Data Management
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Opinion
31 Jul 2026
AI value comes from continuous learning, not automation
The companies pulling ahead in AI aren't doing it by deploying more tools. Rather, they're building the data foundations that make intelligence reusable, scalable and reliable. Continue Reading
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Tip
31 Jul 2026
Integrate structured and unstructured data for better AI outputs
For AI agents to give the most accurate, informed responses, organizations must provide them with all the facts. Even those that are hidden in an old email or customer claim. Continue Reading
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News
11 Mar 2020
Alluxio brings data catalog to data orchestration platform
The newly released Alluxio 2.2 adds new data catalog and transformation capabilities to help organizations bridge the gap between data and analytics. Continue Reading
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News
09 Mar 2020
Matillion Data Loader goes GA: No-code tool addresses data ingestion
Matillion's new tool debuts a SaaS approach to help connect and load data from disparate sources without requiring organizations to conduct data transformations. Continue Reading
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News
06 Mar 2020
Splice Machine 3.0 integrates machine learning capabilities, database
Monte Zweben, co-founder and CEO of Splice Machine, provides insight into what his distributed SQL database company is doing and where it's headed with its new 3.0 update. Continue Reading
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News
06 Mar 2020
DataStax takes aim at open source Cassandra challenges
DataStax has acquired open source Cassandra services firm The Last Pickle, adding in key tools that could help overcome enterprise database adoption challenges. Continue Reading
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Feature
06 Mar 2020
Pros and cons of the 4 best IPaaS software options
Integrating with your cloud data? Choosing between IPaaS software and vendors can be difficult. Here is a breakdown of four of the top-choice vendor offerings on the market. Continue Reading
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News
03 Mar 2020
Talend Data Fabric Winter '20 update brings data inventory
Talend's Winter '20 Data Fabric milestone update integrates a new data inventory capability alongside enhanced data pipeline designer capabilities. Continue Reading
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Feature
03 Mar 2020
The rise of multimodel databases to support data variety
Polyglot persistence has been the predominant answer to supporting diverse data models. But to optimize a variety of data, multimodel databases have been gaining popularity. Continue Reading
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News
25 Feb 2020
Databricks Data Ingestion Network brings data to lakehouse
Databricks Ingest entered a public preview in a move by Databricks to enable a lakehouse that combines the best features of the data lake and data warehouse models. Continue Reading
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News
24 Feb 2020
Lessons learned from Credit Karma GraphQL architecture
Credit Karma's vice president of engineering explains why and how the personal finance service is using the GraphQL data query technology to support its growing business. Continue Reading
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News
21 Feb 2020
EnterpriseDB looks to grow market for PostgreSQL
Enterprises are increasingly using the open source PostgreSQL database. Read in this Q&A where the growth is coming from and how some of it is from users in the cloud. Continue Reading
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Feature
20 Feb 2020
3 of the top use cases for graph databases
Graph databases establish many unique relationships between data points. These unusual relationships are beneficial in many use cases, but here are the top three. Continue Reading
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News
19 Feb 2020
Dell EMC Streaming Data Platform integrates open source technology
Dell combines several open source streaming data technologies, including Apache Kafka, Apache Flink and Pravega, to create a new streaming data platform. Continue Reading
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News
14 Feb 2020
Oracle Data Science efforts advance with new services
Oracle adds news new services to its cloud infrastructure platform in a bid to provide data scientists, as well as data analysts, with data management and query functionality. Continue Reading
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News
11 Feb 2020
Snowflake raises $479 million to boost cloud data warehouse
Snowflake is looking to grow its data warehouse platform with new funding and a partnership with Salesforce that could differentiate its platform from rivals. Continue Reading
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News
10 Feb 2020
GoodData says it is CCPA compliant
GoodData says it is complying with the California Consumer Privacy Act. Meanwhile, founder and CEO Roman Stanek talks about why complexity is a key challenge for data analytics. Continue Reading
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Tip
10 Feb 2020
6 best practices on data governance for big data environments
Efforts to govern big data must corral a mix of structured and unstructured data. That's a challenge for most organizations. These six action items will help. Continue Reading
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News
10 Feb 2020
Incorta improves direct data mapping for data lakes
Bringing disparate sets of data into data lakes for data analytics hasn't always been easy. Incorta tries to do it with its new 4.6 platform update. Continue Reading
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Infographic
10 Feb 2020
NoSQL database comparison to help you choose the right store
With so many NoSQL databases to choose from, how can you tell which is best for your data set? Check out this comparison of some of the most popular NoSQL databases. Continue Reading
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News
05 Feb 2020
Couchbase Cloud takes a new approach to database delivery
Open source NoSQL database vendor Couchbase enters the cloud database market with a database as a service that lets users choose which public cloud vendor they want to use. Continue Reading
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News
04 Feb 2020
Neo4j 4.0 major update boosts graph database security, scalability
Major milestone release of open source graph database platform enhances security with controls to limit the risk of data traversal and add multi-database support. Continue Reading
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News
03 Feb 2020
Pepperdata Query Spotlight provides insight into data queries
New Query Spotlight tool looks to provide visibility across a data analysis cluster into how a query performs over time and why it might have degraded performance. Continue Reading
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News
28 Jan 2020
Informatica data management sets a new direction
Five years after going private, Informatica has a new CEO and an updated data platform with new data management capabilities to better enable business users. Continue Reading
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Tip
28 Jan 2020
Should you host your data lake in the cloud?
