Click to learn more about author Scott Taylor. There is data and there is analytics. They work together. They need each other. These two things are linked, but it helps to think of them separately. From my perspective data is about determining the truth. Analytics is about deriving meaning. I would suggest that most data experts already […]
Domo Shines a Light on Dark Data with New Augmented Capabilities in the Business Cloud
According to a recent press release, “Today Domo announced it is making it even easier to get BI leverage at cloud scale in record time through new augmented capabilities in the Domo Business Cloud. In a new Dimensional Research study sponsored by Domo, 92% of individuals surveyed said they’ve made decisions in the past three […]
SAP Joins Collective Action to Create a Cleaner Ocean by 2030
A new press release states, “SAP SE today announced that it has joined the World Economic Forum’s Global Plastic Action Partnership community, which is determined to create a cleaner ocean by 2030. Reducing the amount of plastics entering the ocean requires cross-industry collaboration armed with data and intelligent technologies. To support this, SAP is planning […]
A Brief History of Master Data
Master data is generally described as essential business data about people, places, and things. Master Data Management or MDM describes a system for managing the data, which is different than the actual data. Master data is not typically transactional data, but in some situations transactional data can be treated as master data. For instance, if […]
Veritas Acquires APTARE to Enhance the Analytics, Protection of Enterprise Data
A new press release states, “Veritas Technologies, a worldwide leader in enterprise data protection and software-defined storage, announced today that it has acquired APTARE, Inc. a privately-held software company based in Campbell, California. APTARE is a global leader in analytic solutions for hybrid cloud environments and the industry’s leading open and extensible IT analytics platform. […]
Cohesity Unveils Industry-First Technology That Unlocks Opportunities to Extract Insights
A recent press release states, “Cohesity, the leader of hyperconverged secondary storage, today announced new capabilities that empower enterprises to run applications from Cohesity as well as third parties directly on the Cohesity DataPlatform. This milestone is a big step forward in empowering enterprises to derive insights from their most valuable business asset, their data. […]
Gartner Identifies Top 10 Data and Analytics Technology Trends for 2019
According to a recent press release, “Augmented analytics, continuous intelligence and explainable artificial intelligence (AI) are among the top trends in data and analytics technology that have significant disruptive potential over the next three to five years, according to Gartner, Inc. Speaking at the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit in Sydney today, Rita Sallam, research […]
MITRE Announces Compass, a New Application to Collect Common Oncology Data
A recent press release reports, “MITRE announced Compass™, a first-in-class, open-source application to collect minimal common oncology data elements, or mCODE™, from electronic health records (EHR), today at the HIMSS19 Global Conference & Exhibition. Only three percent of adult cancer patients participate in clinical trials, limiting access to high quality data across multiple types of […]
Back to School: Data Literacy and an Urgent Reason to Study Data
Click to learn more about author Carie Lemack. A literate society is not necessarily a numerate one. Where one is absent, the other is almost always lacking, because it is hard to appreciate—never mind articulate—the fullness of an idea without a full vocabulary. Expanding that vocabulary must be a national priority, beginning in primary and secondary […]
Make Space for Data from Space
Click to learn more about author Carie Lemack. Data from space is no longer the stuff of outer space. That is, space-based data is very valuable to a multitude of industries. From sending payloads into orbit to performing experiments aboard the International Space Station, from launching rockets to having private citizens rocket their projects into deep […]