When it comes to user data, the rich keep getting richer. The undisputed leader in consumer data, Facebook, had well over two billion monthly active users in 2018, while the West’s leading e-commerce site Amazon boasted 2.6 billion visitors in March alone. By Eric Shrock, CTO, Delphix.
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“Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.” This bold decree from former United States senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan may have been stated decades ago in a political context, but it remains surprisingly relevant and applicable in today’s digital age in relation to many organisations’ data environments. By Gary Chitan, Head of Enterprise Data Intelligence Software Sales, UK and Ireland, ASG Technologies.
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The expression “dare to know,” or in Latin “sapere aude,” was the motto of the age of enlightenment. In today’s climate of echo chambers, conspiracy theories, and misinformation, this 18th century idea that pursuing knowledge takes courage has never seemed more relevant. Every day we see more examples of how reluctance to accept and act on facts is harming people’s health, livelihoods, and society. By Doug Bordonaro, Field CTO, ThoughtSpot.
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Organisations are driven by big data today – be that personal data, web data or transactional data. Combined, big data provides companies with the information needed to make informed decisions, such as staying on top of trends, targeting customers effectively, providing solutions to problems or analysing insights. So, when data is breached or hacked, it causes major problems both at an operational and at a financial level – and, in fact, if it is not addressed quickly and competently, has the po...
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Changing how we’ve viewed the beautiful game forever. By Haidar Altaie, Data Scientist at SAS.
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Protecting sensitive data is a major concern for most organizations. As part of business as usual, businesses routinely collect, process, store, and transmit data about their customers. Some of this data is necessary for the organization’s core business, while other data may be part of the organization’s profit model (i.e. collecting and selling data for targeted advertising). By Patrick Vernon, technology writer.
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