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What’s in a Backup? Baltimore Finds Out the Hard Way
It’s a truth universally acknowledged in IT that time-intensive activities like network security, database backups and disaster recovery never receive the appreciation they deserve. Why should they? If a server goes down but traffic is seamlessly routed to another...
Sustainable Computing: An Emerging Priority for IT
In last month’s Global Climate Strike, some six to eight million participants advocated for the reduction of human-created factors that are contributing to climate change. Workers at some of the world’s largest tech companies joined the walkouts to pressure their...
For Developers, Mental Health Challenges Abound
October 10th is World Mental Health Day, a day to raise awareness and support for mental health issues in our communities. Almost one in ten developers polled in this year’s StackOverflow developer survey admitted to a mood or emotional disorder. If you work in IT,...
Data Shame and Data Blame
The term often used in the BI and analytics industry is “data-driven” – it’s one thing every business wants to be. But we don’t hear too much of the flip side of this, which is when the data reveals some unpleasant information or a mistake. This is the difficult side...
The Challenging Role of the Chief Data Officer
It emerged in the beginning of this century, a title that was reportedly a joke to begin with, but a role that has since become essential to organizations. The flood of data – an estimated 2.5 quintillion bytes created every day – has made the role of the Chief Data...
Real-Time Analytics Insight, Powered by the Cloud
A unique breakthrough serves to make good on the promise of real-time business intelligence. Business intelligence has long suffered from a trade-off. Put your data in a data warehouse for performing Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) using complex queries and you’ll...
The Solution to Siloed Data is Transformation
Today’s growing data volume presents virtually limitless opportunities for organizations to optimize processes or increase profitability. But that’s only possible if data can be aggregated and analyzed to inform business decisions. Unfortunately, the large volumes of...
Data and Analytics Changes Ahead, According to Gartner
Data analytics promises to deliver a clearer vision of the world, a view based on actual metrics unclouded by our preconceptions. It’s a worthwhile goal, but difficult to reach when navigating the waters of technological changes like AI and machine learning. There’s a...
Is Atlanta Still a Growing Tech Hub?
Last month Atlanta-based software company OneTrust closed a $200 million Series A round. The company’s product is a privacy management platform and, given the rise of privacy laws like GDPR and CCPA, it’s not surprising that investors are bullish. However, the massive...
Connecting the Dots Between Business and College Campus
“Connecting the Dots” – making the connection between my internship with an early-stage business analytics company to my life as college sophomore. As a digital native generation, my world-view has always been filtered through a lens of connections. My mobile phone...
Found on an HR Dashboard: The Case of the Juul Thieves
The first in our data detective series. This is based on a true story, visualized with data originally from Kaggle’s Human Resources data set. Nina Singh is an executive admin in the HR department of her company. One of her many responsibilities is maintaining a...
When SQL Isn’t Enough: Augmented Analytics
The need to stay competitive is driving businesses to invest deeply in digital transformation, seeking ways to obtain insights that go beyond static reports and dashboards. Augmented analytics is a class of tools that use machine learning and artificial intelligence...
What’s in a Backup? Baltimore Finds Out the Hard Way
It’s a truth universally acknowledged in IT that time-intensive activities like network security, database backups and disaster recovery never receive the appreciation they deserve. Why should they? If a server goes down but traffic is seamlessly routed to another...
Sustainable Computing: An Emerging Priority for IT
In last month’s Global Climate Strike, some six to eight million participants advocated for the reduction of human-created factors that are contributing to climate change. Workers at some of the world’s largest tech companies joined the walkouts to pressure their...
For Developers, Mental Health Challenges Abound
October 10th is World Mental Health Day, a day to raise awareness and support for mental health issues in our communities. Almost one in ten developers polled in this year’s StackOverflow developer survey admitted to a mood or emotional disorder. If you work in IT,...
Data Shame and Data Blame
The term often used in the BI and analytics industry is “data-driven” – it’s one thing every business wants to be. But we don’t hear too much of the flip side of this, which is when the data reveals some unpleasant information or a mistake. This is the difficult side...
The Challenging Role of the Chief Data Officer
It emerged in the beginning of this century, a title that was reportedly a joke to begin with, but a role that has since become essential to organizations. The flood of data – an estimated 2.5 quintillion bytes created every day – has made the role of the Chief Data...
Real-Time Analytics Insight, Powered by the Cloud
A unique breakthrough serves to make good on the promise of real-time business intelligence. Business intelligence has long suffered from a trade-off. Put your data in a data warehouse for performing Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) using complex queries and you’ll...
The Solution to Siloed Data is Transformation
Today’s growing data volume presents virtually limitless opportunities for organizations to optimize processes or increase profitability. But that’s only possible if data can be aggregated and analyzed to inform business decisions. Unfortunately, the large volumes of...
Data and Analytics Changes Ahead, According to Gartner
Data analytics promises to deliver a clearer vision of the world, a view based on actual metrics unclouded by our preconceptions. It’s a worthwhile goal, but difficult to reach when navigating the waters of technological changes like AI and machine learning. There’s a...
Is Atlanta Still a Growing Tech Hub?
Last month Atlanta-based software company OneTrust closed a $200 million Series A round. The company’s product is a privacy management platform and, given the rise of privacy laws like GDPR and CCPA, it’s not surprising that investors are bullish. However, the massive...
Connecting the Dots Between Business and College Campus
“Connecting the Dots” – making the connection between my internship with an early-stage business analytics company to my life as college sophomore. As a digital native generation, my world-view has always been filtered through a lens of connections. My mobile phone...
Found on an HR Dashboard: The Case of the Juul Thieves
The first in our data detective series. This is based on a true story, visualized with data originally from Kaggle’s Human Resources data set. Nina Singh is an executive admin in the HR department of her company. One of her many responsibilities is maintaining a...
When SQL Isn’t Enough: Augmented Analytics
The need to stay competitive is driving businesses to invest deeply in digital transformation, seeking ways to obtain insights that go beyond static reports and dashboards. Augmented analytics is a class of tools that use machine learning and artificial intelligence...
