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Ensuring Iron-Clad Algorithmic Accountability in the GDPR Era

Artificial intelligence’s “black boxes” are about to be blown wide open, whether or not the data science world is ready for it. That’s because AI’s algorithmic models are in the bullseye of the European Unio Read more…

Four Ways To Derive Value From Your GDPR Investments

As organizations worldwide are scrambling to comply with the requirements of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the sheer amount of time and money being in spent in preparation for the loom Read more…

Dude, Where’s My Database? And Other GDPR Questions

Is your organization ready for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which goes into effect in exactly one month? If you're like most organizations, you still have a lot of work to do over the next 30 days – e Read more…

Hortonworks Upgrades Data Plane Service

The data management market continues to explode, reflecting the growing demand for automated services that can help companies access soaring data volumes spread across datacenters and cloud repositories. With that in Read more…

The Enlightening Side of GDPR Compliance

If the upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is like most government mandates, the thinking goes, it will be a tax on business and a hindrance to productivity. But if you take the right approach, some expert Read more…

Are Strict New Data Regulations In the Offing?

Following an extraordinary week of testimony by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Capitol Hill, the possibility of stricter data regulations in the United States is more plausible than ever. A groundswell of support to giv Read more…

Critics Warn GDPR Will Slow AI Deployments

Pending European data privacy rules that also address “automated decision-making” are increasingly seen as having a broad impact on enterprise deployment of AI applications, prompting a U.S.-based group to predict th Read more…

Behind on Preparing for GDPR? Three Things to Prioritize

The May 25, 2018 GDPR deadline is quickly approaching, requiring businesses to comply and prove compliance to the stringent new regulations or face potentially devastating financial penalties. Businesses that have not Read more…

Big Data Backlash: A Rights Movement Gains Steam

In the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica data mining scandal, there's a growing chorus of AI leaders calling for a data rights movement that would overhaul the ownership structure for digital assets. In addition to pr Read more…

SQL Database Adds GDPR Compliance Tools

The big data startup Cockroach Labs is itself targeting startups and multinational companies hustling to comply with pending European data governance rules with a new version of its open-source SQL database. The 2.0 v Read more…

StreamSets Balances Streaming Data Demands for Security, Access

It can be difficult to find the right balance between protecting data and utilizing it. With its new Data Protector offering unveiled yesterday at Strata Data Conference San Jose, StreamSets thinks it has found a happy m Read more…

The GDPR: An Artificial Intelligence Killer?

If anyone has doubts regarding the wave toward artificial intelligence, a quick read of this post from CMO.com should erase those doubts. Consider some highlights: In the immediate future, execs are looking for A Read more…

Five Tips for Winning at Data Governance

By now, you've hopefully realized that having a great data analytics strategy also requires having a good data governance strategy. After all, if your data is ungovernable, then the analytics you're running atop it will Read more…

AI Could Trigger WWIII, Alibaba CEO Warns

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Alibaba Chairman Jack Ma were among the global leaders who warned about the potential dangers of big data and artificial intelligence at the World Economic Forum in Davos today, while Read more…

Tech’s Hottest New Trend: Data Governance

What's the hottest new trend in information technology? If you said "artificial intelligence," give yourself partial credit, because AI definitely is hot. But for technology decision-makers in the business world, there's Read more…

Data Lakes Crest In Drive to Boost Quality

As more data moves to the cloud, the composition of data lakes is shifting to new sources such as NoSQL databases while cloud data repositories emerge amid hybrid deployments, according to a big data survey. The year- Read more…

The Emerging Role of the Chief Data Officer

Across all industries, enterprises have access to more data than ever before as insights pour in from machines throughout the company, customer queries, and archived information. These exponentially growing volumes of in Read more…

Blockchain At Heart of Personal Data Monetization Service

Tired of giving your valuable personal data to Google or Facebook? Plenty of people are, and now a company called Algebraix Data is building a Blockchain-based network that will allow people to sell their personal data t Read more…

GDPR: Avoiding the High Costs of Non-Compliance

In today’s global, digital economy, companies are collecting more data than ever on their customers, and that data is becoming more diverse and complex, from different sources and in different formats. The creation and Read more…

Keeping Your Models on the Straight and Narrow

Organizations of all stripes have adopted predictive models to help drive decision-making. But an increased reliance on machine learning can quickly turn into an expensive liability if bias, privacy, and other concerns a Read more…

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