The arguments for greater urgency to attain AI supremacy have raged for years among technology experts and national policymakers. Some have cited serious concerns due to U.S. lethargy in tech development. Others posit the race for AI supremacy is actually one between U.S. and Chinese private-sector companies like Amazon and Alibaba. While important for national security and […]
Data Science Trends in 2022
The year 2021 was out of the ordinary as global businesses struggled to keep afloat amid the pandemic. This unusual situation accelerated digitization in businesses, which led to a surge in “digital data.” This year witnessed a record number of hires of data scientist and data analyst positions as businesses realized that data-driven market intelligence […]
5 Ways Data Provenance Can Benefit Your Business
Click to learn more about author Brian Platz. From hackable medical devices to combating fake news, data provenance is growing in importance. In addition to enabling trust and security, data provenance creates efficiencies for data scientists and opens up new lines of business. In a business environment where online trust is low, regulations such as GDPR are forcing […]
What It Means to Be Digitally Compliant
Click to learn more about author Brian Platz. Data has been called the new oil. Now on a trajectory towards increased regulation, the data gushers of yore are being tamed. Dedicated agencies such as Britain’s recently approved Digital Market Unit and the new California Privacy Protection Agency (“CalPPA”) will enforce compliance. Data will become trackable, […]
Case Study: Department of the Interior Lays Out Steps for Metadata Implementation
After the U.S. Office of Management and Governance issued the Open Data Policy, federal agencies set to the task of developing Enterprise Data Inventories to support a mandate of government transparency. The Department of the Interior (DOI) took this opportunity to create and implement a Metadata Management framework using an enterprise approach, properly documenting data […]
The “Actionable” Metadata
Click to learn more about author Anand Govindarajan. During the days of building data warehouses and BI systems, all that was captured, as truly “metadata,” was the data about creation/access of the data structures for audits, data about the execution of data loads, and so on. Primarily, whatever supported the “operations” of the data warehouse. […]
Blockchain is the Solution, But What are the Underlying Issues in Supply Chain Management?
Click to learn more about author Sonal Mehta. The underlying issues of supply chain systems and how Blockchain technology can revolutionize Supply Chain Management is certainly a complicated, but important topic. We consume a variety of products daily ranging from food to beverages. But, have you ever wondered how far these products must travel? They […]
Do You Know Where Your Data Came From?
Click to learn more about author Mike Brody. Unless you’ve been living under a rock the past few years (and if you have, no judgement), you know there has been growing cultural concern over data privacy and legitimacy. This is the age of fake news and consumer data monetization. Just last month, Google bought credit card […]
Improving Self-Service Analytics by Harnessing the Data Swarm
“Self-Service Analytics is great because it empowers business people,” said Frank Moreno, VP of Worldwide Marketing at Datawatch. But as the trend has taken off, so have disconnected data silos that create challenges in understanding Data Provenance, modifications, and currency. So, as business users worked with reporting or visualization tools such as Tableau, there often […]