ExisorWhat are Data Historians? A data historian is a type of time-series database designed to efficiently collect and store process data from a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) or automation system. SCADA is a computer-based system for gathering and analyzing real-time data to monitor and control equipment that deals with critical and time-sensitive materials […]
What is Payroll Security? Employers retain enormous amounts of highly sensitive information about employees and their dependents including names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, social security numbers, government IDs, licenses, financial accounts, legal information, sensitive health information, and more. This, of course, makes payroll at attractive target for cyberattackers, but payroll can also be targeted […]
What is Merger and Acquisition Data Migration? Data transfer between a buyer and seller is a critical component of a successful merger and acquisition (M&A) transaction. Data ownership is often scattered amongst various locations, platforms, functions, systems, and devices, making it difficult to smoothly handover from seller to buyer. A few of the challenges involved […]
What are Data Mining Techniques? Data mining involves exploring and analyzing large datasets to identify patterns and relationships. There are many techniques that businesses can use to gain insight from the data they have collected1: Clustering. The clustering technique involves grouping a series of different data points by their characteristics. The clustered data is organized […]
What are Data Silos? A data silo is a repository of information in a department or application that is inaccessible or not fully accessible by other departments or applications in an information system. An example of siloed data is an information system that has finance, administration, HR, and marketing departments storing their data in different […]
What is Metadata? Metadata describes other data; it provides structured reference data that identifies attributes of the information that it describes so that the data can be identified and sorted. Metadata is created anytime a document or file is modified, including when it is deleted. Some examples of basic document file metadata include the author, […]
How Is Data Integrity Maintained? Data integrity refers to the overall completeness, accuracy, consistency, and reliability of data over its lifecycle. Protecting data integrity involves taking measures to protect data against improper maintenance, modification, or alteration to ensure data authenticity. Managing data integrity is important for ensuring searchability, traceability, connectivity, stability, reusability, and maintainability. If […]
What is Legacy Data? Legacy data is information stored in old or obsolete formats and/or computer systems, making it difficult to access or process. New digital technologies designed for mobile devices, cloud storage, and in-house databases are often incompatible with legacy databases, so it may be time to consider doing something about that. It will […]