Data Management
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Opinion
26 Aug 2026
Why anonymization alone no longer protects sensitive data
Anonymized data is still valuable, but organizations that rely on it alone can expose their business and customers to privacy, regulatory and reputational risk. Continue Reading
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News
26 Aug 2026
CIOs say data engineers, AI architects hardest roles to fill
CIOs face a growing talent gap as AI changes IT roles. Seven IT leaders explain which skills are hardest to find and what hiring teams should look for. Continue Reading
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Feature
02 Jun 2023
Data mesh helping fuel Sloan Kettering's cancer research
The cancer hospital and research center began using tools from data management vendor Dremio two years ago to decentralize its data operations and improve speed-to-insight. Continue Reading
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Opinion
01 Jun 2023
6 ways Amazon Security Lake could boost security analytics
Amazon's new security-focused data lake holds promise -- including possibly changing the economics around secure data storage. Continue Reading
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Definition
31 May 2023
data lakehouse
A data lakehouse is a data management architecture that combines the key features and the benefits of a data lake and a data warehouse. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
31 May 2023
How to approach data mesh implementation
Data mesh takes a decentralized approach to data management, setting it apart from data lakes and warehouses. Organizations can transition to data mesh with progressive steps. Continue Reading
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News
25 May 2023
Fivetran's new funding a hedge against economic uncertainty
The data integration vendor added $125 million in financing to not only fuel R&D but also ensure that operations remain smooth if there is a recession. Continue Reading
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News
25 May 2023
Snowflake acquisition of Neeva to add generative AI
The pending purchase will let the data cloud vendor infuse generative AI throughout its data management suite and potentially open the technology's use to a broader audience. Continue Reading
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Feature
22 May 2023
Data stack benefits evolve with modernization
Modernizing data operations changes the way organizations use data stacks. Industry experts share definitions for the new form of data stacks, what it includes and its benefits. Continue Reading
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Opinion
19 May 2023
Empower decision-making with real-time insights
Using the right strategies is a crucial key to unlocking the benefits of real-time analytics and empowering organizations with agile data-driven decision-making. Continue Reading
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News
18 May 2023
Confluent platform update targets streaming data quality
The vendor unveiled a tool designed to address concerns about the quality of continuous data as well as a feature that enables secure continuous data sharing. Continue Reading
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Feature
17 May 2023
Peloton rides, runs, rows with AWS for data management
The connected fitness company has long used AWS tools. When its data volume surged during COVID-19, Redshift was critical -- and still is as the company attempts a fiscal comeback. Continue Reading
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News
16 May 2023
Qlik completes purchase of Talend, boosts integration suite
With the acquisition, the longtime analytics vendor adds a data fabric approach and improved data quality and governance prowess to its burgeoning data integration platform. Continue Reading
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Tip
15 May 2023
Mainframe databases teach an old dog new survival tricks
Long predicted to fade away in favor of more modern architectures, mainframes still play an integral role in corporate IT strategies, thanks to advances in database software. Continue Reading
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Feature
12 May 2023
Data mesh vs. other data management options
Data mesh takes a decentralized approach to data management and deriving value from data. It shares similarities with data warehouses, lakes and fabrics, but differs in philosophy. Continue Reading
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Definition
11 May 2023
data pipeline
A data pipeline is a set of network connections and processing steps that moves data from a source system to a target location and transforms it for planned business uses. Continue Reading
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Opinion
10 May 2023
Informatica World 2023: Cloud, data and AI together
Informatica launched the generative AI Claire GPT product and plans to offer Intelligent Data Management Cloud as a Microsoft Azure Native ISV Service. Continue Reading
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News
10 May 2023
Informatica unveils plan to infuse Claire with generative AI
The longtime independent vendor plans to infuse its existing AI engine with generative AI to simplify data management by enabling customers to use natural language. Continue Reading
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Feature
04 May 2023
