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Data science vs data analytics: Unpacking the differences

IBM Big Data Hub

Data science is an area of expertise that combines many disciplines such as mathematics, computer science, software engineering and statistics. It focuses on data collection and management of large-scale structured and unstructured data for various academic and business applications.

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Five benefits of a data catalog

IBM Big Data Hub

Because Alex can use a data catalog to search all data assets across the company, she has access to the most relevant and up-to-date information. She can search structured or unstructured data, visualizations and dashboards, machine learning models, and database connections. Meaningful business context.

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How a cloud-based data ecosystem is helping 3M HIS transform the healthcare business

CIO Business Intelligence

By bringing 3M 360 Encompass to the AWS Cloud, 3M HIS has been able to scale natural language processing and automation capabilities and leverage tools such as Amazon Textract to improve data input and processing to more efficiently organize a patient’s chart.