Dark Data – what is it… and should we be scared?
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What is Dark Data? Dark Data is the data, held by organisations and individuals, which is not used to derive insights or lead decision making. Gartner defines this in a similar way, “information assets organisations collect, process and store during regular business activities, but generally fail to use for other purposes”. An everyday example of this, on […]
Knowledge Graph Technology: Explained
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A simple explainer for beginners in the Knowledge Graph and Semantic Metadata playing field… What is Knowledge Graph Technology? Explained traditionally, the concept refers to a knowledge base that uses graph-structured data model topologies to integrate entities, while encoding the semantics underlying the used data. So, what does that mean? Simply put, Knowledge Graph Technology […]
What can a school pupil do with a week on our Compass: Engine Platform?
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Slingshot Simulations invited 17-year-old school student Nathan Whitehouse into our office within the Nexus Building for data analysis work experience, to utilise our decision intelligence platform Compass: Engine. Nathan, who is incredibly passionate about scientific subjects, specifically chemistry, led his own research-based project over the course of the week. He found Slingshot through our sponsorship of Space Hub […]
Fast data: exploring the benefits of automated and real-time analytics
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In order to compete in an increasingly data-rich landscape, businesses are investing significantly in automated and real-time data analytics. By retiring time-consuming and error-prone manual data processing methods, analytic process automation is enabling enterprises to achieve and maintain data management scalability. Real-time analytics tools are then providing businesses in fast-moving industries with a further competitive […]