This coming year will be the one that marketing a company’s data as a viable revenue-generating “product” will gain traction across a myriad of vertical industries. Businesses are looking for ways to expand their revenue lines, and data’s unique attributes make it attractive to sell, from a pure P&L perspective. It’s a product that you can sell and sell more than once. We … [Read more...] about 2022 and Vertical Industry Data – A Sleeping Giant Awakens
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World Data League Launches Public Report with the Competition’s Best Solutions and Strategies
The work of more than 100 data scientists, over 14 challenges in line with the 11th United Nations Goal – Sustainable Cities and Communities – is now available for consultation and use through an open report released by the World Data League. This report summarizes the best strategies, data used, context, and impact of the solutions presented by the 50 international teams that … [Read more...] about World Data League Launches Public Report with the Competition’s Best Solutions and Strategies
Data Maturity Remains Atop the Leadership Agenda
BCG Study Finds That the Number of Data-Mature Companies Has Quadrupled Over Six Years The growth rate of companies’ data maturity has almost doubled since 2018, from 8% to 15%. Thirteen percent of companies are at the highest level of data maturity in 2021, compared with only 3% in 2015, according to a survey of more than 1,100 companies across industries worldwide … [Read more...] about Data Maturity Remains Atop the Leadership Agenda
2022 Trends in Data Governance: Operational Capabilities
For organizations everywhere—regardless of industry, size, or area of focus—data governance has reached a critical inflection point. It has long been established as a vital area of risk management predicated on achieving regulatory compliance, maintaining data privacy, and ensuring ongoing sustainability of data as an enterprise asset. Today, however, it’s bounding beyond … [Read more...] about 2022 Trends in Data Governance: Operational Capabilities
87% of US Agriculture Businesses Are Currently Using AI
87% of US agriculture businesses are currently using AI technologies, up from 74% at this time last year, according to new research recently released. 91% of agriculture industry executives also feel ethical standards in the development and use of emerging technologies can represent a competitive advantage for businesses. These figures suggest that the sector is in step with … [Read more...] about 87% of US Agriculture Businesses Are Currently Using AI
The Future of AI is the Edge; Can GPUs Take the Heat?
In this special guest feature, Ludovic Larzul, Founder and CEO, Mipsology, describes how in the future, AI will be everywhere. And though some computation will continue to take place in data centers, more will happen at the edge. Ludovic Larzul has more than 25 years of experience driving product development, and has authored 16 technical patents. He previously co-founded and … [Read more...] about The Future of AI is the Edge; Can GPUs Take the Heat?
How Edge Analytics could Drive the Next Wave of Digital Transformation
The current wave of digital transformation is organizations moving compute tasks and the associated data storage from on-premise hardware to the cloud, in particular Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. Advantages of this cloud model include a pay-as-you-go infrastructure model to flexibly scale up and down based on demand, the ability to access the … [Read more...] about How Edge Analytics could Drive the Next Wave of Digital Transformation
With More Data Comes Great Responsibility and a Need for Education
Sponsored Post The technology industry has a varied reputation when it comes to data protection and responsible data use. This is partly due to the inevitable mistakes and learnings that come from operating in an ever-changing data landscape – but it also stems from a lack of impetus for, and recognition of, the work required to ‘do better.’ With so much focus on where the … [Read more...] about With More Data Comes Great Responsibility and a Need for Education
Data and Analytics Leaders Report Wasting Funds on Bad Data
As enterprises fiercely compete for data engineers, a new global poll out today by Wakefield Research and Fivetran, a leading provider of automated data integration, shows that, on average, 44 percent of their time is wasted building and rebuilding data pipelines, which connect data lakes and warehouses with databases and applications. This significant outlay of human capital … [Read more...] about Data and Analytics Leaders Report Wasting Funds on Bad Data
How to Evaluate Your Data Footprint
In this special guest feature, Ahson Ahmad, Chief Product and Customer Officer, Ripcord, presents an interesting take on ‘Data Heat’ which is how it’s possible to help customers determine which data to delete, and which data to store. Ahson is responsible for product strategy and direction at Ripcord. He is a passionate technologist, having gone through the engineering, … [Read more...] about How to Evaluate Your Data Footprint