Building Data Foundations
Whatâs Hot đ„
Data and AI Growth Survey Report đ§±
Buzzword - data fabric âïž
Google Canada AI chatbot - finally â
Share the Chair đȘ
Thursday, February 8th, 2024
Whatâs Hot? đ„
Deloitte Teams With Informatica and Workiva to Enhance Data Management and Simplify Enterprise Sustainability Compliance
The new data management offering combines Informaticaâs Intelligent Data Management Cloud, Workivaâs cloud-based regulatory reporting system, and Deloitteâs technology and domain experience. The platform aims to respond to cited concerns from business leaders, many of whom express difficulty in measuring their organizationâs environmental impact.Â
(Source:Â environmentenergyleader.com)
Amazonâs Cloud Boss Likens Generative AI Hype to the Dotcom BubbleÂ
Adam Selipsky, CEO of Amazonâs dominant cloud platform AWS, says generative AI is valuable but that the excitement around some AI companies is similar to when dotcom darlings were âdramatically overhyped.â (Source:Â wired.com)
Circana Launches Liquid Data Engage, Propelling Retailers Into a New Era of Decision-Making
With Liquid Data Engage, Circana addresses the unique challenges faced by retailers, simplifying the complexity of managing market performance, category management, loyalty, supply chain, and retail media data assets in one simple-to-use solution. (Source:Â globenewswire.com)
Laying the foundation for data- and AI-led growth đ§±
Laying the foundation for data- and AI-led growthâ is an MIT Technology Review Insights report by Databricks. Results are from a global survey and in-depth interviews of senior data and technology executives of large private and public sector organizations Here are the results (Source: databricks.com)
Beyond the Buzzwords âïž
According to Gartner, a data fabric is an emerging data management design for attaining flexible, reusable and augmented data integration pipelines, services and semantics.
data fabric
A US patent related to the data fabric is titled, Hybrid cloud integration fabric and ontology for integration of data, applications, and information technology infrastructure. Follow here for the patent. (Source: upsto.gov)Â
Bard who? Google bringing AI chatbot, now called Gemini, to Canada â
Google positioned the announcement as a product of the company getting more clarity around Canada's Bill C-18. That bill, known as the Online News Act, requires Google and Meta to enter into agreements that compensate Canadian media companies when their content is posted on or repurposed by the platforms.(Source:Â thestar.com)
Do you know about the Parks Canada Red Chairs? đȘ
Get out there and #sharethechair!
In 2011, team members at Gros Morne National Park came up with the idea to place 18 sets of Adirondack chairs in lesser-known, but just as stunning locations, inviting visitors to enjoy and share on social media. Today, the iconic red chairs can be found in over 100 locations administered by Parks Canada. (Source:Â parks.canada.ca)