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06 Oct 2026
New Precisely capabilities address common AI development hurdles
The vendor's AI Studio and unified data management suite are designed to simplify development on top of a trusted data foundation Continue Reading
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05 Oct 2026
Governance teams now emphasize data, AI enablement
In some organizations, data governance programs are now focusing more on enabling employees and AI systems to use data effectively than on controlling its use. Continue Reading
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27 May 2021
Google Datastream advances change data capture in the cloud
At Google's Data Cloud Summit, a new service released in preview to enable users to capture data from other sources to bring into Google's cloud data and analytics services. Continue Reading
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26 May 2021
Databricks opens up data lakes for data sharing
At its virtual Data + AI Summit, the AI vendor detailed new capabilities to make information stored in cloud data lakes more accessible and secure. Continue Reading
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26 May 2021
Microsoft builds distributed ledger for Azure SQL database
The tech giant debuted new database services, including more security for Azure Database for PostgreSQL and MySQL, and a distributed ledger for Azure SQL. Continue Reading
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21 May 2021
Superconductive raises $21M for open source data quality
The open source Great Expectations project is becoming increasingly popular, as the commercial vendor seeks to build out a cloud service to expand the project's reach. Continue Reading
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20 May 2021
CockroachDB version 21.1 simplifies distributed SQL database
Cockroach Labs updated its database platform with enhanced capabilities giving database administrators more control over where and how data is distributed around the world. Continue Reading
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19 May 2021
Syncari raises $17.3M for automated cloud data sync
Data synchronization vendor is looking to solve the challenge of keeping data updated and automated across multiple cloud systems in a unified data model. Continue Reading
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18 May 2021
PlanetScale launches new database-as-a-service platform
The main vendor behind the open source Vitess distributed SQL cloud platform for MySQL is out with a new cloud platform that will integrate well with developer-based workflows. Continue Reading
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13 May 2021
ChaosSearch brings SQL to cloud data lake platform
The cloud data lake engine provider expands beyond log search, with a multi-model API that now includes SQL query execution for analytics and BI. Continue Reading
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12 May 2021
Kafka users detail real-time data benefits
Confluent introduces a series of new real-time data efforts as users of the open source data-streaming technology outline real-world deployment applications. Continue Reading
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11 May 2021
K2View updates DataOps platform with data fabric automation
A data operations platform vendor is bringing new capabilities to its data platform that will help organizations more easily integrate and automate the movement of data. Continue Reading
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06 May 2021
MariaDB expands SkySQL cloud database for high availability
The Xpand distributed SQL capability is now generally available on the MariaDB SkySQL DBaaS, providing users with more performance and scalability. Continue Reading
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05 May 2021
Future of data management is in the cloud
Organizations are increasingly moving their data management efforts to the cloud with cloud database systems set to produce the majority of revenue by 2022. Continue Reading
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04 May 2021
Syniti boosts DataOps chops with DMR merger
The CEO of an enterprise data management vendor explains why his firm is merging with Data Migration Resources to expand their reach and data quality offerings. Continue Reading
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27 Apr 2021
Oracle Enterprise Manager 13.5 unifies database management
The updated tool introduces a database workload analyzer feature to help administrators optimize operation on premises and in the cloud. Continue Reading
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Feature
27 Apr 2021
Data quality for big data: Why it's a must and how to improve it
As data volumes increase exponentially, methods to improve and ensure big data quality are critical in making accurate, effective and trusted business decisions. Continue Reading
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22 Apr 2021
Redis Labs previews future database and caching features
Open source database vendor previews a series of upcoming improvements as Redis users at RedisConf 2021 provide insights into how they are using the technology today. Continue Reading
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22 Apr 2021
Enterprise augmented data management benefits and growth
Gartner predicts plenty of growth in the booming augmented data management market, which helps data professionals focus on insights over administrative tasks. Continue Reading
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21 Apr 2021
Oracle brings GoldenGate data integration service to cloud
Oracle is making its GoldenGate real-time data technology available on its second-generation Oracle Cloud Infrastructure platform, as well as enabling multi-cloud operations. Continue Reading
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20 Apr 2021
Era Software raises $15.25M for enterprise data management
The startup that began as the EraDB time series database is advancing its efforts with new funding and a cloud service for its EraSearch data management platform. Continue Reading
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20 Apr 2021
Dgraph GraphQL database users detail graph use cases
Graph DB vendor Dgraph Labs is expanding its AWS cloud footprint with new regions and adding change data capture capabilities in its latest open source release. Continue Reading
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19 Apr 2021
Pandemic triggered data security movement to DBaaS
Database-as-a-service technology has aided enterprises tasked with keeping data secure with IT professionals working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue Reading
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15 Apr 2021
Soda launches cloud service to improve data observability
Data quality vendor Soda has had a busy 2021, building out new services and raising funding to help organizations identify and remediate data quality problems. Continue Reading
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15 Apr 2021
Bigeye raises $17M Series A funding to boost data quality
The former Uber product manager and current CEO and co-founder of a startup outlines the challenges and opportunities of enabling a new data trust platform with data quality at its foundation. Continue Reading
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13 Apr 2021
Informatica pulls together cloud data management in the cloud
Informatica rolls out its Intelligent Data Management Cloud, as customers provide insight into cloud data management challenges and opportunities at Informatica World 2021. Continue Reading
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Feature
09 Apr 2021
Why consider an augmented data catalog?