Essential skills for data-centric developers
To become more data-driven, organizations need data-centric developers. Developers can learn a mix of technical and interpersonal skills to be an attractive candidate for the job. Continue Reading
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Opinion
02 May 2023
Modernizing a data warehouse for real-time decisions
Updating a data warehouse to improve scalability, flexibility, security and speed is necessary to keep pace with real-time analytics demands. Continue Reading
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Feature
02 May 2023
Data steward responsibilities fill data quality role
Data stewards tie together data operations. From quality to governance to boosting collaboration, data stewards are valuable members of any data effort. Continue Reading
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News
28 Apr 2023
New Starburst, DBT integration eases data transformation
The integration enables data mesh adopters to work with data from multiple sources without having to move it in and out of a central repository for transformation and analysis. Continue Reading
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News
27 Apr 2023
InfluxData update ups speed, power of time series database
The new version of InfluxDB features an architecture built with Apache Arrow and written in Rust to improve the speed and flexibility of the time series database. Continue Reading
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News
24 Apr 2023
IBM acquires Ahana, steward of open source PrestoDB
The purchase not only gives IBM a managed SaaS and AWS marketplace version of the popular open-source Presto database, but membership in the Presto Foundation as well. Continue Reading
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News
18 Apr 2023
Rockset adds vector embedding support to real-time database
The real-time database vendor now enables users to search and combine unstructured data with structured and semi-structured data to provide more in-depth modeling and analysis. Continue Reading
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Tip
14 Apr 2023
Enhance data governance with distributed data stewardship
Data stewardship and distributed stewardship models bring different tools to data governance strategies. Organizations need to understand the differences to choose the best fit. Continue Reading
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News
04 Apr 2023
Alation unveils enhanced partnerships with Databricks, DBT
The data catalog vendor launched new connectors with its partners designed to help joint customers better understand data in their lakehouses and more easily transform the data. Continue Reading
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Feature
23 Mar 2023
Book excerpt: Data mesh increases data access and value
Zhamak Dehghani, a pioneer in data mesh technology, discusses how the concept decentralizes data to improve data-related decision-making and value in her book. Continue Reading
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Opinion
16 Mar 2023
Data lakes: Key to the modern data management platform
Data lakes influence the modern data management platform at all levels. Organizations can gain faster insights, save costs, improve governance and boost self-service data access. Continue Reading
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Definition
15 Mar 2023
data integration
Data integration is the process of combining data from multiple source systems to create unified sets of information for both operational and analytical uses. Continue Reading
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Definition
14 Mar 2023
transcription error
A transcription error is a type of data entry error commonly made by human operators or by optical character recognition (OCR) programs. Continue Reading
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News
06 Mar 2023
New high-volume agent connectors highlight Fivetran update
The data ingestion specialist's latest platform update focuses on enabling users to ingest high volumes of data to fuel real-time analysis and adds a new private deployment option. Continue Reading
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Tip
02 Mar 2023
Data stewardship: Essential to data governance strategies
As data governance gets increasingly complicated, data stewards are stepping in to manage security and quality. Without one, organizations lose speed, quality info and opportunity. Continue Reading
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Opinion
02 Mar 2023
What's all this talk about data mesh?
Data mesh brings a variety of benefits to data management, but it also presents challenges if organizations don't have the right culture and infrastructure in place. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
28 Feb 2023
Successful data analytics starts with the discovery process
As organizational data grows more complex, discovery processes help organizations identify patterns to solve potential issues and improve business processes. Continue Reading
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Definition
28 Feb 2023
data warehouse
A data warehouse is a repository of data from an organization's operational systems and other sources that supports analytics applications to help drive business decision-making. Continue Reading
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Opinion
13 Feb 2023
Avoid data sprawl with a single source of truth
