Topic: data

Zero-Copy Integration standard made available to public

The Digital Governance Council and Data Collaboration Alliance have announced the public release of Zero-Copy Integration, which is a Canadian standard that provides a framework for meeting strict data protection regulations and dealing with the risks related to data silos and copy-based data integration.  The Zero-Copy Integration framework establishes the following principles: data management via … continue reading

Data quality can save money, improve customer satisfaction

The effects of rampant inflation are being felt by marketing professionals. But investments in data quality can deliver cost savings and more effectiveness to organizations. According to Greg Brown, VP of global marketing at Melissa, ““Data quality touches every aspect of business, making it one of the most successful areas to shave dollars off the … continue reading

Google announces innovations in privacy-enhancing technologies

Google is continuing its work to keep personal data safe with the announcement of new privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs).  Over the last decade the PETs it has invented include Federated Learning, Differential Privacy, and Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE).  From the company’s standpoint, this allows them to protect users’ personal data while also continuing to provide the … continue reading

The importance of automating data management

In the midst of the growing digital demands of customers, organizations are feeling more pressure than ever to modernize their practices. With this, there has been a rising need for companies to automate everyday business processes in order to keep up in today’s increasingly competitive landscape.    According to Noel Yuhanna, VP principal analyst at Forrester, … continue reading

AWS re:Invent: OpenSearch Serverless, AWS DataZone, and more

Amazon’s annual technology event AWS re:Invent kicked off on Monday, and throughout the week the company has been making exciting announcements at the event.  The latest highlights from the event include:  Amazon previews OpenSearch Serverless This new offering will enable customers to do analytics on their data without having to manage any of the underlying … continue reading

The evolution of value stream management

While the aspirations of companies wanting digital innovation and to connect business value haven’t changed over the years, the definition of what constitutes value stream management has. Dr. Mik Kersten, the CEO of Tasktop Technologies (recently purchased by Planview) and the author of “Project To Product: How to Survive and Thrive in the Age of … continue reading

SD Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Speedb

The Speedb open-source project is a high-performance NoSQL database that is optimized for speed and scalability. It is designed to handle large scale data workloads and provides a variety of features to make it easy to use and manage. The project is maintained by Speedb and forked from Rocksdb, developed by Facebook.  The project uses … continue reading

Unqork launches Codeless as a Service, its vision for the future of software

Unqork announced Codeless as a Service which allows enterprise customers to build, run, and manage software with a single open data definition.  To support Codeless as a Service, the company added new capabilities to Unqork OS, such as high-performance engine and rules orchestration which executes complex business logic.  One new capability in Unqork OS is … continue reading

The importance of data profiling and optimization

Data profiling is the process of looking closely at data in order to collect statistics and informative summaries about said data.  Ultimately, It can work to discover underlying issues to monitor and improve overall data quality. Investing in data profiling helps to ensure that data governance processes are working properly and that bad data is … continue reading

IBM announces new analytics platform to break down data silos

IBM today announced new software designed to assist enterprises in breaking down data and analytics silos, allowing them to make data-driven decisions quickly and navigate disruptions. IBM Business Analytics Enterprise is a suite of business intelligence planning, budgeting, reporting, forecasting, and dashboard capabilities intended to provide users with a full view of data sources across … continue reading

Using Data to Sustain a Quality Engineering Transformation

DevOps and quality engineering enable better development practices and improve business resiliency, but many teams struggle to sustain this transformation outside of an initial proof of concept. One of the key challenges with scaling DevOps and quality engineering is determining how software testing fits into an overall business strategy. By leveraging automated testing tools that … continue reading

Google announces AppSheet databases for citizen development

Google announced the public preview of AppSheet databases, a built-in database for citizen developers to easily and securely manage their data using AppSheet.  This extends the functionality of Google’s AppSheet by allowing users to create and manage databases within the AppSheet platform, enabling them to keep track of their data and making it possible to … continue reading

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