The Smart Data Blog

The explosion of data available to companies and corporations over the past 5 years has left data scientists with an excess of information at their disposal. While that may sound like a good problem...

For decades, retailers, manufacturers, banks, government agencies, healthcare companies and many other businesses have used Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) databases for applications such as...

2018 has been touted as "The Year of the Graph", as more and more organizations both large and small have recently begun to invest in graph database technology as they look to draw insights and...

With summer comes road “blow-ups,” where the heat causes pavement to suddenly buckle. As with the potholes of winter, highway departments typically don’t know where blow-ups occur until motorists...

Last month, we attended Data Summit 2018 here in Boston. There were a number of topics discussed at this 3-day conference surrounding big data technologies, including AI, ML, graph technology and...

Only with a rich and interactive semantic layer can the data and analytics stack deliver true on-demand access to data, answers and insights - weaving data together from across the enterprise into...

Data is increasing in supply chain management for retailers. Most of this data is unstructured and flowing all day and night into servers, and there’s much more to come.

The Smart Grid is poised to transform the energy industry using digital information to enhance efficiencies and performance for utility customers. As the Smart Grid continues to expand, demand for...

An organization’s staff is its most valuable asset, and the human resources function is critical to the stability and growth of business operations.

One can aptly describe many of today’s organizations as complex adaptive systems. Dynamic interaction patterns and emergent relationships characterize their complexity, while their ability to change...