On premises or in the cloud: What's the better place for your data lake? Here are some things to consider before deciding where to deploy a big data environment. Continue Reading
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Definition
24 Jan 2020
What is Extract, Load, Transform (ELT)?
Extract, Load, Transform (ELT) is a data integration process for transferring raw data from a source server to a data system (such as a data warehouse or data lake) on a target server and then preparing the information for downstream uses. Continue Reading
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News
23 Jan 2020
Hitachi Vantara acquires data catalog vendor Waterline Data
With the acquisition of Waterline Data, Hitachi Vantara is bringing new data catalog capabilities that will expand the Lumada Data Services and DataOps portfolio. Continue Reading
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News
22 Jan 2020
New Confluent Platform release boosts event streaming quality
Based on the open-source Kafka event streaming platform, the Confluent Platform 5.4 update adds new capabilities to help meet enterprise data management requirements. Continue Reading
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Feature
21 Jan 2020
Where InfluxDB time series database is going
Users need more than SQL for querying databases, according to Paul Dix, co-founder and CTO of InfluxData. That's why the vendor created the Flux data scripting and query language. Continue Reading
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Answer
21 Jan 2020
What are the main features of data catalog software?
Data catalogs are curated data portals for self-service analytics users. Learn about the capabilities of data catalog tools, vendors that sell them and how catalogs work. Continue Reading
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News
16 Jan 2020
MariaDB X4 brings smart transactions to open source database
Open source database vendor MariaDB updates its flagship platform with new features to enable the convergence of transactional and analytical databases. Continue Reading
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News
15 Jan 2020
New Oracle Enterprise Manager release advances hybrid cloud
Oracle updates its Enterprise Manager platform to version 13.4, bringing new hybrid management capabilities to database users across on-premises and cloud deployments. Continue Reading
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News
14 Jan 2020
Former Hortonworks leader named new Cloudera CEO
Cloudera finds a new leader, pulling the former CEO of Hortonworks back into the fold to help set the direction for the big data Hadoop vendor as it moves forward in 2020. Continue Reading
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News
13 Jan 2020
Boomi acquisition of Unifi Software nets data management
Dell Boomi expands its data integration software portfolio by acquiring Unifi Software, providing data preparation and data catalog capabilities. Continue Reading
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Feature
13 Jan 2020
Analytics demands add loftier goals to data warehouse strategies
As the concept of storing data and the technologies needed to do it evolve, companies with set goals in mind are building their data warehouses to maximize analytics outcomes. Continue Reading
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News
10 Jan 2020
ArangoDB 3.6 accelerates performance of multi-model database
New release of multi-model database platform from ArangoDB introduces OneShard feature, along with other query optimization capabilities to help improve overall performance. Continue Reading
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Feature
08 Jan 2020
Evaluate your data governance and privacy best practices
GDPR and CCPA have put data governance in the news. With this increase in data legislation, now is a great time to review your company's data governance policies. Continue Reading
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Feature
07 Jan 2020
NuoDB set to improve distributed SQL performance
Ariff Kassam, CTO of distributed SQL database vendor NuoDB, outlines how his company has embraced cloud native and hints about what's to come in the year ahead. Continue Reading
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Feature
26 Dec 2019
How to improve data governance for self-service analytics
Citizen data scientists and self-service analytics are on the rise as the data scientist shortage continues. Here are some data management best practices to support them. Continue Reading
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News
20 Dec 2019
Apache Kafka version 2.4 improves streaming data performance
The latest release of the Apache Kafka open source event streaming platform adds improved replication and availability capabilities to help boost overall performance. Continue Reading
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News
20 Dec 2019
SolarWinds advances cloud native database monitoring
SolarWinds grows its product portfolio with the acquisition of cloud native database monitoring vendor VividCortex, in a bid to help organizations deal with the challenges of cloud. Continue Reading
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Feature
18 Dec 2019
Q&A: The challenges of cloud-native data management
Cloud native data management isn't usually the first thing on anyone's mind, acknowledges Portworx co-founder and CTO Goutham Rao -- but find out how it's become part of organizations' journey. Continue Reading
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Feature
17 Dec 2019
Data catalog management for analytics fraught with unique demands
Data catalogs for analytics applications demand detailed assessment of user needs, cross-functional teams, ready access, continuous improvement and a self-sustaining system. Continue Reading
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News
13 Dec 2019
Amazon Managed Apache Cassandra Service stokes competition
Vendors in the open source Cassandra NoSQL database market voice their concerns about AWS' entry into the field, as the cloud giant looks to expand its database portfolio. Continue Reading
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News
11 Dec 2019
Aerospike 4.8 advances database persistent memory support
Aerospike 4.8 adds full support for Intel's Optane persistent memory, enabling the NoSQL database to run both the index and data in memory for better overall performance. Continue Reading
