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post: Santa Barbara Becomes the Newest Member of the California Cannabis Authority
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 28, 2021 –The California Cannabis Authority (CCA) is pleased to announce that the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors has voted in favor of joining the CCA to improve insight and management of the county’s licensed cannabis businesses. CCA membership provides the County with access to actionable data to assist with enforcement, […]
post: NCS Analytics Closes $11 Million Oversubscribed Series A to Keep Pace with Demand for Data and Advance Development of its Platform
DENVER, Colo., Oct. 14, 2021- NCS Analytics, the leader in high-risk data analytics, announces an $11 million Series A financing round led by Baseline Ventures, a venture capital investment firm that focuses on seed and growth-stage investments in technology companies. Baseline joins others, and early investors, including Lewis Wilks of Bright Peaks Capital, and Jon […]
post: NCS Analytics Unveils the Transparency Project
DENVER, Colo., Sep. 23, 2021- NCS Analytics, the leader in high-risk data analytics, announced today the official release of the Transparency Project. The Transparency Project is a collaborative effort between NCS and its regulatory partners to increase understanding and awareness of the cannabis industry through public data sharing. Regulatory partners will share the interactive dashboard […]
post: The Pros and Cons of Soil and Hydroponic Grows
Cannabis cultivators consider several factors to achieve a high yield and THC levels out of their harvests. Things like the amount of water used, nutrients added, and the amount of sunlight provided must be calculated and perfected to ensure a consistent, usable product. There are two main strategies most cultivators use to grow cannabis: soil […]
post: Covid’s Impact on the Cannabis Industry
Every industry has felt the effects of COVID-19 over the 15 months, and the cannabis industry is no exception. In the first weeks after the virus was declared a global pandemic, there was widespread uncertainty about what was to come. Panic buying ensued for items including food, toilet paper, and even cannabis products. While the […]
post: The Benefit of Multiple Data Sources
In addition to the already established data feeds, the NCS Platform can incorporate data from state-mandated reporting systems, data submitted directly from operators, third-party API submissions by point-of-sale vendors, financial records, and tax information. Capturing data from multiple sources provides the flexibility to include pertinent information for each regulatory need. Each of these data sources […]
post: Quality Assurance the NCS Way
Bringing insight to licensee data takes developing top-level reports and ensuring the validity and quality of data from the moment it arrives. NCS receives data from various sources, and each piece of data goes through a series of checkpoints before it is displayed in the NCS Platform. Upon receipt, the data’s quality is checked to […]
post: How Long is Too Long?: Cannabis Shelf Life
Think about the pantry or spice rack in your home. Do you have any products or spices you don’t know exactly how old they are? I’m guilty of this, so I assume others are as well. In my family, the garlic, basil, and oregano get cycled pretty well. But I couldn’t tell you how old […]
post: Planning, Improving and Evolving With Agile Development
Imagine you just purchased a home. It’s nearly new, but there are still several improvements and refinements you’d like to make. As time passes, the list is continuously changing and evolving. Before long, it seems that you are constantly working on a project and planning for the next. Continually making home improvements is not that […]
post: The Effect of Big Data
The term “Big Data” often brings notions of the more, the better. But as the volume and the number of available datasets have grown over the last two decades, the consumers of Big Data have started to feel the ramifications. When big data gets too big, it can become unwieldy; it’s too much to review, […]