When a conversation turns to analytics or big data, the terms structured, semi-structured and unstructured might get bandied about. These are classifications of data that are now important to ...

Business information is mostly generated by systems or people. Data from systems is most likely to be structured. In its traditional format, this is most typified by data in relational databases that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I track enterprise software application development & data management. Information, without order, is chaotic. Attempting to work ...

IDC estimates that upwards of 80% of business information is likely to be formed of unstructured data by 2025. And while “unstructured” can be something of a misnomer, because all files have some sort ...

What’s the best way to store, search, and analyze content not based on their technical characteristics but on their meaning? The volume of data being created today is truly staggering. IDC projects ...

Data scientists today face a perfect storm: an explosion of inconsistent, unstructured, multimodal data scattered across silos – and mounting pressure to turn it into accessible, AI-ready insights.

For all the hype about data (how many times have you heard “data is the new oil”?), a shocking number of business leaders are missing out on their biggest data asset. The spotlight has been on ...