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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Consumers have growing concerns about data privacy, a new KPMG survey found. Businesses have been collecting more and more data over the past year. There is an opportunity to rebuild consumer trust, ...

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 ...

Organizations that use prepackaged ERP/CRM, custom, and third-party applications are seeing their production databases grow exponentially. At the same time, business policies and regulations require ...

From security musts and indexing gotchas to replication and sharding tips, follow these essential dos and don’ts to make the most of your MongoDB database systems. MongoDB is a non-relational document ...

Learn how to optimize data migration projects for unstructured data movement and transformation. This guide can help you maintain data quality while reducing the time and effort it takes to manage ...

A customer relationship management (CRM) database is a resource that contains all customer data that all departments within an organization can access. These data include customer information, sales ...