Together with social, mobile and cloud, analytics and associated data technologies have emerged as core business disruptors in the digital age. As companies began the shift from being data-generating to data-powered organizations in 2017, data and analytics became the center of gravity for many enterprises. In 2018, these technologies need to start delivering value. Here are the approaches, roles and concerns that will drive data analytics strategies in the year ahead.Data lakes will need to demonstrate business value or dieData has been accumulating in the enterprise at a torrid pace for years. The internet of things (IoT) will only accelerate the creation of data as data sources move from web to mobile to machines."This has created a dire need to scale out data pipelines in a cost-effective way," says Guy Churchward, CEO of real-time streaming data platform provider DataTorrent.For many enterprises, buoyed by technologies like Apache Hadoop, the answer was to create data lakes … [Read more...] about 6 data analytics trends that will dominate 2018
Why master data management is important
Tackling duplicate data in the NT justice system
Get caught breaking the law in the Northern Territory and chances are your details will end up within the government’s Integrated Justice Information System.The system records and manages justice information for police, courts and corrections all the way from initial arrest and apprehension of a person, to court appearances, judge’s rulings, chasing fines, and depending on the crime, prisoner management. Originally implemented as a mainframe application in 1992, over time it has unfurled into three systems: Police Real-time Online Management Information System (PROMIS), IJIS and the Integrated Offender Management System (IOMS), with individuals’ data stored in and pulled from numerous sources. There are large mainframe applications – like the ones used for fines recovery and motor vehicle registration – and multiple data warehouses. “We’ve got heaps of them,” says NT government solutions architect Liz Shenton, “big ones, small … [Read more...] about Tackling duplicate data in the NT justice system
The capabilities and roles of world-class, master data management
Data management enables the storing of everything from genomic data to Xbox scores to your Pandora playlists. If the data were unified, we’d have the beginning of master data management.Organizations have data throughout their environment that provide single views of key data entities common across their organization. Data management provides a single view of data. Master data management provides a complete view of your organization's data.Broadly speaking, civilization has witnessed five generations of data management following manual processing using paper and pencil: Mechanical punched card: data processing Stored program: sequential record processing Online network: navigational set processing Nonprocedural: relational databases and client-service computing Multimedia databases: object-relational databases with relationships Data models, scaling, automation, integration, and workflows increase the complexity of generating usable information from data.Technology leaders who … [Read more...] about The capabilities and roles of world-class, master data management
4 data analytics trends that will dominate 2018
Together with social, mobile and cloud, analytics and associated data technologies have emerged as core business disruptors in the digital age. As companies began the shift from being data-generating to data-powered organizations in 2017, data and analytics became the center of gravity for many enterprises. In 2018, these technologies need to start delivering value. Here are the approaches, roles and concerns that will drive data analytics strategies in the year ahead.Data lakes will need to demonstrate business value or dieData has been accumulating in the enterprise at a torrid pace for years. The internet of things (IoT) will only accelerate the creation of data as data sources move from web to mobile to machines."This has created a dire need to scale out data pipelines in a cost-effective way," says Guy Churchward, CEO of real-time streaming data platform provider DataTorrent.For many enterprises, buoyed by technologies like Apache Hadoop, the answer was to create data lakes … [Read more...] about 4 data analytics trends that will dominate 2018
The Top 7 Data Science Certifications That Will Pay Off
Data scientist is one of the hottest jobs in IT. What’s more, it's the best job you can get, period, according to data from Glassdoor. If you're looking to get into this field, or you want to stand out against the competition, look no further than data science certifications.Data science is important to nearly every company and industry out there, but the skills that recruiters are looking for will vary across businesses and industries. Certifications are a great way to gain an edge because they allow you to hone niche skills that are hard to find in your desired industry. It’s also a way to back up your skills, so recruiters and hiring managers know what they’re getting if they hire you.Whether you’re looking to earn a certification from an accredited university, gain some experience as a new grad, hone vendor-specific skills or demonstrate your broad knowledge of data analytics, at least one of these seven certifications will work for you.Dell EMC Proven … [Read more...] about The Top 7 Data Science Certifications That Will Pay Off