Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly gaining ground as core business competency. Today’s machine learning (ML) or deep learning (DL) algorithms promise to revolutionize business models and processes, restructure workforces, and transform data infrastructures to enhance process efficiency and improve decision-making throughout the enterprise. Gone are the days of data silos and manual algorithms. However, widespread […]
Data Quality’s Importance to Blockchain
What’s the connection between Data Quality and Blockchain? Dan Myers, principal information quality educator at DQMatters and the publisher of The Conformed Dimensions of Data Quality — which seeks to align the Data Management community by using common definitions — addressed the issue during his Enterprise Data World Conference presentation titled “Improved Data Quality Implications […]
A Brief History of Open Source Data Technologies
Openly sharing information has been a part of human culture since the beginning of civilization. Information would be shared with the general community and the practice has had a powerful impact on the development of tools and machinery. In opposition to this practice, is the concept of ownership and control over new ideas and concepts, […]
Fundamentals of Machine Learning Enabled Analytics
The famous theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking said, “It’s tempting to dismiss the notion of highly intelligent machines as mere science fiction.” Artificial intelligence (AI), the game-changer technology of the global business world, comprises three distinct sub-disciplines: machine learning (ML), natural language processing (NLP), and cognitive computing. Automated solutions in business analytics use all these sub-technologies, […]
Building a Productive Organization with Artificial Intelligence
There’s plenty of research on employee productivity, which is key to building a profitable and successful business. Engaged employees are likely to put their heart into their jobs – not just go through the motions. Here are some findings that put this into perspective: Happy workers are 13 percent more productive, according to research by […]
Case Study: Tracking and Tracing Drugs in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
Failures or lack of visibility in the many-tiered pharmaceutical supply chain have multiple repercussions. Drug shortages have adverse economic and clinical effects on patients — they are more likely to have increased out-of-pocket costs, rates of drug errors, and, yes, mortality. Hospitals and health systems allocate over 8.6 million hours of additional labor hours to […]
Deep Learning and Analytics: What is the Intersection?
Emergent artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, especially the automated algorithms populating analytics platforms, are impacting and reshaping the world of business analytics. The underlying connections between traditional analytics processes and the disruptive technologies will make you cheer if you happen to be a data scientist or a business analyst — because your redefined role in the […]
Data Intelligence on the Edge
The term “edge intelligence,” also referred to as “intelligence on the edge,” describes a new phase in edge computing. Organizations are using edge intelligence to develop smarter factory floors, retail experiences, workspaces, buildings, and cities. The edge has become “intelligent” by way of analytics that were formerly limited to the cloud or in-house data centers. […]
Utilizing Business Intelligence with AI
Business intelligence (BI) is, in essence, new information that is not necessarily common knowledge and is sought to gain a competitive advantage over the competition. Business intelligence comes from a variety of sources, ranging from spies working for the competition to data mining. Contrary to the theme of several current articles, business intelligence is not […]
Advances in Natural Language Processing
Natural Language Processing (NLP) unlocks the ability of machines to read text, hear speech, and interpret words, and NLP has advanced greatly in the last five years. NLP improves data analytics, detects malware, and fights fake news. For example, using NLP the Citation-Informed Estimated Truth (CIET) software program identifies authentic news with a 78 percent […]