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13 Things to Consider in Planning for Data Conversion

In this age of knowledge (and data), companies face the challenges of data management involving the high volume of data collected, processed, and accessed. Data management technology is constantly changing. The rate of change has become a factor of business survival. Data management is now complex.

The ability to convert data from one format to another is an essential business skill. Here is a set of 13 items to consider for your data conversion project.

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Data Conversion Plan Template

This Data Conversion Planning Template is in an MS Word Document format so that you can use it with ease for your next Data Conversion project. 

This document was downloaded from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention templates library.

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The Future Of OCR Is Deep Learning 

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is finally moving away from just seeing and matching. Driven by deep learning, it’s entering a new phase where it first recognizes scanned text, then makes meaning of it. The competitive edge will be given to the software that provides the most powerful information extraction and highest-quality insights.

What’s New Is Old

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How to Build Your Secure Data Chain

The speed at which an organization can make the right decisions and change direction if needed is an increasingly significant determinant of success. If an organization takes too long to react, it can lead to disaster. This is especially true in defense and national-security environments.

With a good data chain, information retrieval and threat identification may proceed much faster and more smoothly.

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9 Best Practices for Successful Data Migration Projects

On the surface, data migration appears to be easier. It’s perceived simplicity often leads many project managers to view it as a part of a larger underlying project and thus scheduling data migration near the end of the project rather than the beginning. Therefore, leaving the migration analysis to last and not being fully able to understand its implications, often leads to fatal failures.

Read the article to learn how to prevent time and budget over-runs.