Category: Data Management
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Facebook’s betrayal of data privacy is a discussion that was long overdue
In what has been termed the biggest data theft to have ever occurred, nearly 70 million people from the United States alone have had user data leaked from their Facebook profiles. In total, as much as 87 million accounts around the world have been affected, if not more. And with the growing number of…
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Less Than Half of Enterprises Use Encryption Technology Consistently: Is Your Company One of Them?
Big data security practices take many forms. It’s up to you to choose encryption strategies that protect not only your corporation but your consumers as well. Unfortunately, even if you think you’re doing your due diligence, the odds are high that you’re falling short. Could your biggest security vulnerability lie in operational oversights? Here’s…
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Data liquidity concerns in an AI driven economy
The concept of artificial intelligence can be traced back to the early 1950s, nearly half a century before the term “big data” was first coined. While big data is fairly recent technological breakthrough, it is already shaping the future of AI in remarkable ways. However, data scientists still face some significant roadblocks as they…
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What will Data Analytics do for Your Growing Business?
If you have been waiting for your business to get a little bigger before you start using data analysis to make decisions, wait no longer. Data is all around us in this digitally driven world today, and companies need to use it to grow, and stay ahead of their competition. Small businesses benefit just…
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Once financially beneficial data is turning on companies that collect it
There was a time when data collection was a lucrative practice for companies. That was due to the understanding that the more a brand knows about its target market, the easier it is to address those people and meet their needs. However, recent cyberattacks have made companies think more carefully about whether it’s worthwhile…
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5 Challenges Brands and Marketing Agencies Face with Data in 2018
The rapid pace of technological innovation and the sudden emergence of Big Data has left a lot of marketers feeling left behind. In less than a generation, the marketing industry has shifted in a way nearly unprecedented in its entire history. It has gone from a largely intuitive or psychological art to being heavily defined…
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Easily Choose Between On-premises Data, Colocation & Cloud
When it comes to data storage and management, it is true that you have options. You can go for on-premise data storage and management, use Colocation services or a cloud services provider. Each of these has its own advantages and disadvantages. The choice you make will be greatly influenced by your own business needs. It…
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How to make it easier and cheaper to manage your enterprise data in AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is currently the most widely used enterprise cloud data storage system, successfully competing against similar services from the likes of Microsoft and Google. In this article, we look at what AWS offers and outlines how enterprises can cost-effectively match their enterprise data and applications to the right AWS service. Not so…
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Digital Globalization Drives Need for Data Quality Advances
The vision of globalization has taken a new form, due to major advances in technology. In recent years, growth in imports and exports has stalled throughout the world. However, the forces of globalization are accelerating rapidly. The flow of digital information is driving the trend. McKinsey’s Digital Globalization: the New Era of Global Flows…