The basics of graph technology are that each entity (e.g. person, place, object) is characterised by a node, which is connected by an edge to another entity. The edge represents the relationship between them. Each node can be linked to many others and always at least one because there are no broken links. Therein lies the beauty of graph. The acknowledgement that data does not exist in isolation but requires […]
Many blogs comparing point solutions with platforms have been written by someone linked to a platform-based company – as is this one. Evidently, there’s an inherent bias, which I’d like to address up front. Relatively speaking, we’re not comparing similar cold beverages here: are you a Coca Cola or a Pepsi fan? In this case, they both serve the same function, so it’s down to personal preference. Nor are we […]
Hamlet’s soliloquy, in the Shakespearean play that bears his name, essentially questions the value of life. “To be, or not to be, that is the question”, he begins as he waxes lyrical about our powerlessness: that living is a passive state, subject to the whims of fortune; and dying an active one whereby we reclaim our control. Yet, potent as his melancholic speech is, I proffer an alternative to our […]
Customer Data Platforms (CDP) are on the rise. Perhaps you are even one of the 78% of surveyed companies that the 2018 Forbes Report identified as having or in the process of developing a CDP. The desire for it is obvious: to use the myriad of digital customer touch points to extract value and insights that, for example, increase revenue or retention through an enhanced customer experience. The promise a CDP […]
Regardless of sex, as a supply chain manager you need to be the ultimate mother at all times. You need to know everyone’s schedule (and not just your kids’!); ensure that everybody and everything is where they need to be and when; clean up (more often than not) unpleasant messes; plan for every contingency – even the incredibly unlikely; change it all at the drop of a hat; and carry […]
A production manager’s headache As a production manager in manufacturing, there is increasing pressure from the executives higher up to increase efficiency, reduce costs and provide feedback on measurable outcomes such as CPUs and KPIs. Whilst you may have sensors on your equipment and some data available, it’s a schlep to bring it all together, analyse it and generate reports that provide a comprehensive view of your facility in […]
Are you struggling to achieve your company goals with your existing technology? Do you want to ask complex questions of your data and receive timely insights and intelligence? In the “Top 10 Data and Analytics Technology Trends for 2020” report, Gartner states, “Finding relationships in combinations of diverse data, using graph techniques at scale, will form the foundation of modern data and analytics.” Gartner also surveyed companies about the use […]
In 1929, Hungarian author Frigyes Karinthy proposed the concept of six degrees of separation: “that any two individuals could be connected through at most five acquaintances”. This idea grew from a belief that the modern world was “shrinking” due to advances in travel and communication, which meant that friendship networks were expanding. And this was decades before Facebook! Academics, from mathematicians to psychologists have explored this hypothesis in relation to […]
“I can’t see you, so you can’t see me!” Do you remember that childhood misconception? The idea that if you close your eyes then you’re invisible. Unfortunately, fraudsters are not that naïve and nor are you. So when it comes to fraud just because you can’t see it, doesn’t mean it’s not there. In a data rich environment with millions of transactions a day, it’s all too easy for criminals […]
We were privileged to be invited by the DevOps.com community to discuss Locstat’s unified data analytics platform at a webinar sponsored by our partners DataStax. The three main topics were: How did Locstat decide what open source technologies to use? Why we decided to use DataStax Enterprise? How to scale with zero downtime? It was great to tell the world about our journey and show how we deliver next-generation solutions to our […]
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