same concept and may be used interchangeably. The […]
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 […]