Automated and augmented data catalogs have been around for a few years, but adoption is still lagging. Find out why an enterprise may consider investing in the technology. Continue Reading
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07 Apr 2021
Alation brings data catalog technology to the public cloud
Alation's data intelligence technology is getting easier for organizations to use, with a new managed service that can help enterprises better use the data they have. Continue Reading
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07 Apr 2021
Yellowbrick Manager embraces Kubernetes for data warehouse
Yellowbrick is building out a new unified control plane to help users manage distributed cloud data warehouse deployments. The vendor also advanced its data lake integration. Continue Reading
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07 Apr 2021
Trifacta unveils new integrations to enable data wrangling
Trifacta on Wednesday unveiled an updated tool to enable customers to work with their directly in Google BigQuery along with two new integrations designed to improve data preparation. Continue Reading
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06 Apr 2021
Upsolver raises $25M for no-code data lake platform
Upsolver's CEO discusses why the vendor is raising new money to advance its cloud data lake go-to-market efforts, and technologies such as the open source Presto query engine. Continue Reading
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05 Apr 2021
Data warehouse environment modernization tools and tips
A data warehouse environment is made up of many tools and systems. Read on to learn the history of the modern data warehouse and how they're currently evolving. Continue Reading
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02 Apr 2021
Vaccination data poses data management challenges for firms
If companies are considering the use of vaccination credentials to reopen offices, IT teams should start planning now. Continue Reading
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31 Mar 2021
Why consider an open source data catalog
Enterprise data catalogs offer organizations plenty of benefits with metadata management and data organization. Find out why some enterprises choose open source data catalogs. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
31 Mar 2021
How parallelization works in streaming systems
Dive into this book excerpt from 'Grokking Streaming Systems' and learn the crucial role the parallelization process plays in the design of a streaming system. Continue Reading
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30 Mar 2021
Aiven set to grow open source database-as-a-service platform
There is no shortage of challenges and competition in the open source database market, but Aiven CTO Heikki Nousiainen sees opportunities for growth. Continue Reading
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30 Mar 2021
How a DataOps pipeline can support your data
DataOps has created a lot of hype as a data management pipeline because of its focus on collaboration and flexibility. Read on to find out how these priorities support your data. Continue Reading
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26 Mar 2021
Top open source database advantages for enterprises
Open source databases typically offer lower upfront costs and more community support and, in recent years, have offered strong competition to commercial database offerings. Continue Reading
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26 Mar 2021
Presto users detail what's next for open source SQL engine
The open source Presto project is gaining adoption beyond just Uber and Facebook as the need to connect and query disparate sources of data continues to be in demand. Continue Reading
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24 Mar 2021
CrateDB 4.5 takes distributed SQL database open source
The distributed SQL database vendor is out with a new version of its CrateDB database that brings improved security and management features for on-premises and cloud deployments. Continue Reading
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24 Mar 2021
Incorta 5 advances direct data mapping technology
The big data analytics platform vendor will add more data connectors and advance data visualization capabilities as enterprises' need for more insights from data continues to grow. Continue Reading
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17 Mar 2021
Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse updated with new data tools
Oracle is updating its cloud data warehouse platform with new tools that aim to enable users to more easily benefit from data analytics and machine learning predictions. Continue Reading
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17 Mar 2021
Instaclustr acquires Credativ to boost managed databases
The managed open source database services vendor is looking to grow its platform offering by bringing in new expertise to enable PostgreSQL deployments. Continue Reading
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16 Mar 2021
Starburst and Varada partner for Trino data platform effort
Managing Trino, the open source project formerly known as PrestoSQL, could get easier and faster with a new partnership from two leading vendors in the market. Continue Reading
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12 Mar 2021
Flatfile looks to be universal translator for data loading
Startup raises new funding to help advance its vision for making it easier for business users to extract, load and transform data from one source to another. Continue Reading
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11 Mar 2021
Bias in big data: How to find it and mitigate influence
