Schema.org and the Financial Industry Business Ontology (FIBO) are teaming up to bring more semantics technologies to a greater audience. Enhancements to the core of the proposed Release Candidate 3.0 of the Google-, Microsoft-, Yahoo- and Yandex-sponsored community activity to create a shared vocabulary for marking up web pages will include contributions from the business […]
A Smart Database for a New Age of Enterprise Apps
Do you remember what it was like the first time you got your hands on an iPhone? When you realized that all the things that you used to have to do on separate devices now could be accomplished on one single device? Well, the minds behind LogicBlox would like you to feel the same way […]
Natural Language Processing Poised to Have a Big Impact on the Data Economy
The stakes are large in the Natural Language Processing (NLP) market: It’s the high ground in the battle for control of the data economy and the key to turning silicon into gold, according to a report issued this quarter from market intelligence firm Tractica. Report authors Bruce Daley, the Principal Analyst, and Clint Wheelock, the […]
Smart Data Plus Deep Reasoning Equals Business Value from Data Analysis
Coherent Knowledge would like businesses that want to make more effective use of the knowledge they capture and distribute to become more familiar with Rulelog. That is the logic underlying knowledge representation languages such as Vulcan’s Silk and the rule language used by its own Ergo Suite semantic rules and reasoning platform. Smart Data is […]
Time to Build the Foundation to Improve Spend Analytics for Strategic Sourcing
Tamr first brought its data unification technology to the market as a general purpose solution to help companies in their quest to become truly data- and analytics-driven enterprises, providing a next-generation means for them to clean and connect disparate data in an automated and scalable way. When DATAVERSITY® spoke to Tamr co-founder Andy Palmer in […]
Ontology Plays a Part in United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Project
How do you define “basic services”? What’s the difference between them and “essential services”? What is meant by terms like “natural capital”, “raw material” or “essential medicines”? How do these all fit into an ontology? The truth is that there often aren’t universally accepted or precise definitions for terms like these – or even more […]
Working with Big Data’s Many Faces
How well acquainted are enterprises with knowing when to take advantage of Hadoop and when to leverage NoSQL? And how well prepared are their IT teams with the skills needed to go in either direction? How well are they grappling with the realities of Big Data? These were some of the questions tackled by Randy […]
Machine Learning Takes On Long-Term Knowledge Acquisition
Learning science and Machine Learning intersect in the personalized learning layers that Cerego is powering for parties ranging from EdX MOOCs, to Arizona State University’s Global Freshman Academy courses, to publishers such as Elsevier and McGraw-Hill Education. The goal for Cerego-enhanced online learning is to help users capture knowledge – and to do it faster […]
Stance Tackles High Performance, Scalability Challenge for E-Commerce with NoSQL
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2016 Trends in Data Analytics: More Hands Take Hold of the Power
Data Analytics is expanding its reach. In its report, Software 2016: Analytics, Acceleration and Agility, 451 Research predicts that analytics will become more prevalent throughout the layers of technology businesses use, from development to IT management, and databases to customer experience management. This is happening as the natural result of the increasing digitization of business, […]