Enterprise Strategy Group research shows organizations are struggling with real-time data insights. A single source of truth can make operations more efficient and more accurate. Continue Reading
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News
10 Feb 2023
InfluxData raises $81M to advance time series capabilities
The vendor is the creator and lead sponsor of the open source InfluxDB database and plans to use the new funding to further product development as it aims for profitability. Continue Reading
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Opinion
25 Jan 2023
ESG predicts 2023 shifts for DataOps, data management
Organizations are using cloud technologies and DataOps to access real-time data insights and decision-making in 2023, according to Enterprise Strategy Group research. Continue Reading
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Feature
19 Jan 2023
Data management trends: Convergence and more money
The past year focused heavily on data intelligence, lakehouse development and observability as vendors innovated to help enterprises make effective use of converged data and technologies. Continue Reading
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Feature
17 Jan 2023
Data-centric developer responsibilities evolve in 2022
Enterprise Strategy Group Analyst Stephen Catanzano discusses how data-centric developer responsibilities are evolving as technological advancements enable more data use. Continue Reading
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Opinion
12 Jan 2023
Organizations capitalize on intelligent data management
Intelligent data management concepts are opening new avenues for organizations to make better data-centric decisions and extract more value from their data. Continue Reading
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Definition
29 Dec 2022
database replication
Database replication is the frequent electronic copying of data from a database in one computer or server to a database in another -- so that all users share the same level of information. Continue Reading
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Definition
29 Dec 2022
DataOps
DataOps is an Agile approach to designing, implementing and maintaining a distributed data architecture that will support a wide range of open source tools and frameworks in production. Continue Reading
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Answer
28 Dec 2022
Comparing DBMS vs. RDBMS: Key differences
A relational database management system is the most popular type of DBMS for business uses. Find out how RDBMS software differs from other DBMS technologies. Continue Reading
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Definition
21 Dec 2022
data observability
Data observability is a process and set of practices that aim to help data teams understand the overall health of the data in their organization's IT systems. Continue Reading
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Feature
20 Dec 2022
Data forecast for 2023: Time to extract more value
Expect more organizations to optimize data usage to drive decision intelligence and operations in 2023, as the new year will be one of economic challenges for many. Continue Reading
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News
15 Dec 2022
Apache Cassandra 4.1 extends open source NoSQL database
The open source Cassandra database is out with its first major update in 18 months, bringing with it an improved consensus protocol to boost transaction performance. Continue Reading
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News
13 Dec 2022
Aiven launches managed ClickHouse database as a service
The open source database cloud services vendor continues to expand the number of technologies it supports, adding new analytics capabilities in a managed offering. Continue Reading
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News
13 Dec 2022
SingleStoreDB 8.0 brings WebAssembly to unified database
The database vendor updates its hybrid transactional and analytical database with new JSON data query acceleration technology and developer support for WebAssembly. Continue Reading
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Tip
12 Dec 2022
Data tenancy maturity model boosts performance and security
A data tenancy maturity model can boost an organization's data operations and help improve the protection of customer data. Improvement is tracked through tiers of data tenancy. Continue Reading
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News
08 Dec 2022
CockroachDB brings user-defined functions to distributed SQL
User-defined functions land in Cockroach Labs' new database update aiming to improve application development. The release also adds Intelligent Insights for performance monitoring. Continue Reading
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Feature
08 Dec 2022
Disney improves data integration efficiency with AWS Glue
During the pandemic, Disney revamped its data integration process after the media and entertainment giant's existing data integration tools proved unable to meet its new needs. Continue Reading
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Opinion
08 Dec 2022
AWS DataZone headlines AWS re:Invent 2022
AWS DataZone will enable the sharing, search and discovery of data at scale with less risk. It is one of many data advancements announced at AWS re:Invent 2022. Continue Reading
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Feature
05 Dec 2022
What is a data warehouse analyst?
