Planet analytics 1.0: From the UN lab to the globe
The United Nations (UN) is developing initiatives that leverage data and analytics to measure and streamline sustainable development goals. While this is work in progress, there are some fundamental questions as to its effectiveness.
Read More →Conway’s Law and the future of healthcare data management: Genome, Blockchain, and GDPR
Maladies in healthcare data management are obvious, but what about solutions? From selling Genome data to using Blockchain and the effects of GDPR, would we rather stick to the devil we know?
Read More →Healthcare’s $3 trillion question: Should the likes of Google and Facebook control this data?
How is data managed? Do users get to have consent over how their data is used? And do they get a cut out of the value generated by using that data? Let's take a walk on the wild side.
Read More →GPU databases are coming of age
GPUs are powering a new generation of databases. What is so special about them and can they come into their own?
Read More →Water data is the new oil: Using data to preserve water
Data and water do mix, apparently. Using data and analytics can lead to great benefits in water preservation.
Read More →Back to the future: Does graph database success hang on query language?
If the history of relational databases is any indication, what is going on in graph databases right now may be history in the making.
Read More →Is 5G the missing link for autonomous vehicles, smart cities, and a brave new world?
We may have hit peak 5G hype before 5G is actually available. But is 5G really a game changer?
Read More →The Reskilling Revolution: Taking control of skills with Open Badges
In a rapidly shifting job market, being able to formalize skills is a requirement for job seekers and employers going forward. Open Badges is a data specification that may be able to help do that.
Read More →From graph to the world: pioneering a database virtual machine
What are the options for querying graphs, and how do we go from that to the equivalent of a virtual machine for databases?
Read More →Opening banking data and APIs: Land of opportunity or Pandora’s box?
The EU directive PSD2 may not be as famous as GDPR, but its effects may be even more dramatically felt by financial institutions and anyone transacting with them.
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