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Feature
10 Dec 2019
How to streamline feature engineering for machine learning
Structured data is necessary in machine learning, but sifting through data is time consuming. Streamlining the feature engineering process can help data scientists be more productive. Continue Reading
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News
04 Dec 2019
Amazon cloud database and data analytics expand
AWS expands its Redshift data warehouse capabilities including managed storage and query acceleration at the re:Invent 2019 conference, alongside a new managed Cassandra database service. Continue Reading
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News
02 Dec 2019
Vendors move away from open source database software licensing
While open source is a key to success for many database vendors, it can also potentially lead to a competitive threat from a cloud scale provider. Continue Reading
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Feature
26 Nov 2019
Oracle looks to grow multi-model database features
Decade after decade, Oracle continues to be relevant in the database market as it pivots to include an expanding list of capabilities to serve users, notably cloud. Continue Reading
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News
21 Nov 2019
Confluent introduces ksqlDB event streaming database
Getting streaming data optimized to work inside of a database often involves disparate vendors and technologies, a challenge that Confluent aims to help fix. Continue Reading
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Feature
21 Nov 2019
Future of MongoDB could be brighter than other NoSQL engines
Top NoSQL database MongoDB, once thought of as a revolution in data management, has come back to Earth some, but it still has a chance to stay ahead of competitors. Continue Reading
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News
19 Nov 2019
CockroachDB 19.2 improves distributed database performance
New release of CockroachDB cloud-native distributed database platform helps to reduce latency; it also gets enhanced data backup capabilities. Continue Reading
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News
18 Nov 2019
Redis Labs eases database management with RedisInsight
Based on the open source RDBTools project, Redis Labs' new tool gives database administrators a stable graphical user interface for database management. Continue Reading
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Feature
14 Nov 2019
How AI could save the enterprise data catalog
Enterprise data catalogs record all the databases and files in a corporation, but sometimes it can become out of date. Advances in AI are helping minimize the problem. Continue Reading
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News
13 Nov 2019
With Vitess 4.0, database vendor matures cloud-native platform
Scaling a MySQL database in the cloud is not easy, but the open source Vitess project manages the project at scale for cloud-native Kubernetes deployments. Continue Reading
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Feature
11 Nov 2019
Managing unstructured data is crucial to enterprises' AI goals
Unstructured data makes up a huge portion of most businesses' data volume. But, with data-hungry AI systems coming online, making sense of these stores has never been more important. Continue Reading
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News
08 Nov 2019
ScyllaDB set to improve NoSQL database performance
ScyllaDB has been helpful for big organizations such as Comcast, which was able to trim from nearly 1,000 database nodes to 78 ScyllaDB nodes and now has more room to grow. Continue Reading
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News
06 Nov 2019
Translytical data platforms provide options to unify databases
Forrester identifies top vendors in the translytical database category and common elements that help make the unified database model well adapted for multiple use cases. Continue Reading
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News
05 Nov 2019
Okera shines Spotlight on data lake insights
Data stored in a data lake can be an important asset, but understanding how the data is being used, or in some cases not used, is another challenge altogether. Continue Reading
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Feature
31 Oct 2019
Data silos and culture lead to data transformation challenges
Data continues to grow at a rapid rate, and users are faced with increasing complexity and challenges to make sense of it all in a way that helps improve business outcomes. Continue Reading
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Feature
29 Oct 2019
How enterprises navigate GDPR data management rules
For businesses that operate in the EU, complying with GDPR has to be a top priority. And in many, much of the compliance burden falls on the data management staff. Continue Reading
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News
24 Oct 2019
Grafana Labs observability platform set to grow
Raj Dutt, co-founder and CEO of Grafana Labs, provides insight into what his company is doing and where it's headed, now that it has raised new money and is seeing new use cases for its data observability technology. Continue Reading
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News
24 Oct 2019
Splunk advances Data-to-Everything initiative
Splunk execs outline the vendor's direction and new capabilities at its annual user conference, including the general availability of Data Fabric Search and Data Stream Processor. Continue Reading
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News
21 Oct 2019
Open source database use is a growing trend
Study shows that more users are using open source software for data management, with most organizations using more than one technology to help meet different needs. Continue Reading
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News
18 Oct 2019
Databricks contributes Delta Lake to the Linux Foundation
Databricks has found a new home at the Linux Foundation for its open source Delta Lake data lake project, in a bid to help grow a broader community and accelerate adoption. Continue Reading
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News
17 Oct 2019
Apache Rya matures open source triple store database
