Managing the devil you know is difficult enough. But in risk management, it’s the devil you don’t know that can spring chaos on your organization. And risks are growing—and growing in complexity—at ...

Not all data is created equal. Unlike structured data, which resides in well-defined fields and tables, unstructured data ...

Unstructured data is information that does not have any predefined data models or schemata, so it can be difficult for an enterprise to locate and digest. Examples include physicians' notes in EHRs, ...

“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Matthew Keylock, SVP, Media Partnerships ...

It seems that no matter where you go these days (twitter, your favorite tech blog, email newsletters,) that everyone is talking about Big Data. Let’s face it, Big Data is a buzzword, or buzz term, ...

Data scientists estimate that 80% of the world’s electronic information is “unstructured”, or held as email, documents, video and photographs, or even free text. “unstructured data is data held ...

With intelligent automation and sound policies, IT teams can properly manage and leverage data for game-changing AI and analytics initiatives. The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based ...

What’s the best way to store, search, and analyze content not based on their technical characteristics but on their meaning? The volume of data being created today is truly staggering. IDC projects ...

The problem with searching for a needle in a haystack is that the process, by nature, is inefficient. So why has it become a popular analogy for analytics efforts within the enterprise? Because ...

The promise of interoperability remains a distant goal, but newer technologies like AI and natural language processing, combined with older technologies such as optical character recognition (OCR), ...

Commentary - Big data, unstructured data, semi-structured data. Data is all over the technology news, and for good reason. It is overwhelming most organizations; requiring new ways to operate to stay ...