It's no secret that bias exists in large data sets, ; the key is addressing it. With transparency, diversity and accountability, limiting that bias can be possible. Continue Reading
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10 Mar 2021
Precisely looks to boost data integrity software platform
Precisely is getting an infusion of capital as it moves forward with its decades-long business mission to help organizations use data effectively to make key decisions. Continue Reading
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09 Mar 2021
Apache Daffodil advancing Data Format Description Language
Data integration and data loading efforts could get easier to execute, as open source DFDL project becomes a Top-Level Project at the Apache Software Foundation. Continue Reading
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05 Mar 2021
Oracle Database 21c looks for adoption of blockchain tables
Blockchain isn't just for cryptocurrency. The technology can be an additional layer of security and authenticity enabling an immutable transaction ledger in a relational database. Continue Reading
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04 Mar 2021
Yugabyte raises $48M to build out distributed SQL database
The leader of a young open source database company explains why the vendor is raising new money as the demand for cloud scalability continues to grow. Continue Reading
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02 Mar 2021
Microsoft ignites Apache Cassandra Azure service
Microsoft rolled out a series of enhancements for the company's cloud data efforts, including updates to Azure Cosmos DB and a new database service for Cassandra. Continue Reading
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02 Mar 2021
Airbyte set to advance open source data integration platform
The CEO of a data integration startup explains how he is looking to grow the technology and community behind the vendor's open source data extract and loading platform. Continue Reading
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26 Feb 2021
Open source database migration guide: How to transition
Open source database transitions have been on the rise as they prove to be worthy competitors to commercial database options, but that transition requires strategy and user buy-in. Continue Reading
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25 Feb 2021
DataStax Astra serverless DBaaS optimizes deployments
DataStax is changing how its DBaaS works, providing a way for users to more easily scale both up and own and only pay for the resources that are consumed. Continue Reading
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25 Feb 2021
AWS Data Exchange and the third-party cloud data marketplace
The general manager of the AWS Data Exchange data feed service details what the cloud data marketplace is all about and where it's headed in the future. Continue Reading
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23 Feb 2021
Hasura 2.0 expands GraphQL API-to-database connectivity
Hasura is looking beyond solely transactional databases with its new platform update, enabling users to more easily connect with BigQuery as well as other data sources. Continue Reading
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22 Feb 2021
The top 5 graph database advantages for enterprises
Graph databases offer plenty of advantages to organizations in the way they connect data points to each other. Read on to see what experts say the top advantages are. Continue Reading
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19 Feb 2021
Alation 2021.1 data catalog improves data intelligence
Alation updated its platform with new features for data discovery and search, as well as more data governance capabilities to enhance data trust. Continue Reading
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18 Feb 2021
Why your data story matters and how to tell it
Data storytelling isn't just for business analysts. Find out how to build a data management story and why you need to have one in the first place. Continue Reading
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18 Feb 2021
Grafana Enterprise brings observability stack on premises
Grafana Labs is launching a new on-premises project stack for data observability, based on a series of open source projects that the company leads or supports. Continue Reading
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16 Feb 2021
Matillion raises $100M for ETL to enable data middleware
The co-founder and CEO of Matillion, talks about his company’'s latest round of Series D funding and how data will be the key to success for many organizations in 2021. Continue Reading
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16 Feb 2021
New SingleStore CIO's vision is to enrich lives through data
Oliver Schabenberger is moving from BI and analytics to data management, and in this Q&A discusses his surprising departure from an established vendor to go to a newer company. Continue Reading
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12 Feb 2021
Cloud data catalog benefits for the enterprise
Vendor cloud data catalog options are expanding and offering more automated tools to end users. Read on to find out how enterprises can benefit from these options. Continue Reading
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12 Feb 2021
YugabyteDB 2.4 brings new Spark to distributed SQL database
Distributed SQL database vendor issues new stable release of its platform, adding support for Apache Spark 3.0 and encryption for data at rest. Continue Reading
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12 Feb 2021
Starburst Galaxy brings Trino to the cloud
