The new ISO 39075 Graph Query Language Standard is to hit the data streets in late 2023 (?). Then what? If graph databases are standardized pretty soon, what will happen to SQL? They will very likely stay around for a long time. Not simply because legacy SQL has a tremendous inertia, but because relational database paradigms […]
Achieving Digital Resiliency and Agility with Organizational Change Management
IDC’s recent Future Enterprise Resiliency and Spending survey found that 65% of global decision-makers expect concerns about supply chain disruption, inflation, labor shortages, geopolitical tensions, and COVID variants to continue restraining the pace of recovery in global economic activity through the last quarter of the year and into 2023. The biggest challenge that companies face today is managing through […]
Interactive Bioactivity Prediction with Multitask Neural Networks
A CHEMBL-OG post, Multi-task neural network on ChEMBL with PyTorch 1.0 and RDKit, by Eloy, from way back in 2019 showed how to use data from ChEMBL to train a multitask neural network for bioactivity prediction – specifically to predict targets where a given molecule might be bioactive. Eloy has links to more info in his […]
Business User Analytics: The Do’s and Don’ts of Success
When a business decides to tackle data democratization and bring data analytics to its business users, it can often fail to plan comprehensively for success. While selecting the right augmented analytics solution is crucial, the business team must also plan for user adoption and solution acceptance. Without that key component, the enterprise will likely spend […]
Data Classification Can Make or Break Data Governance
The cost of data loss is staggering – and avoidable. The news these days is full of massive fines levied against companies that failed to protect their customer data. An effective data classification approach is one of the best ways to ensure that companies can identify and protect their most valuable data. Our experience continues to […]
APIs and Data Sharing: Key Challenges to Address
Realizing the full potential of real-time data sharing among partners in an organization’s ecosystem is a crucial component of digital transformation. For digital businesses to progress quickly, it will take more than just better data management and more insightful analysis. All of these endeavors should result in quantifiable gains for the company. According to Gartner, “Data […]
Three Tips to Smarten Your Digital Transformation Strategy
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated organizations’ digital transformation efforts, regardless of whether they were ready for it or not. Now, as businesses have adjusted their plans to factor in the ongoing effects of the pandemic, digital transformation has become not just a business initiative, but one of high priority. In fact, Gartner found that digital transformation is now […]
Azure Data Migration: 5 Tools to Know About
With many organizations migrating their critical workloads to cloud environments, choosing the appropriate data migration solutions is increasingly important. Identifying the right tools is a key step in the data migration process. There are several use cases and possible scenarios for a data migration project. For example, you might lift and shift the data from […]
How a Stateless Data Architecture Can Enable You to Harness the Power of Today’s Agile Data
Technologies are sometimes categorized as stateful or stateless. The terms can apply to applications or communication protocols, for example. A stateful application saves data generated by each client session and uses it the next time the client makes a request. A stateless application doesn’t save client data from one session to the next. We can […]
How Data Privacy Affects the Midterm Elections
Until fairly recently, I was considered somewhat of a data privacy watchdog by my family and friends. I have all my privacy settings set to the max, I don’t download shady apps, no matter how popular they may be, and I am mistrustful of most requests for my personal data. But my behavior was the […]