Data Privacy Day 2023
January 27, 2023
Tomorrow, 28 January, is Data Privacy Day or, as it is known in Europe, Data Protection Day. You may never have heard of it; nevertheless, it has been observed for nearly two
Category: Big Data
In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other technologies with a focus on supply chain management and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, marketing, the Internet of Things, and smart cities. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.
Bradd C. Hayes is the active editor of this blog.
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The Confusing World of Data Storage: A Primer
January 20, 2023
We live in the Digital Age and business consultants are encouraging organizations to transform into digital enterprises. The foundation of this transformation is data, which has become an essential business asset. According
Janus Should Be the God of Data
January 3, 2023
Welcome to the New Year! Readers interested in history and mythology are probably aware that the month of January is named after the Roman god Janus. Janus was an interesting deity. As
Business’ Big Data Problem: Data Quality
December 2, 2022
There is almost universal recognition that the age in which we live is dominated by data. Data is the sine qua non of the Digital Age. Here’s the problem: According to a
There are Seven, not Four, Important Big Data V’s
October 20, 2022
Nowadays, few people question the value of data. Yossi Sheffi (@YossiSheffi), Director of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, goes so far as to assert data is an organization’s most valuable
The Business Value of Data and Advanced Analytics
October 17, 2022
“What’s the value of my data?” According to big data expert Bill Schmarzo, “[That is] today’s most critical yet hard to answer question.”[1] Why is that question so hard to answer? After
Do Data Scientists Still Hold the World’s Sexiest Positions?
October 4, 2022
A decade ago, Thomas H. Davenport (@tdav), a distinguished professor at Babson College, and DJ Patil (@dpatil), a former U.S. Chief Data Scientist, insisted that data scientists occupied the sexiest jobs of
The Digital Age is Still All About the Data
August 3, 2022
“Today,” writes tech freelancer Apoorva Bellapu, “it is practically impossible to lead our lives without data.”[1] In the business world, she implies, it is impossible to conduct routine operations without data. She
E.U. Passes Comprehensive Standards for Regulating the Digital Space
July 8, 2022
Earlier this week, the European Parliament “voted its stamp of approval for the two laws — one focused on anticompetitive behavior, the other on content deemed illegal in Europe.”[1] The first law,
Is the Future of Big Data Synthetic?
July 5, 2022
We live in a Digital Age in which data has been called the lifeblood of an organization and its most valuable asset. For example, Ivan Kot, the Customer Acquisition Director and IT