Starburst previewed a new managed service based on the open source Trino-based data management and query engine platform technology during the Datanova virtual conference. Continue Reading
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11 Feb 2021
Talend CEO talks about vendor's growth strategy
With its cloud business a primary driver of growth, Talend is progressing toward the goal of increasing annual revenue from $250 million to $1 billion. Continue Reading
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10 Feb 2021
Time series database firm EraDB launches Erasearch
EraDB made its EraSearch log management platform generally available, providing organizations with a system that can help improve performance and scalability. Continue Reading
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09 Feb 2021
Monte Carlo gets new funding to expand data observability
The CEO of data management startup Monte Carlo, which raised $25 million in Series B funding Tuesday, details her views on the key pillars of data reliability. Continue Reading
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05 Feb 2021
Hazelcast Jet 4.4 brings SQL to stream processing engine
Hazelcast Jet brings new SQL query capabilities to the stream processing platform that will enable developers to continuously query streaming data without interrupting data flow. Continue Reading
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04 Feb 2021
Vendia raises $15.5M for serverless blockchain data sharing
Vendia is building out its data platform that uses distributed ledger blockchain technology to help organizations and developers more easily share data. Continue Reading
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04 Feb 2021
Data catalog comparison to help you choose your best fit
Data catalog options vary across vendors, but, as with most decisions in the data realm, it takes self-knowledge to make the right choice and understand each option's capabilities. Continue Reading
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03 Feb 2021
Collibra acquires predictive data quality vendor OwlDQ
With OwlDQ, Collibra is bringing data quality capabilities to its data intelligence platform to help users better understand and evaluate the impact of different sources of data. Continue Reading
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02 Feb 2021
MongoDB Realm Sync simplifies cloud data synchronization
MongoDB put into general availability its mobile Realm database to data synchronization service, easing the challenge for developers to connect data from the edge to the cloud. Continue Reading
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01 Feb 2021
Databricks fueling data lakehouse goals with $1B funding round
Databricks gets a major vote of confidence from big name investors, including Franklin Templeton, as it raises new funding to help it advance its cloud data management technology efforts. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
29 Jan 2021
Creating a data advantage by building a data ecosystem
Developing a data ecosystem will improve personalization and customer retention. Find out how data mining across channels can build a data advantage for your organization. Continue Reading
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29 Jan 2021
Apache Iceberg rising for new cloud data lake platforms
The open source Apache Iceberg project is helping to define a new data tier for cloud data lakes that can help to improve performance and access for large data sets. Continue Reading
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28 Jan 2021
Pandemic exposes difficulty of data management in education
Limited resources and a shift to remote learning have shown the inequalities across school districts when it comes to data management and the negative impact this can have. Continue Reading
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27 Jan 2021
DataStax enters event streaming market with Apache Pulsar
DataStax is getting into the event streaming market with the acquisition of Kesque, which uses the open source Apache Pulsar project as the foundation for its platform. Continue Reading
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27 Jan 2021
Neo4j unveils cloud graph database for the enterprise
Neo4j Aura Enterprise is a fully-managed cloud database built for large organizations. The vendor previously developed Aura Professional, a similar tool for SMBs. Continue Reading
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22 Jan 2021
Data fabrics help data lakes seek the truth
Data fabrics can play a key role in aligning business goals with the integration, governance, reliability and democratization of information collected in massive data lakes. Continue Reading
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21 Jan 2021
Kyligence builds out data cloud for OLAP and big data
Kyligence is advancing the Apache Kylin project with a cloud-native offering that can help organizations more efficiently execute and manage data queries against large data sets. Continue Reading
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21 Jan 2021
Augmented data preparation the next step for self-service BI
Augmented data tools play a key role in expanding data use across organizations. Read on to find out how augmented data preparation tools democratize data in self-service BI. Continue Reading
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20 Jan 2021
Fivetran data connectors boost enterprise data integration
An enterprise data integration vendor is building out its suite of data connectors with updates for organizations to create data pipelines for business processes and analytics. Continue Reading
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15 Jan 2021
Informatica takes Customer 360 master data management to cloud