Data warehouse analysts help organizations manage the repositories of analytics data and use them effectively. Here's a look at the role and its responsibilities. Continue Reading
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Feature
05 Dec 2022
Evaluating data warehouse deployment options and use cases
There's still a place for data warehouses in data architectures. But first, ask whether your organization needs one and what type of technology platform is the best fit. Continue Reading
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News
02 Dec 2022
EDB brings new tools to open source PostgreSQL database
The database vendor released new extensions designed to help PostgreSQL users with best practices for storage, user access and performance optimizations for database operations. Continue Reading
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Tip
01 Dec 2022
Data observability benefits entire data pipeline performance
Data observability benefits include improving data quality and identifying issues in the pipeline process, but also has challenges organizations must solve for success. Continue Reading
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News
30 Nov 2022
AWS adds data quality, scalability services for cloud data
The cloud giant expanded its data portfolio with a series of features designed to help organizations more easily scale database and data warehouse deployments. Continue Reading
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Definition
30 Nov 2022
OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog)
An OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog) is an online bibliography of a library collection that is available to the public Continue Reading
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News
29 Nov 2022
AWS expands cloud data options with Amazon DataZone
The cloud computing giant at its AWS re:Invent 2022 conference introduced a series of new capabilities to help organizations better integrate and manage data across services. Continue Reading
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News
28 Nov 2022
Alation Connected Sheets extends data intelligence platform
The data intelligence vendor's Connected Sheets lets spreadsheet users directly pull in data sets from a data catalog to improve data governance and visibility. Continue Reading
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Tip
28 Nov 2022
5 steps to an improved data quality assurance plan
Follow these steps to develop a data quality assurance plan and management strategy that can help identify data errors before they cause big business problems. Continue Reading
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News
23 Nov 2022
How Fauna looks to advance serverless database technology
The CEO of the serverless database vendor is overseeing his firm's drive to build out a developer-focused database as an API to let organizations deploy applications faster. Continue Reading
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Tip
18 Nov 2022
6 data observability open source tools to consider
Learn about six data observability open source options helping organizations pursue data science experiments that are more budget-friendly and flexible than commercial tools. Continue Reading
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News
17 Nov 2022
Alluxio 2.9 scales out open source data orchestration
Multi-environment cluster synchronization lands in Alluxio platform to give organizations a single view of data across multiple deployments, wherever they are located. Continue Reading
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16 Nov 2022
Microsoft SQL Server 2022 bridges on-premises to cloud
Enabling hybrid deployments that span the cloud and on-premises is the key goal for Microsoft's latest update of its 33-year-old relational database. Continue Reading
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16 Nov 2022
PlanetScale boosts cloud database with data caching
The database vendor will enable users to speed up queries that are running slowly with its new Boost service, which uses insights about query performance. Continue Reading
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15 Nov 2022
Redpanda updates event data streaming cloud platform
The event data streaming vendor rebuilt its cloud system using technology acquired in April, providing a new user console and interface to let organizations use real-time data. Continue Reading
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15 Nov 2022
MotherDuck raises $47.5M for open source DuckDB database
The database startup received new funding to build out a hybrid cloud platform that will let organizations run DuckDB both in the cloud and on premises. Continue Reading
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News
10 Nov 2022
Speedb data engine brings key value store to open source
The startup looks to provide a competitive alternative to RocksDB by building out its data technology and community of developers with a move to an open source methodology. Continue Reading
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News
09 Nov 2022
Neo4j 5 accelerates graph database queries
The cypher query language got a big boost in the Neo4j 5 database update, letting users execute more complex queries faster than with earlier releases. Continue Reading
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News
07 Nov 2022
Snowflake data cloud adds Python, multi-cloud collaboration
The cloud data vendor released preview updates to its platform to accelerate data queries, better support multi-cloud operations and boost developer productivity. Continue Reading
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07 Nov 2022
EdgeDB raises $15M for open source graph-relational database
The startup vendor of open source database technology raised new money to help build out a platform that aims to relieve the object-relational impedance mismatch. Continue Reading
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News
03 Nov 2022
Momento accelerates databases with serverless data caching
The startup has built a new platform that lets organizations more easily scale and accelerate database queries in the cloud without adding more infrastructure. Continue Reading
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03 Nov 2022
Aerospike Cloud advances real-time database service
The database vendor has steadily advanced its core database technology in 2022 with JSON and Trino support and is now building out a new database-as-a-service platform. Continue Reading
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News
02 Nov 2022
Alation set to advance data intelligence with new $123M
The data intelligence vendor, which aims to help enterprises organize data with data catalog technology, sees fundraising success and market demand for its platform. Continue Reading
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News
01 Nov 2022
Equalum CDC Connect embeds change data capture and streaming
