There has been some buzz lately about leveraging emergent technology such as graph databases for master data management (MDM). In theory, this is appealing, but graph databases are not ready to serve as standalone MDM systems. In this article, I offer examples of useful applications...
If you deal with the personal information of anyone in the European Union (EU), you probably already know that as of May 25, 2018, you will face stiff penalties for violating any of the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). If your enterprise...
When an information architect needs to move data around, how should it be done? Recently, there has been a dramatic change in the thinking about this subject. Driven by an increased need for real-time integration of high-velocity data, streaming solutions are increasingly being considered where...
When determining where to apply artificial intelligence in your enterprise, the possibilities are quite broad. In the coming years, almost every new and updated application will depend on some form of AI. For example, you might introduce AI in:
In the fast-changing business of data, vendors are pushed every year to change as well, and Teradata had quite a few major announcements at its big annual show, Teradata Partners. I've attended the conference at least a dozen times, and just by reflecting on its...
IBM’s Think Conference was last week at Mandalay Bay, and surrounding locations, in Las Vegas. Think is a first-of-its-kind combination of World of Watson, Amplify, Connect, Edge, and InterConnect – and probably other smaller conferences. Attended by 30,000, it was IBM’s largest ever conference that featured...
Today, there are many cloud vendors and many companies are not just choosing one of them. They have multiple clouds and for many reasons. They’re avoiding lock-in and choosing the vendor that makes sense for the kind of work they want to do. For example,...
Inc. Magazine Unveils 36th Annual List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies—the Inc. 5000 NEW YORK, November 15, 2017 – Inc. magazine ranked MCKNIGHT CONSULTING GROUP NO. 743 on its 36th annual Inc. 5000, the most prestigious ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. The list represents...
I gave the keynote at the Denodo DataFest last week in New York. Congratulations to Denodo for pulling off a well-received, fantastic 2 days to a standing room only crowd. The data management practice topics were timeless and actually what most data practicioners need more...
If you're looking for upcoming trends in computing resources, look west towards Silicon Valley and see what Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Tesla, eBay, and their ilk are doing. Coming to light lately is their investment in graphics processing units (GPUs). GPUs have made the jump from controlling monsters,...