Analysts like IDC and Deloitte estimate that up to 80% of the world’s data is unstructured text data, which makes getting valuable insights out of this type of data a huge challenge. Worse, customers can’t easily find the right answers to address their product and service-related questions that are hidden in large amounts of support documents. As a result, employees […]
Is Your Database Built for Streaming Data?
When it comes to data sources, analytic apps developers are facing new and increasingly complex challenges, such as having to deal with higher demand from event data and streaming sources. Here in the early stages of this “stream revolution,” developers are building modern analytics applications that use continuously delivered real-time data. Yet while streams are clearly the […]
Five Data and Analytics Trends: What Lies Ahead in 2023
It’s rare, if not impossible, to find a business that does not have a digital presence. The convenience factor of digital is accelerating the pace at which businesses are applying an online presence, including the ones that were mainly brick-and-mortar before COVID. More than just offering products and services in this way, most organizations are […]
Data Clean Rooms: Share Your Corporate Data Fearlessly
Data sharing has become more complex, both in its application and our relationship to it. There is a tension between the need for personalization and the need for privacy. Businesses must share data to be effective and ultimately provide tailored customer experiences. However, legislation and practices regarding data privacy have tightened, and data sharing is tougher and […]
How to Transform Customer Experience with Explainable AI
In today’s competitive landscape, customer experience can make or break a business, and companies need to know more about their customers than ever before. One way to do so is by using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). Companies collect all types of data from customer interactions, use that data to build AI/ML models, […]
Selecting an IoT Platform
When COVID-19 threatened to derail the manufacturing industry, it was Industry 4.0 that saved many manufacturers. Notwithstanding the supply chain issues that continue to pose challenges, 94% of respondents in a recent McKinsey survey said that Industry 4.0 helped them keep their operations running during the pandemic. The connective tissue that makes Industry 4.0 is the Internet […]
Data Protection: An Essential Element of Any Digital Transformation Strategy
According to an annual cybersecurity report by Cisco, cyber-attacks are more advanced than ever before. Phishing, ransomware, social engineering, and trojans are the most active threats. Globally, the average total cost of a data breach is around $4.35 million, which increased by 2.6% compared to 2021, according to IBM’s most recent Cost of a Data Breach […]
Analyzing Kubernetes Operational Data
Kubernetes is an infrastructure platform commonly used in modern IT environments. It supports cloud-native applications and offers many benefits but also introduces complexities and operational challenges. Operating Kubernetes reliably requires detecting errors and fixing them quickly. You can only achieve this by establishing visibility into your containerized environments. Monitoring Kubernetes provides access to operational metrics, helping […]
Create a Thorough Plan and Training Strategy for Citizen Data Scientists
As a business owner, executive, or manager, you are likely aware of the term “citizen data scientists.” Perhaps you have even implemented this type of initiative in your organization. While business journals and industry and technology publications discuss the advantages of the citizen data scientist approach, many businesses fail to get the most out of […]
Unstructured Data Management Predictions for 2023
The global economic outlook for 2023 is tepid at best; inflation is waning but threats of recession still loom heavy in many countries. IT leaders will place their bets on strategic cloud and analytics investments – two areas where there is ample proof of cutting costs and delivering insights that can create new value from […]