After years of hiding in plain sight, cyber entrepreneurs and investors have finally caught the attention of the IRS. This is due mainly to the rise of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and the crypto bubble. In addition to tech millionaires secreting their wealth in cryptocurrencies and digital banks, increased incidences of identity theft and refund fraud […]
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 […]
Which Data Security Pitfalls Lurk in the Hybrid Cloud?
Click to learn more about author Bernard Brode. After a period of unrivalled innovation when it comes to data storage and sharing, it seems that – for most companies, at least – hybrid models are about to reign supreme. In layman’s terms, a hybrid model is an efficient combination of existing IT systems and public […]
Traveling in the Age of COVID-19: Big Data Is Watching
Click to learn more about author Bernard Brode. With news of the first dose of a vaccine successfully administered, it appears that we might finally be seeing the beginning of the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it’s also clear that the impact of the virus — and the ways we have responded to it […]
How Storytelling Makes for More Effective Data Comprehension
Click to learn more about author Bernard Brode. Once upon a time, humans communicated meaning through stories. Epic tales of adventure and intrigue, memorable myths of heroes and their trials and travails — these were the parameters around which people framed their individual lives. Today, it’s all about the numbers. From business to advertising and […]
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. […]
Smart Cities Venture to the Edge for Data Processing
Click to learn more about author Bernard Brode. There is a growing consensus that the “smart city” is the only real solution to the challenges faced by urban planners and city governors. With more than half of the world’s population now living in cities, the focus on harnessing the exponentially larger amount of data generated […]