My last article on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) concluded that "the split of the necessary AI/ML between the 'edge' of corporate users and the software itself is still to be determined." Several readers have reached out to ask about the tools and...
Many are talking about artificial intelligence (AI), myself included. AI holds promise for organizations in every industry and every size. Some of the challenge today is how to prepare for AI in the organization and how to plan AI applications when there is a dearth...
Denodo DataFest is a data management and analytics conference which brings together business leaders and technical experts for redefining analytics for successful self-service BI, cloud, and big data initiatives. It will provide latest information on technologies that enable an enterprise-wide rapid data strategy through agile, holistic,...
Most data architects need to make quick database platform decisions to support business applications. The applications teams notoriously fail to include the data team until late in the game, by which time deadlines have been set. This is an organizational problem that should be fixed,...
As information management practitioners, we have the honorable charge to enable analytics with powerful platforms delivering key data to business users who will make game-changing insights. At least that is what we tell ourselves we are doing. Say the following statement to yourself: "Platforms and data...
Software has greatly enhanced the information management possibilities in the last few years. Consider the advancement of nonrelational systems such as Hadoop, NoSQL, and graph data stores, as well as streaming data, master data management, data virtualization, and data visualization. SSDs and in-memory (and soon...
At the Teradata Third-Party Influencers Meeting in San Diego May 8-10, Teradata shared a go-to market strategy for 2017 and beyond that had some very clear messages. High-End Customers Teradata has always had an outsized presence in larger companies. Recent years have found Teradata pushing into the...
Against the backdrop of more organizations turning to the cloud for the storage and use of the valued asset of data, Informatica has announced their Cloud Spring Release for 2017. Organizations today need to take advantage of the numerous relevant data platforms to provision their data...
Companies with customers, supply chains, partners, and offices in multiple countries must understand the cross-border data restrictions of each country they are involved with. A dizzying number of country-by-country (or country-union-by-country-union) data laws and standards have appeared since 2015, when an EU court threw out the...
Analysts, leaders, and other business professionals often see statistical modeling and advanced analytics as confusing and complex. In fact, many will not even attempt to understand them. They see data science as something beyond their grasp -- a world for Ph.D.s or people with rarified...