Big Data and Big Insights

whitePaper | April 1, 2021

Metadata is more important now than ever. New technologies have enabled businesspeople who have traditionally not been analysts to work with data. The consumerization of IT means people expect systems to be intuitive and require little training. With so many people using data to support so many kinds of decisions, it’s critical that your data is described, defined, and understood.

whitePaper | September 28, 2022

Graph data science (GDS) is a scientific approach to gain knowledge from graphs, using the structures of connected data to power predictions, answer questions, and explain outcomes.

whitePaper | August 23, 2022

Digital transformation has moved businesses from a mode of retrieving and organizing critical information in conventional data stores to a new goal: capturing and storing every bit that passes through the business. The number and diversity of data sources are constantly expanding. New horizons are recognized in data as a raw resource with potential for value creation, even if specific points of value cannot yet be discerned.

whitePaper | April 18, 2023

The MIT Future of Data Initiative is leading a multi-disciplinary research agenda to design and stimulate the deployment of consumer-empowering and accountable systems to provide trusted, traceable uses of personal data on an ecosystem-wide scale. The Initiative has gathered together computer science and Internet policy researchers as well as leading commercial enterprises in financial services, payment technology, cloud platforms, insurance and other sectors to discuss current challenges and opportunities in privacy and data governance. Today’s modern privacy laws place appropriately high expectations on organizations processing personal data. At the same time, consumers report declining trust in those who handle their personal data and regulators around the world struggle with the scale of the enforcement challenge. We aim to identify and put into service technical infrastructure for enterprises seeking to handle personal data in a trustworthy and lawful manner with guardrails to enable the traceable, accountable, and scalable use of data.

whitePaper | June 24, 2022

The reactive approach to discovering, analyzing, and correcting data quality issues in business applications has been marginally effective throughout the era of data consolidation for analytics (data warehousing, etc.) and the subsequent onset of “big data.”

whitePaper | December 1, 2022

IT and business leaders are increasingly seeking to harness the valuable data they collect every day to transform their business operations. Yet, these data assets are only as valuable as their organization’s ability to securely access and convert siloed information into scalable enterprise-wide insights. Even though every modern enterprise generates a goldmine of data, many lack the necessary infrastructure to mitigate data privacy and security concerns enough to fully leverage that data for informed decision-making and maximum impact.