October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month! All month long, we’ll be exploring cybersecurity-related topics to help you (and your data) stay safe online. Click to learn more about author Mike Phelan. A new day, a new cyberattack. That’s the reality of contemporary business. Check the headlines and you’re bound to find coverage of breaches and demands […]
The Data Warehouse, the Data Lake, and the Future of Analytics
Data lakes were created in response to the need for Big Data analytics that has been largely unmet by data warehousing. The pendulum swing toward data lake technology provides some remarkable new capabilities, but can be problematic if the swing goes too far in the other direction. Far from being at the end of this […]
NoSQL Databases: The Versatile Solution for Continuous Intelligence
Most businesses tend to rely on relational database management systems (RDBMS) to provide business insight, including continuous intelligence. Cloud relational databases have improved computing power they bring to the table, to handle more massive amounts of data. However, relational databases, even ones in the cloud, face two issues. They have a harder time with the […]
The Future of Data Centers Is Greener, More Open Computing
Click to learn more about author Alan Chang. As basic IT infrastructure shifts from on-premises private IT data centers to public/hybrid clouds with growing demands for more computing performance, the world is facing a new challenge: Cloud data centers now consume as much power as entire cities, while generating carbon emissions that are destabilizing the […]
Emerging Cybersecurity Trends to Monitor in 2021
Click to learn more about author Gary McCarthy. Cybersecurity has never been as important as it is today. With more people than ever before accessing the internet for work or pleasure, the number of targets for cybercriminals continues to increase daily, as does the number of cyberattacks. In addition, factors such as the ongoing COVID-19 […]
R.I.P. Rip and Replace: How Process Automation Enables Digital Transformation
Click to learn more about author Jakob Freund. The pandemic has been a massive forcing function for many companies to move even faster with their digital transformation and process automation efforts. In fact, research from McKinsey found that companies accelerated their timelines for digitizing their customer, supply chain, and internal operations processes by three to four years. […]
Graph Database vs. Document Database: Different Levels of Abstraction
“Remember that every science is based upon an abstraction. An abstraction is taking a point of view or looking at things under a certain aspect or from a particular angle. All sciences are differentiated by their abstraction.” (Fulton Sheen) Graph and document databases (aka document stores), also demonstrate this principle. A few years, graph databases […]
Webinar: Unlocking the Value of Your Data Lake
To view the slides from this presentation, click HERE>> This webinar is sponsored by: About the Webinar Today, data lakes are widely used and have become extremely affordable as data volumes have grown. However, they are only meant for storage and by themselves provide no direct value. With up to 80% of data stored in the […]
Slides: Unlocking the Value of Your Data Lake
Unlocking the Value of Your Data Lake from DATAVERSITY To view the webinar from this presentation, click HERE>> This webinar is sponsored by: About the Webinar Today, data lakes are widely used and have become extremely affordable as data volumes have grown. However, they are only meant for storage and by themselves provide no direct value. […]
Profisee Demo: Building a Trusted Data Foundation in Azure with MDM
Download the slides here>> Taking the right architectural approach to data governance and master data management (MDM) in Azure can build a strong foundation for trusted data throughout the enterprise. Today, organizations are rapidly migrating their data and applications to cloud platforms like Microsoft Azure as part of initiatives like digital transformation, building a business […]