Secure Data Sanitization

What can be recycled?

There's a long list of things that can be recycled and sold as scrap metal. Find out what recyclable summer items you can sell and see what we buy.

What Dumpster Size Do You Need?

Compare dimensions and total volume of the most common roll off dumpster sizes to find the right dumpster for any project at home or on your work site.

How a CNY band teacher used school instruments to get money from pawn shop

James C. Demauro, a Phoenix teacher, admitted to State Police he took school instruments to a pawn shop 25 times.

What Can and Cannot Go Into My Dumpster

Disposing of home or commercial waste? Renting a dumpster is a great solution, but did you know there is a limit to what material you can put in a dumpster?

What is The Difference Between Sanitization vs Disinfection?

Sanitization vs Disinfection Sanitization and disinfection are often used as interchangeable terms. Contrary to popular belief, they are very different concep

Your Data Is In Danger

It’s midnight. The LOBs are attacking your DB2 environment and it’s time to be afraid. Yes, be very afraid. LOBs – large objects – are big and have unique “personalities”. If LOBs could speak their minds they would tell you – “We don’t have to follow the rules like structured data, so beware! We’re important …

Acxiom Lets Consumers See Data It Collects

Visitors to the site can review many seemingly innocuous facts about themselves, but critics say it provides a sanitized view of the information mining behind data-driven marketing.

Data Is Growing Up, Are You?

How big data is changing how we study languages

Big data is enriching the field of language study, but data access needs to be opened up more for academics to scrunitise the figures properly

Data is Like Oil. Intelligence Data is Like Gasoline.

Back in 2000, our CEO Michael Saylor compared data’s potential to oil. Now, his vision is a confirmed reality.

How Data Science Can Make Hollywood More Diverse

Wharton’s Kartik Hosanagar has launched a startup that is using data science to help Hollywood create more inclusive content.

Prepare Yourself for Data Loss

Backing up data is a vital component to any company’s routine procedures. In today’s business world most day to day functions are performed with computers, whether it is accounting or managing communications. Business operations and company data go hand in hand. Even experiencing a temporary loss or inaccessibility to your data can have a...

In Big Data, Are You Using Refrigerators or Stoves?

Bill Schmarzo, EMC CTO of Global Services, explains why Big Data is more like using a stove than a refrigerator.

Is Data Science a Liberal Art?

In the sense that all science is a liberal art, yes. This week I read a great piece by Adam Weinberg, the president of Denison University, on his school’s initiatives to apply a liberal arts approach to data science. This is shocking to most, but why? Let’s diagram this phrase “data science” (English skills!). Data …

Finding the right color palettes for data visualizations

While there are an increasing number of good color palettes out there, not all of them are applicable to charts and data visualizations.

Are Your Data Visualizations Racist? (SSIR)

Three ways to be more equitable and inclusive with your data and data visualizations.

Exploring your data with just 1 line of Python

Getting all your standard data analysis done in less than 30 seconds. The wonders of Pandas Profiling.