data

Data are individual units of information. A datum describes a single quality or quantity of some object or phenomenon. In analytical processes, data are represented by variables. Although the terms "data", "information" and "knowledge" are often used interchangeably, each of these terms has a distinct meaning.

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One Year Later: Five Ways COVID Has Changed The Digital Consumer
One Year Later: Five Ways COVID Has Changed The Digital Consumer
January 20, 2021  |  Coronavirus

Apart from being Inauguration Day in Washington, D.C., January 20, 2021 is also an important date for an almost completely unconnected reason. It was one...

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Pandemic Wake-Up Call Drives Integrated B2B Platforms
Pandemic Wake-Up Call Drives Integrated B2B Platforms
January 20, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Corporate finance teams were not simply tasked with finding ways to continue operations in a remote work environment as a result of the coronavirus crisis....

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Location Detection: Building The Bank Business Case For Better Geolocation Data
Location Detection: Building The Bank Business Case For Better Geolocation Data
January 19, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

In financial services, in the eternal war to keep customers (and themselves) safe from online fraudsters, banks may lift a mantra from the real estate...

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Retail’s Push Toward Digital Technology And Vaccines 
Retail’s Push Toward Digital Technology And Vaccines 
January 18, 2021  |  Today In Data

Amazon and Walmart remained flat or lost ground in the battle for overall U.S. retail and consumer spend in Q3, even as the pandemic continued to push consumers toward online...

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Snap To Buy Digital Mapping Startup StreetCred; Adds To Location Strategy
Snap To Buy Digital Mapping Startup StreetCred; Adds To Location Strategy
January 11, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Snap, parent of social media company Snapchat, has bought New York City-based StreetCred, which is working on a platform for location data, according to a...

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Digital Shifts In Entertainment, Retail Logistics And Dining
Digital Shifts In Entertainment, Retail Logistics And Dining
January 11, 2021  |  Today In Data

Family Video, America’s last major video rental store chain, plans to shutter all of its brick-and-mortar stores. In logistics, Amazon and Walmart are throwing everything from drones to driverless trucks into the battle for...

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Positive Developments In Retail, eCommerce Amid The Pandemic
Positive Developments In Retail, eCommerce Amid The Pandemic
January 08, 2021  |  Today In Data

Bed Bath & Beyond reported that comparable digital sales increased throughout its brands at a time when the pandemic is serving as a headwind to its store...

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Keeping A Forward-Looking View In FinTech Adoption
Keeping A Forward-Looking View In FinTech Adoption
January 08, 2021  |  B2B Payments

For many businesses, the sudden shift to a work-from-home model created chaos. Organizations large and small were forced to migrate to online and cloud-based solutions...

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Modern Evolutions In Retail And Payments
Modern Evolutions In Retail And Payments
January 06, 2021  |  Today In Data

Experts say that malls can survive – and even do well – if they transform themselves into a collection of cool merchants and restaurants, housing, co-working areas,...

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