Open source triple store database technology used by the U.S. Navy moves forward as a stable, mature project at the Apache Software Foundation. Continue Reading
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News
14 Oct 2019
PostgreSQL 12 boosts open source database performance
Widely used open source PostgreSQL database platform gets a major update providing users with new SQL query capabilities for JSON and improved performance. Continue Reading
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Feature
11 Oct 2019
Data integration vs. ETL in the age of big data
Data integration provides a consistent view of business performance across multiple data sources, though it needs to keep up with the changing needs of organizations and the big data revolution. Continue Reading
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Feature
10 Oct 2019
DOD CDO shares 7 data management best practices
The DOD's first chief data officer, Michael Conlin, shares tips on how organizations can modernize their data management practices with the objective of matching private enterprise. Continue Reading
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Tip
08 Oct 2019
7 steps to a successful data lake implementation
Flooding a Hadoop cluster with data that isn't well organized and managed can stymie analytics efforts. Take these steps to help make your data lake accessible and usable. Continue Reading
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News
08 Oct 2019
MemSQL 7.0 set to advance both row and column data stores
As MemSQL pushes into the cloud with its Helios service, the vendor is also pushing the boundaries of traditional row and column data stores with its SingleStore technology approach. Continue Reading
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News
08 Oct 2019
Couchbase Server 6.5 improves NoSQL database queries
Now available in beta, the Couchbase Server 6.5 update brings distributed ACID transactions and query optimizations to the open source NoSQL database platform. Continue Reading
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Feature
04 Oct 2019
Align business and IT drivers through data quality best practices
Information management consultants talk about the importance of aligning business and IT drivers for a holistic architectural approach to ensuring strong data quality. Continue Reading
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News
02 Oct 2019
Talend offers automated migration to cloud data warehouse
The new capability is supported by BladeBridge's converter technology and includes self-service tools for data preparation and data integration, among other features. Continue Reading
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News
01 Oct 2019
Immuta introduces new features to Automated Data Governance
The new updates also bring about native Hadoop distributed file system workspaces within Immuta and more ways to integrate Immuta with other applications and tools. Continue Reading
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News
30 Sep 2019
Cloud database services multiply to ease admin work by users
The list of vendors offering managed cloud database services is growing rapidly, which gives IT teams more opportunities to offload management of database systems. Continue Reading
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News
26 Sep 2019
Quilt Data emerges from stealth to enable cloud data search
Startup emerges with a new approach to organize and search cloud data storage repositories. Continue Reading
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News
25 Sep 2019
Cloudera Data Platform gives big data users multi-cloud path
Cloudera released a big data platform combining its technologies and ones from Hortonworks, initially in the AWS cloud but with multi-cloud support to come. Continue Reading
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Feature
25 Sep 2019
Database management tools from third parties make natives restless
Third-party database performance tools offer attractive alternatives to management software from DBMS vendors, provided their capabilities include orchestration, governance and integration. Continue Reading
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News
19 Sep 2019
Dremio Data Lake Engine 4.0 accelerates query performance
Dremio issues a new platform update, defining itself as data lake engine technology that looks to help users connect and query data faster in AWS and Azure. Continue Reading
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Feature
19 Sep 2019
Weighing the use of third-party database administration tools
Database expert Chris Foot details the key reasons why DBAs should consider using third-party database administration to fill gaps left by the major database manufacturers. Continue Reading
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News
17 Sep 2019
InfluxDB Cloud 2.0 expands open source time series database
While the core open source InfluxDB 2.0 project is still in alpha, InfluxData has advanced its cloud service to support new features as it grows its time series database service. Continue Reading
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News
16 Sep 2019
New cloud and on-premises options for Oracle Autonomous Database
Oracle introduced new cloud and on-premises deployment options for its namesake database and automated cloud service as Oracle OpenWorld 2019 got underway. Continue Reading
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Feature
16 Sep 2019
How big tech breakup would affect the tech industry
Breaking up the tech giants would be difficult and might create initial chaos in market, help smaller competitors and potentially raise prices for enterprises. Continue Reading
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News
12 Sep 2019
Amazon Quantum Ledger Database brings immutable transactions
Based on technology built internally at Amazon, the tech giant's newest database provides a centralized approach for enabling a cryptographically secure ledger system. Continue Reading
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News
11 Sep 2019
Stibo Systems advances multidomain MDM system
The new Stibo Systems 9.2 update expands the MDM platform's features with Sisense business intelligence integration and machine learning capabilities. Continue Reading
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Definition
11 Sep 2019
What is database normalization?
