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Everything in its Right Place: The Potential of Decentralized AI
In this contributed article, John Suit, Chief Technology Officer at KODA, Inc., discusses the overall potential of decentralized AI. The future of artificial intelligence will be determined by how much weight we put into collaboration. Fundamentally, collaboration relies on a group of people (or machines) who share their individual knowledge …
The Catalyst for Widespread AI Adoption
In this special guest feature, Dr. Josh Sullivan from Modzy, discusses the issue of understanding how AI comes to a decision is no longer just about curiosity; it must be an essential element of nearly all AI applications. AI is being used to power decisions that significantly impact lives.
How Feature Stores will revolutionize Enterprise AI
In this contributed article, Monte Zweben, CEO and co-founder of Splice Machine, discusses Feature Stores which are a new MLOps technology being adopted by cutting-edge companies like Uber, Airbnb, and Netflix, and for good reason. A Feature Store is a system made specifically to automate the input, tracking, and governance …
Big Data & Credit Score: What’s Changing
In this contributed article, Magnolia Potter describes how the availability of large quantities of consumer data, also known as big data, has broad implications for the way we measure credit. No longer will consumers be tied to traditional banking for building credit. Now, all kinds of metrics can help prove …
High Value, Low Contact: Emerging Retail Technology for a COVID-Influenced World
In this special guest feature, Melanie Nuce, Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at GS1 US, discusses extracting maximum consumer information from store traffic while also making the experience safe and contactless. Digitizing store experiences is becoming paramount--consumers want to make the most of fewer shopping trips while technologies like …
2021 Trends in Data Strategy: Doing More With Less
In this contributed article, editorial consultant Jelani Harper suggests that organizations seek technology to do more with less during today’s turbulent business conditions. Data strategy elucidates what ‘more’ entails, whether it really can be achieved with less, and the longstanding consequences of leveraging various technologies to this end. It requires …
Demystifying the Difference Between Data Integrity & Data Quality
In this special guest feature, Amy O’Connor, Chief Data and Information Officer at Precisely, believes that while many use the terms data integrity and data quality interchangeably, there are some important differences between the two that must be kept in mind. A truly robust data system ensures data addresses these …
Why Business Analytics is Crucial for Field Service Companies
In this special guest feature, Rick Agajanian, VP of Product Management at WorkWave, believes that when a company has the right business analytics tools in place, it has the potential to be a massive game-changer for their company and its place within the field service industry.
How AI is Being Applied to Retail: Deep Learning Brings Superpowers to eCommerce with Companies like Wish and RTB House Leading the Charge
In this contributed article, Garth Holsinger, founder of Enterprise Alpha, and Partner at Prota Ventures, discusses how Deep Learning technologies are bringing superpowers to e-commerce and digital advertising platforms, and how Wish, RTB House, and Macy’s are leading the charge.
Four Reasons On-premises Object Storage is Right for Today’s Businesses
In this special guest feature, Marcel Hergaarden, senior manager for product marketing at Red Hat, explains why he believes on-premises object-based storage is the correct approach for organizations that want better control over their data and greater cost savings.
Can Big Data and Machine Learning Help Us Crack the Dream Code?
In this contributed article, IT and digital marketing specialist Natasha Lane, highlights how science has been investigating the phenomenon of dreams for a while and, more recently, we have even witnessed big data and machine learning being applied.
Why Data Management is So Crucial for Modern Cities
In this special guest feature, Heine Krog Iversen, founder and CEO of TimeXtender, discusses three important technology components that work together to form the modern data estate, substantially improving operational efficiencies by reducing the need to conduct time-consuming, manual data manipulation.
Factoring the User Into Supply Chain Data Presentation
In this special guest feature, Jono Marcus, Behavioral Insights Director and Digital Project Owner for AtSource.io, Olam's sustainability insights platform, at Olam International Ltd., explores how behavioral science can make complex data meaningful and useful.
Have a Goal in Mind: GPT-3, PEGASUS, and New Frameworks for Text Summarization in Healthcare and BFSI
In this contributed article, Dattaraj Rao, Innovation and R&D Architect at Persistent Systems, discusses the rise in interest for neutral network language models, specifically the recent Google PEGASUS model. This model not only shows remarkable promise when it comes to text summarization and synthesis, but its non-generalized approach could push …
Enterprise Search in the Age of AI
In this special guest feature, Aleksandar, Chief Technology Officer at Supplyframe, poses the question - is there a place for Enterprise Search as a stand-alone category in the age of modern, AI-powered big data systems?
How to Catch Payments Fraud with AI
In this contributed article, Jon Lawrence, VP Product Management, at Oversight, discusses the role of AI in catching payments fraud and the ability to layer technology across the process to continuously monitor every transaction, examine every vendor, check every purchase order, audit every invoice and scrutinize each payment. AI transforms …
Beyond Survival – Data and Analytics Help Businesses Reimagine the Future
In this special guest feature, Natalia Modjeska, Research Director, Applications – Data & Analytics at Info-Tech Research Group, provides best practices and use case examples of how businesses are leveraging data and analytics to address pandemic challenges and move beyond "survival mode."
2021 Trends in Data Science: The Entire AI Spectrum
In this contributed article, editorial consultant Jelani Harper takes a look at 2021 and how data science will increasingly prioritize integrating the entire spectrum of data and AI methods, including aspects of its statistical and knowledge base, into daily deployments across the enterprise.