For the last decade, AI has been accelerating at a staggering pace. According to MarketsandMarkets, the industry is expected to reach $42.4 billion in 2023. It’s clear there’s no slowing down in sight, and we’re starting to realize it with the debut of powerful new AI-powered products and services across industries. But what’s actually driving this […]
ML Model Operationalization Is a Key Challenge and Opportunity for 2023
As we head into 2023, machine learning (ML) professionals are taking stock of the past year and identifying potential key opportunities moving forward. To that end, my company recently polled 200 U.S.-based ML decision-makers to better understand what those opportunities might be. One area we focused on was the challenge behind operationalizing machine learning, which respondents […]
Will 2023 Be the Year of the Polyglot Persistence?
Meet polyglot persistence. It’s not a new term, but one that’s catching fire in what many call the unsexiest part of Data Management – Database Management. It also ties to the physical part of Data Management, which is storage management, often overlooked by data teams. Storage management and database management/administration indeed used to be a separate […]
How Data Privacy Regulations Impact Network Security
Network security uses physical and software security solutions to protect network infrastructure from unauthorized access, misuse, failure, alteration, disruption, or unauthorized disclosure of sensitive data. Network security involves implementing security policies, procedures, and tools to prevent unauthorized persons and programs from accessing a network, connected devices, and network traffic. Network security applies to both public […]
Delay Is Deadly: Achieving Real-Time Analytics in the Age of Hyper-Competition
Today’s business landscape is more unpredictable than ever for IT leadership. Between the adoption of more sophisticated technologies and an ever-growing list of digital transformation initiatives, IT operations have become frustratingly complex. This is especially true when it comes to managing data flows and ensuring the precision of analytics insights. At a time when analytics […]
What to Expect in 2023: AI and Graph Technology
2023 will bring exciting advances in AI and graph technology. One of the most compelling innovations will be the ability for quantum programs to be turned into graphs and vice versa. Natural language understanding will become part of AI models. The adoption of standards-based semantic layers will spike as they enable data selection through business terms. Graph […]
Transformational Inertia: Why So Few Digital Transformation Projects Succeed
Over the last 20 years of our experience helping companies achieve innovation and digital transformation success, we have observed that there are three critical resources an enterprise has at its disposal, that must be leveraged in an optimal way, to create success. Namely: time, political support, and investment capital – all of which tend to […]
The AI Bill of Rights Is a Great Step – But More Is Needed
The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) of the White House has issued the blueprint of the AI Bill of Rights. This document describes the rights that should be protected when implementing automated systems using AI technology. The paper lists the following five principles that define these rights: 1. The right to be protected against unsafe […]
How Encryption Works to Preserve Data Privacy
Cryptography and privacy go hand in hand: Leveraging cryptography to encrypt data for the purposes of preserving privacy isn’t a new concept. In fact, data encryption itself is quite easy. The far greater challenge is data decryption – or, put another way, making sure that encryption doesn’t get in the way of collaboration. After all, data is only […]
Top 5 Trends for Data Management in 2023
Despite ongoing economic uncertainty, we know that 2023 will require us to do more with the data we have, protect it better, and find new ways to uncover insights through improved Data Management. 2023 will require everyone to be nimble with their data, but I don’t see the economy derailing growth in this area. In […]