Is Data the New Oil?

For several years, there’s been an ongoing debate among economic types as to whether “data is the new oil”. With both oil and data, the amount of mining required is overwhelming. Of course, unlike oil, data just keeps growing, and will probably never be scarce. Data is not consumed, but rather it continues to be generated. According […]

There’s Gold Hidden In That Data!

Leveraging data to optimize both your operations and marketing is not a new concept in the least.  Since the invention of data processing, businesses have been using ERPs, MRPs, CRMs, and other evolving systems to cull information to report and analyze our process.  However, with the growing implementation of AI and deep machine learning, and […]

What Exactly is Data Anyway?

By Ed Weisberg At AnswerPoint, we always talk about data.   We live, breath, and sleep data!  Data optimization, data-cleanup, Database, we even count data points to fall asleep! What exactly is data, and how does it differ from information? By definition, data is a set of qualitative or quantitative values about something or someone, often […]

Cloud Migration – Pros and Cons

As your in-house systems age, it becomes increasingly compelling to consider migration to a cloud provider. Cloud migration is the act of transferring data and applications from your on-prem data center, your off-site hosting, or from one cloud provider to another provider in the public cloud. Sound simple right? Well…

Is Data the New Oil?

For several years, there’s been an ongoing debate among economic types as to whether “data is the new oil”. With both oil and data, the amount of mining required is overwhelming. Of course, unlike oil, data just keeps growing, and will probably never be scarce. Data is not consumed, but rather it continues to be generated. According […]

There’s Gold Hidden In That Data!

Leveraging data to optimize both your operations and marketing is not a new concept in the least.  Since the invention of data processing, businesses have been using ERPs, MRPs, CRMs, and other evolving systems to cull information to report and analyze our process.  However, with the growing implementation of AI and deep machine learning, and […]

What Exactly is Data Anyway?

By Ed Weisberg At AnswerPoint, we always talk about data.   We live, breath, and sleep data!  Data optimization, data-cleanup, Database, we even count data points to fall asleep! What exactly is data, and how does it differ from information? By definition, data is a set of qualitative or quantitative values about something or someone, often […]