Bancolombia S.A., founded in 1875, is the largest financial institution in Colombia with presence in 300 cities. The company also has a presence in 10 countries including Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the broad intersection of data and society. Two weeks ago, I spoke on a panel at the Association of American ...

The data management discipline known as data integration (DI) has undergone an impressive expansion over the last decade. Today it has reached a critical mass of multiple techniques used in diverse ...

It's easy for biases to creep into different aspects of decision-making—even when you think you’re basing your decisions on objective facts. So how can you limit bias when it comes to making decisions ...

Stronger data practices can help leaders better utilize data as a way to deeply understand the students they serve. “Data-based decisionmaking.” “Data-driven instruction.” These are now-familiar terms ...

Data encryption performs two purposes: it protects data against internal prying eyes, and it protects data against external threats (hacking, theft of backup tapes, etc.) Encryption in the database ...

As they gain data maturity, state and local agencies are increasingly putting their information to work. In Washington, D.C., a real-time information dashboard helps first responders manage blood used ...

In 2019, UnitedHealthcare’s health-services arm, Optum, rolled out a machine learning algorithm to 50 healthcare organizations. With the aid of the software, doctors and nurses were able to monitor ...

In an age of new technologies, Scott Milner, the new global head and practice group leader of the Morgan Lewis' e-data practice group, sees a need to revisit some older e-discovery principles, such as ...

Data expert and Bell Labs alumnus Fern Halper shares why organizations stall at the pilot phase—and how to build the trust ...