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How OCR Can Accelerate Business Automation

By Dick Weisinger

A key technology that can enable business automation is optical character recognition (OCR), the ability to convert scanned images of text into machine-readable data. Business automation that uses OCR can streamline and optimize workflows, reduce costs, and improve efficiency. OCR…

Open Data and Data Management: How They Can Transform the World

By Dick Weisinger

Data is everywhere. It is generated by people, devices, sensors, and systems every second of every day. It can provide valuable insights into various aspects of life, such as health, education, environment, business, and more. But how can we access,…

Operational Intelligence: Decision Making on Steroids

By Dick Weisinger

Operational intelligence (OI) is the process of decision making based on analysis of real-time data. OI applications combine business intelligence, data analytics, and AI techniques like machine learning into an interface, typically used by front-line workers, to help them make…

Data Centers: The Noise Pollution Problem

By Dick Weisinger

Data centers are highly efficient. Consolidation of computing resources into centralized locations typically comes with overall cost savings due to the economies of scale. Data centers offer improved energy efficiencies, better security, redundancy, and increased productivity. Data centers also consume…

Data Management: Data-Centric Computing with Computational Storage

By Dick Weisinger

“Data! Data! Data! I cannot make bricks without clay,” cries Sherlock Holmes in a line from the movie. His sentiment surely rings true for many a data manager. The growth of data volumes and the increasing need to be able…