Updated MDM service benefits from integrations with the broader cloud-native Informatica platform that is built on top of a microservices Kubernetes-based architecture. Continue Reading
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15 Jan 2021
ScyllaDB NoSQL database to improve with Project Circe
ScyllaDB Project Circe sets out to help improve consistency, elasticity and performance for the open source NoSQL database. Continue Reading
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13 Jan 2021
Oracle Database 21c brings blockchain and JavaScript
Oracle's flagship DB platform is moving beyond its roots with the 21c update, to embrace more languages and models in a bid to create a universal converged database offering. Continue Reading
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12 Jan 2021
Cockroach Labs nabs $160M to grow distributed SQL database
Cockroach Labs is looking to advance its CockroachDB database platform in 2021 with $160 million in new funding that it will use to help expand features and market reach. Continue Reading
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08 Jan 2021
Starburst raises $100M as PrestoSQL rebrands as Trino
Starburst is advancing its enterprise data platform with new funding that will help advance its cloud efforts around the open source Trino query engine formerly known as PrestoSQL. Continue Reading
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07 Jan 2021
Open source database comparison to choose the right tool
These are four of the most popular open source relational databases available to enterprises with a comparison chart to help you find the best option to fit your data. Continue Reading
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07 Jan 2021
Quest Software adds data governance and DataOps with Erwin
With new data modeling, catalog and governance technology from an acquisition, Quest looks to build a broader data platform to help organizations optimize and benefit from data. Continue Reading
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06 Jan 2021
Dremio raises $135M to boost data lake transformation effort
The CEO of Dremio outlines why the vendor is growing as organizations increasingly rely on cloud data storage to fuel business intelligence and analytics. Continue Reading
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06 Jan 2021
How Alation builds on data catalog for data intelligence
Aaron Kalb, co-founder and Chief Data and Analytics Officer (CDAO) of Alation, provides insight into the evolution of his company's technology to embrace data governance that enables data intelligence for organizations to fully benefit from their data assets. Continue Reading
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Definition
04 Jan 2021
What is feature engineering?
Feature engineering is the process that takes raw data and transforms it into features that can be used to create a predictive model using machine learning or statistical modeling, such as deep learning. Continue Reading
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30 Dec 2020
What FAIR data management means for your enterprise
The FAIR principles were made to promote the sharing of data in the research field, but their guidance can help organizations in other industries improve their own data practices. Continue Reading
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29 Dec 2020
Emerging data management trends to watch in 2021
A number of nascent efforts across the enterprise data landscape became manifest in 2020 that are likely to become larger trends into 2021, including the data lakehouse, Iceberg and Presto. Continue Reading
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28 Dec 2020
ChaosSearch looks to bring order to data lakes
Data lakes are like junk drawers in the sky, but new tech from ChaosSearch organizes the mess and makes it searchable. Here, CEO Ed Walsh shares the details and what's next in 2021. Continue Reading
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23 Dec 2020
New data warehouse schema design benefits business users
The Unified Star Schema is a revolution in data warehouse schema design. Learn the benefits of this new architecture and read an excerpt from a new book about it. Continue Reading
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22 Dec 2020
Ascend aims to ease data ingestion with low-code approach
Data platform vendor Ascend has announced a new low-code approach to building out data pipelines on cloud data lakes to accelerate analysis and insights. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
17 Dec 2020
Apache Pulsar vs. Kafka and other data processing technologies
David Kjerrumgaard looks at how the distributed messaging platform Apache Pulsar handles storage compared to Apache Kafka and other data processing technologies. Continue Reading
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16 Dec 2020
Data anonymization best practices protect sensitive data
See how data anonymization best practices can help your organization protect sensitive data and those who could be at risk if that data identified them. Continue Reading
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15 Dec 2020
AWS expands cloud databases with data virtualization
At AWS re:invent 2020 the public cloud giant unveiled enhancements to its database and analytics portfolio, including the Babelfish project for migrating from SQL Server to PostgreSQL. Continue Reading
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15 Dec 2020
Cloud data warehouse Firebolt secures $37 million at launch
Firebolt, a new challenger to established cloud data storage vendors including Microsoft and Google, launched recently after securing $37 million in financing. Continue Reading