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What Is a Data Mart?

A data mart is a simple form of a data warehouse that is focused on a single subject or functional area. It draws data from a limited number of sources such as sales, finance or marketing, and is...

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Insight Platforms: Turning Big Data into Action

The complexity of data management and advanced analytics is daunting to many organizations, but a new emerging class of software enables companies to spend less time managing their data and more...

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[Slideshare] Smart Data Lakes: Revolutionizing Enterprise Analytics

At Strata+Hadoop World 2016, the concept on everyone's mind was the Data Lake. Fortunately, Marty Loughlin, our Vice President of Financial Services, was there to discuss how Smart Data Lakes are...

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Show Recap: Strata + Hadoop World 2016

Last month, the Cambridge Semantics team set off to New York City for Strata + Hadoop World 2016, or what Wired likes to call, “the lollapalooza of big data conferences.”

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2016 Life Sciences Smart Data Discovery & Analytics Forum [Slideshare]

Last month, Cambridge Semantics held its inaugural Life Sciences Smart Data Discovery and Analytics Forum in Boston. At this forum, leaders in Life Sciences and Big Data met to discuss the...

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The Rising Strategic Value of the Chief Data Officer

As organizations recognize the positive impact that big data has on a company’s performance and innovation, the position of Chief Data Officer (CDO) continues to grow in prominence across numerous...

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Smart Data Analytics

Conventional data analytics utilizes dashboards, visualizations, search, and other tools to determine appropriate data for integrated, targeted use cases. Smart data analytics techniques, on the...

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The Tale of Two Data Lakes: Smart Data Lake® vs Traditional Data Lake

The CEO of ACME Corporation wants to further understand and gain value from their data. He has asked the CIO to create a data lake. John and Jim are then tasked with building the data lake by the...

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Q&A with Steve Hamby, Managing Director Government

We wish to take this opportunity to introduce Steve Hamby, recently announced as Managing Director Government here at Cambridge Semantics. In this newly created position, Steve serves Cambridge...

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Top 5 Ways Government Agencies Can Benefit from Smart Data Solutions

In recent years, government agencies have developed an interest in semantic-based smart data discovery and analytic solutions. From enabling more transparent relationships with the public to...

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