Database normalization is intrinsic to most relational database schemes. It is a process that organizes data into tables so that results are always unambiguous. Continue Reading
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Definition
11 Sep 2019
T-SQL (Transact-SQL)
T-SQL (Transact-SQL) is a set of programming extensions from Sybase and Microsoft that add several features to the Structured Query Language (SQL), including transaction control, exception and error handling, row processing and declared variables. Continue Reading
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News
05 Sep 2019
Cloudera Data Platform to debut, as big data fortunes waver
The interim CEO of Cloudera is cautiously optimistic about growth prospects as the big data vendor acquired Arcadia Data and planned to bolster its own cloud platform. Continue Reading
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News
04 Sep 2019
Ascend releases Queryable Dataflows for building data pipelines
Ascend releases a technology preview of a capability that will enable data engineers to directly query dataflows, without the need for data to first be in a data warehouse. Continue Reading
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News
29 Aug 2019
Align enterprise data architecture, governance for 'quick wins'
Data management consultant Donna Burbank outlines how effective data governance hinges on the deployment of a comprehensive enterprise data architecture. Continue Reading
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Feature
27 Aug 2019
10 Apache Kafka best practices for data management pros
How can data management teams most effectively deploy and use Apache Kafka in data pipelines and streaming applications? Here are some key guidelines to follow. Continue Reading
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Definition
26 Aug 2019
What is deterministic/probabilistic data?
Deterministic and probabilistic are opposing terms that can be used to describe customer data and how it is collected. Deterministic data is also referred to as first party data. Probabilistic data is information that is based on relational patterns and the likelihood of a certain outcome. Continue Reading
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Definition
22 Aug 2019
What is data activation?
Data activation is a marketing approach that uses consumer information and data analytics to help companies gain real-time insight into target audience behavior and plan for future marketing initiatives. Continue Reading
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News
22 Aug 2019
ArangoDB 3.5 update improves multi-model database platform
ArangoDB 3.5 accelerates its database platform with improved query performance and enhanced data security capabilities, as market demand for multi-model platforms builds. Continue Reading
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News
21 Aug 2019
SnapLogic boosts its data integration technology with AI
SnapLogic's latest update for its Intelligent Integration Platform aims to make it easier for users to benefit from data integration. Continue Reading
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News
20 Aug 2019
DigitalOcean Managed Databases add MySQL, Redis support
Expanding its database management system offerings, cloud computing vendor DigitalOcean added Managed Databases support for MySQL and Redis. Continue Reading
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Feature
20 Aug 2019
Enterprise data marketplace aims to ease self-service chaos
Self-service data preparation can duplicate work and slow down analytics. One possible fix: an internal marketplace where users can 'shop' for data assets. Continue Reading
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Definition
16 Aug 2019
What is Azure SQL Data Warehouse?
Azure SQL Data Warehouse is a managed Data Warehouse-as-a Service (DWaaS) offering provided by Microsoft Azure. Continue Reading
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Definition
16 Aug 2019
What is SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)?
SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) is a SQL Server subsystem that enables the creation of graphical, mobile and printed reports using SQL Server and other data sources. Continue Reading
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News
15 Aug 2019
AWS Lake Formation goes GA, as cloud data lake market grows
First released in late 2018, AWS Lake Formation is now generally available and it could be the force that helps to accelerate adoption in the cloud data lake market. Continue Reading
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News
13 Aug 2019
Apollo data graph brings managed federation to enterprises
The new Apollo update is intended to enable organizations to federate multiple enterprise data sets more easily and use APIs to tap into disparate data sources. Continue Reading