Ohalo Blog

Kyle DuPont
Nov 17, 2021 - #Data, #Security, #Cybersecurity, #Data science, #ROT, #Unstructured data

Shining a Light on Dark Data

Around 80% of a company’s data is unstructured dark data. Although to date much focus has been on structured data because it is easier to get a grasp of, unstructured data proliferates with the daily activities of staff, from the important aspects of how deals get done to the more mundane scheduling of after work drinks.
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Kyle DuPont
Oct 14, 2021 - #Cloud, #Security, #Cybersecurity, #Migration, #Data privacy, #Legacy migration, #Unstructured data

4 simple steps to consider when moving unstructured data to the cloud

Many companies are looking to modernise and migrate their on-premise data to the Cloud. Often it’s shifting legacy applications, looking to take advantage of new database types and cloud-based data platforms, bolstering cybersecurity, and driving analytics and insights. With the average employee creating 1,000 files during their tenure at a company and little control over how that data is stored, unstructured data is hugely challenging to deal with during data migration projects to the Cloud.
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Kyle DuPont
Apr 7, 2021 - #Data privacy, #Construction, #CPRA, #GDPR, #Safety, #HSE, #OSHA, #Discovering safety

The Ohalo Scrapbook Number 7 - Helping improve safety in the built environment

Bringing better safety outcomes to the construction industry to get workers home safely to their families
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Kyle DuPont
Feb 23, 2021 - #Data privacy, #Construction, #Press release, #GDPR, #Safety, #HSE, #Discovering safety

Press release: Wood Group Partners with Ohalo to Deliver Better Safety Outcomes to the Construction Industry

Bringing better safety outcomes to the construction industry to get workers home safely to their families
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Ed Goold
Dec 14, 2020 - #Data privacy, #Privacy by design, #Apple, #GDPR, #CCPA

The Ohalo Scrapbook number 6: new Apple feature blazes trail towards privacy as a core market value

Last week Apple confirmed that applications may be banned from the App Store if they don't meet Apple's new App Tracking Transparency feature. Is this the first major sign of privacy emerging as a core market value?
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Ed Goold
Nov 20, 2020 - #Data privacy, #Data protection, #Data minimisation, #Wearables, #Pandemic response

The Ohalo Scrapbook number 5: personal data liability via wearable tracking technologies in a covid context

A few thoughts on the increasing popularity of wearable tracking technologies that a number of organisations are now using in their pandemic response to measure and halt transmission. These would seem to open up major personal data liabilities under data privacy legislation. Is data minimisation the correct response?
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Kyle DuPont
Nov 4, 2020 - #Enterprise, #NLP, #Machine learning, #Applications

The Ohalo Scrapbook number 4: NLP enterprise applications taking off

Machine learning and NLP has really taken off in the enterprise over the past couple of years. Our Data X-Ray product heavily rely on the advances in machine learning to deliver everything from privacy preserving data science pipelines for safety reports to identifying documents for data retention project implementations. What are others seeing out there in enterprise applications of NLP?
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Kyle DuPont
Oct 19, 2020 - #Enterprise, #Data privacy, #Shout out, #Appreciation