Dark Energy, Dark Data
During the 1990s, the physics community began to measure the brightness of certain supernovae in a novel way. This new method supported the conclusion Edwin… Read More »Dark Energy, Dark Data
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Alan Morrison
Alan Morrison is an independent consultant and freelance writer on data tech and enterprise transformation. He is a contributor to Data Science Central with over 35 years of experience as an analyst, researcher, writer, editor and technology trends forecaster, including 20 years in emerging tech R&D at PwC.
A different take on business intelligence
Data is useless if it doesn’t shed light. The more light it sheds on the most acute problems businesses face, the better. Within this context,… Read More »A different take on business intelligence
Avoid RegTech myopia with a data-centric approach
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which regulates public company securities, recently proposed its own climate impact reporting requirement. Many US public companies already… Read More »Avoid RegTech myopia with a data-centric approach
The long game: Feedback loops and desiloed systems by design (Part II of II)
The previous post covered the problem of oversiloing. Systems thinking, I pointed out, can help reduce the practice of siloing when it’s not necessary. In… Read More »The long game: Feedback loops and desiloed systems by design (Part II of II)
The long game: Desiloed systems and feedback loops by design (I of II)
Data management (DM) discussions can be frustrating because both those feeling the pain and the consultants who try to help them are–90+ percent of the… Read More »The long game: Desiloed systems and feedback loops by design (I of II)
Ten years of Google Knowledge Graph
It’s been ten years since Google (now a child of holding company Alphabet) coined the term “knowledge graph” and described (in general terms) how their… Read More »Ten years of Google Knowledge Graph
DeFi platforms: What dumb data and dumb code have in common
Quite a few decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) have crashed and burned since 2015 when Ethereum was launched and “smart” contracts (self-executing agreements in code devised… Read More »DeFi platforms: What dumb data and dumb code have in common
Is old data strategy drowning new data strategy?
Ted Gioia, author of Music: A Subversive History, made an excellent point in an article in The Atlantic titled “Is Old Music Killing New Music?”… Read More »Is old data strategy drowning new data strategy?
Divergent thinking and true AI innovation
Research and Markets estimated that annual global sales of information technology reached nearly $8.4 trillion in 2021. At that level, IT sales made up just… Read More »Divergent thinking and true AI innovation
The Piano Keyboard as a Contextual Computing Metaphor
For the past several years I’ve been teaching myself guitar. I’d studied piano in school, so I didn’t think that I’d run into the issue… Read More »The Piano Keyboard as a Contextual Computing Metaphor