The CDC technology vendor expanded the reach of its real-time data integration platform that provides event data streaming to keep data moving to where it's needed. Continue Reading
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News
27 Oct 2022
Cinchy raises $14.5M to expand dataware data management
The startup's technology aims to help enterprises liberate data from applications where it can be locked so that users can more easily get at data from multiple locations. Continue Reading
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News
26 Oct 2022
InfluxDB Cloud overhauls time series database engine
InfluxData updated its InfluxDB Cloud database service with a new engine, new storage and real-time data capabilities, and expanded support for SQL queries. Continue Reading
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Tip
26 Oct 2022
4 data quality challenges that hinder data operations
Data quality challenges pose a threat to organizations' decision-making. Inaccurate, inconsistent, missing and duplicate data poses threats to cultivating trustworthy data sets. Continue Reading
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News
26 Oct 2022
Serverless PostgreSQL platform Bit.io goes GA, raises $7.5M
PostgreSQL database-as-a-service vendor launches a cloud service that integrates features designed to accelerate data migration from different sources. Continue Reading
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Definition
25 Oct 2022
primary key (primary keyword)
A primary key, also called a primary keyword, is a column in a relational database table that's distinctive for each record. Continue Reading
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Definition
24 Oct 2022
foreign key
A foreign key is a column or columns of data in one table that refers to the unique data values -- often the primary key data -- in another table. Continue Reading
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News
19 Oct 2022
RisingWave Labs raises $36M for stream processing database
Open source-based streaming database vendor looks to expand into the cloud with a database-as-a-service platform written in the Rust programming language. Continue Reading
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News
18 Oct 2022
Oracle Database 23c brings JSON, graph to relational database
The tech giant previewed the next major milestone for its namesake database at the CloudWorld conference, providing users with features to better work with different data models. Continue Reading
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News
18 Oct 2022
Oracle extends MySQL HeatWave database to the data lakehouse
The Oracle MySQL HeatWave service provides both transactional and analytics processing capabilities and now also lets users tap into data lake storage for queries. Continue Reading
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Tip
17 Oct 2022
Make data usability a priority on data quality for big data
To help make big data analytics applications more effective, IT teams must augment conventional data quality processes with measures aimed at improving data usability for analysts. Continue Reading
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Feature
13 Oct 2022
How to reap the benefits of data integration, step by step
A new book lays out a strong case for data integration and guides readers in how to carry out this essential process. Continue Reading
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News
13 Oct 2022
PostgreSQL 15 advances open source relational database
The new release of the widely deployed and supported PostgreSQL platform integrates enhanced logging, data compression, SQL and data replication capabilities. Continue Reading
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News
11 Oct 2022
Google grows data cloud capabilities for data management
The tech giant brings open source Apache Iceberg table format support to its BigLake data lake as it extends BigQuery support for unstructured data and Apache Spark. Continue Reading
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News
06 Oct 2022
ArangoDB expands scope of graph database platform
The database vendor extended its namesake database platform to support machine learning applications with its revamped ArangoGraph Insights Platform cloud database service. Continue Reading
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Opinion
05 Oct 2022
Big Data London focuses on future of data-driven strategies
At Big Data London, data quality and intelligence took center stage as companies strive for fast and efficient delivery of quality information -- and the vendors to make it happen. Continue Reading
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News
04 Oct 2022
Confluent brings designer and governance to streaming data
The streaming data platform vendor added a stream designer and new governance capabilities to its cloud service for organizations working with real-time data coming from Kafka. Continue Reading
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Tip
04 Oct 2022
How to overcome the top 5 DataOps challenges
DataOps is a new tool for effective data use and improved data-driven decision-making. Organizations should prepare for these five DataOps challenges and learn how to overcome them. Continue Reading
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Tip
29 Sep 2022
The future of DataOps trends in 2023 and beyond
DataOps is a growing tool for organizations looking to efficiently distribute accurate data to users. Learn the DataOps trends teams must understand as it evolves. Continue Reading
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Tip
23 Sep 2022
How to build an effective DataOps team
More organizations are turning to DataOps to bolster their data management operations. Learn how to build a team with the right people to ensure DataOps success. Continue Reading
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Feature
23 Sep 2022
How Lufthansa is flying its data warehouse to the cloud
Moving from an on-premises data system to the cloud can be a complex operation. Lufthansa is looking to remove some of the complexity with virtualization. Continue Reading
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News
21 Sep 2022
CockroachDB serverless database debuts with migration tools
After a year in preview, the database vendor is making its serverless offering generally available. It provides a new production-ready database for distributed SQL. Continue Reading
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News
20 Sep 2022
Imply advances Apache Druid real-time analytics database
The database vendor is continuing its effort to evolve the Apache Druid database, developing new capabilities to help users more easily load and transform data. Continue Reading
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News
15 Sep 2022
Google eases cloud database migration, improves Datastream
Google wants to make migrating to its new AlloyDB database easier for its users as well as provide new support for database migration from PostgreSQL. Continue Reading
