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The Importance of Implementing a Sensible Data Collection Strategy

Smart Data Collective

One poll found that 36% of companies rate big data as “crucial” to their success. However, many companies still struggle to formulate lasting data strategies. One of the biggest problems is that they don’t have reliable data collection approaches. However, data does not just collect itself.

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Data protection strategy: Key components and best practices

IBM Big Data Hub

In response, many organizations are focusing more on data protection , only to find a lack of formal guidelines and advice. While every data protection strategy is unique, below are several key components and best practices to consider when building one for your organization. What is a data protection strategy?

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My top learning and pondering moments at Splunk.conf22

Rocket-Powered Data Science

Observability is a business strategy: what you monitor, why you monitor it, what you intend to learn from it, how it will be used, and how it will contribute to business objectives and mission success. The dominant references everywhere to Observability was just the start of awesome brain food offered at Splunk’s.conf22 event.

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How AI is helping the NFL improve player safety

CIO Business Intelligence

Like many other professional sports leagues, the NFL has been at the leading edge of data-driven transformation for years. Once it was able to identify helmets, it was taught to recognize helmet impacts and cross-reference NGS data to determine which players were involved. I bet we could try to prove that out or disprove it.”

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Best Ways to Integrate Big Data into Your Business

Smart Data Collective

Smart devices use sensors to collect data and upload it to the Internet. Examples include CCTV records, automated vacuum cleaners, weather station data, and other sensor-generated data. All in all, big data refers to massive data collections obtained from various sources.

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EU Cookie / Privacy Laws: Implications On Data Collection And Analysis

Occam's Razor

The way data is collected online and what happens to it is a much-scrutinized issue (and rightly so). Digital data collection is also exceedingly complex, perhaps a reflection of the organic nature, and subsequent explosion, of the internet. Web Data Collection Context: Cookies and Tools.

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A step-by-step guide to setting up a data governance program

IBM Big Data Hub

Consider the following four key building blocks of data governance: People refers to the organizational structure, roles, and responsibilities of those involved in data governance, including those who own, collect, store, manage, and use data.