Click to learn more about author Morgan Littlewood. Much has been written about the hunger for data storage in university research, whether in the humanities, arts, social sciences, genomic studies, astronomy, or seismic research. An increasingly popular option has been open-source storage – or “Open Storage” – which is software that is developed in a public, collaborative manner under a license that permits the free use, distribution, and modification of…

Click to learn more about author Arno Witvliet. As organizations go global and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and cloud-hosted online services grow, companies have adapted to an “always-on” model. Both technical and non-technical organizations are increasingly relying on online software, which only serves to increase the prevalence of always-on platforms in all aspects of our lives. The rise of online streaming services such as Netflix and Spotify, digital workspaces such as Google…

Click to learn more about author Michele Iurillo. One of the most fascinating things I’ve found at my current organization is undoubtedly the declarative approach. It is something so simple and so powerful. In my first business intelligence endeavors, there were data normalization issues; in my Data Governance period, Data Quality and proactive Metadata Management were the critical points. But today’s organizations are so complex that they need much more than this. This article is…

Click to learn more about author Gary Bhattacharjee. After decades of languishing as the exhaust from the business processes, in the last decade, “data” has earned its rightful place as an asset of the business. However, for the most part in a data economy, it is a loss-leading asset, meaning while it is invaluable to conducting and competing in business, the upkeep and value of it are not directly realizable…