Gartner analytics summit: Boosting BI value, managing diverse data sets; GDPR's broad view of personal data

Information Management Digest A roundup of information management content from TechTarget's network | March 15, 2018 FEATURED STORY How to boost the value of basic BI in today's analytics landscape By Ed Burns, Senior News Writer Traditional BI reporting still offers valuable information to businesses. But its business value can be increased by incorporating it into a broader BI and analytics platform along with more advanced tools, users and analysts said at the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit. (SearchBusinessAnalytics.com) Advertisement NEWS   Diversified data sets for analytics deliver top results Analytics teams should focus on data diversity to ensure that their projects deliver the most meaningful insights -- but they must be wary of some stumbling blocks in doing so. (SearchBusinessAnalytics.com)   Qlik CEO Mike Capone says roadmap targets cloud, big data Qlik's BI and analytics software is evolving to keep pace with changes coming from the cloud, big data and cognitive computing, new CEO Mike Capone says in part two of a Q&A. (SearchBusinessAnalytics.com)   What is included in the GDPR definition of personal data? The definition of personal data in the EU's new GDPR data protection rules is broad enough to include any type of data that can be used to directly or indirectly identify a person. (SearchDataManagement.com)   Google TPUs open up on cloud; LinkedIn bows Hadoop test tool Google opened its TPU processors to machine learning uses in the cloud, while LinkedIn is open sourcing a Hadoop test simulator. Hear more about both developments in this podcast. (SearchDataManagement.com) EXPERT ADVICE   How to use Oracle DBSAT to do a database security assessment The Oracle Database Security Assessment Tool is free software that checks the security of databases. Here are the steps involved in using DBSAT to collect data and create reports. (SearchOracle.com)   Azure data management primer: What is U-SQL? U-SQL is a Microsoft query language that combines a declarative SQL-like syntax with C# programming for data processing uses in the Azure cloud. Learn more in our new definition. (SearchSQLServer.com) About This E-Newsletter This e-newsletter is published by the TechTarget network. To unsubscribe from Information Management Digest, click here. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. TechTarget Enterprise Applications Media Group, 275 Grove Street, Newton, MA 02466. Contact: webmaster@techtarget.com Copyright 2018 TechTarget. All rights reserved.