Articles
First Rule of Data Storytelling
Bedtime stories are as good as the problem they solve, every child will tell you that. Our children’s capacity to distinguish a good…
Is Artificial Intelligence a Problem or an Opportunity?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) seems to have reached its peak, and yet it is still growing and reaching even the most remote parts of the…
Achieving Natural Language Processing Through Data Training
Language independence plays a significant role in the machine-learning of natural language processing (NLP). Aside from being a type of…
Stages and Types of Data Models
Three different types of data models exist, each of which plays a distinct role in data modeling. They help an organization’s efforts in…
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Columns
Through the Looking Glass: Data Owners and Other Fallacies
I vividly remember reading this passage from Bob Seiner’s TDAN.com article “Things I Think I Think about Data Governance”, from August 1,…
The Data-Centric Revolution: Fighting Class Proliferation
One of the ideas we promote is elegance in the core data model in a Data-Centric enterprise. This is harder than it sounds. Look at…
Tales & Tips from the Trenches: Demystifying Edge Computing
With increasing number of Internet of Things (IoT) getting connected and the ongoing boom in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning…
DAMA International Community Corner: May 2021 Announcements
Welcome to DAMA Corner, a source of information for data management professionals here on TDAN.com, the industry leading publication for…
Blogs
Importance of Data Science in 2021
Data is critical for any business as it helps them make decisions based on trends, statistical numbers and facts. Due to this importance of…
Data Science Can Help Business Growth During COVID-19
COVID-19 has made companies large and small pivot their businesses. They might change the variety of products, freeze hiring, or let…
How Contextual Data is Driving the Future of Telehealth
The expansion of big data applications has created opportunities across economic sectors. In healthcare, however, the potential of big data…
Using Predictive Analytics to Improve Employee Safety
Employee safety is not exactly a hot topic, nor is it a particularly interesting one. Naturally, it involves a lot of procedures and…
Features
Why Data Quality Matters
“Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort.” John Ruskin, prominent Victorian era…
Is Data an Asset in Real Estate?
How is the multi-billion real estate sector doing in a data-driven world? The industry sits on loads of data gathered about property, their…
Data Governance is a Crucial Part of Your Business Strategy
Since July 2018, over €274M in fines have been enforced by the EU General Data Protection Regulation. The lion’s share…
Building a Data Governance Business Case
When it comes to executing a data governance strategy, there is no standard approach. Of course, there are common methods and tools, but…
Using Data and Technology to Increase Employee Productivity
Any successful business knows that high levels of employee productivity is key to ultimate long-term success. Productive employees keep up…
How Artificial Intelligence is Expected to Change the Development Process
“Robots are not going to replace humans; they are going to make their jobs much more humane. Difficult, demeaning, demanding, dangerous,…
Data Gravity and Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is growing rapidly as a deployment platform for IT infrastructure because it can offer significant benefits. But cloud…
Predictions from 2020; for 2021
2020 was the kind of year that would make anyone in the predictions business more than a little gun shy. I certainly didn’t have…
Big Data’s Role in Improving Product Lifecycle Management
We’re living in a time where data is a crucial part of everything. Every day, we generate around 2.5 quintillion bytes of data, and that…