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Big Data: a term used by the IT industry to describe the voluminous amount of unstructured data an organization creates. – Canada Health Infoway Canada Health Infoway (CHI) released a white paper on big data analytics in health, alluding to its untapped potential and benefits. The paper can be found here. According to IBM, 90% of the Read more about Barriers to Big Data in Health[…]
API: Application Programming Interface From a technical perspective, an API or Application Programming Interface has become ubiquitous in the world of web browsers, operating systems, and applications. Essentially it is exactly what it is titled but, on much deeper level – what is it actually used for? At its most basic level, an API is Read more about But Seriously, What is an API?[…]
TopDog Bank: Where every client is a good boy. With a rapidly evolving software development methodology in today’s world of business, “microservices” has become a new industry buzzword. But what is it exactly? What benefits and drawbacks can one expect with this approach? To help illustrate this concept, we will use the TopDog (TD) Bank, Read more about Microservices[…]
With the boom in data creation, there is a business need to integrate from multiple heterogeneous sources. In traditional architecture, this would have been accomplished by developing a custom solution for each data source. As the number of sources increase, so does the complexity and cost. This is where eXtensible Markup Language (XML) comes into Read more about The Use of XML[…]