Data Management
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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13 Sep 2022
Oracle brings MySQL Heatwave cloud database service to AWS
The tech giant launched a new MySQL cloud database service running on AWS infrastructure that will support both analytical and transactional database workloads. Continue Reading
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09 Sep 2022
Kafka co-creator details event data streaming evolution
The open source Apache Kafka streaming technology and commercial vendor Confluent have grown over the last decade as organizations increasingly have turned to real-time data. Continue Reading
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Tip
09 Sep 2022
7 data quality best practices to improve data performance
Data quality is essential to operate a successful data pipeline and enable data-driven decision-making. These seven data quality best practices can help improve performance. Continue Reading
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31 Aug 2022
Meta and partners build Velox open source execution engine
The Facebook parent company, along with multiple contributors, including Ahana, Voltron Data and Intel, are developing a new open source technology to make data processing faster. Continue Reading
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30 Aug 2022
Alation adds Snowflake service, updates data catalog
The vendor launched the Alation Cloud Service for Snowflake designed to enable Snowflake users to more easily use Alation's data intelligence capabilities. Continue Reading
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30 Aug 2022
StarTree raises $47M for Apache Pinot-based analytics database
The vendor raised new money to continue to grow its database technology as the applications for analytics databases have expanded in recent years with more real-time data needs. Continue Reading
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24 Aug 2022
Zilliz raises $60M for open source Milvus vector database
The leading commercial backer behind the open source Milvus database project is looking to advance the technology to build out a database for AI application workloads. Continue Reading
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23 Aug 2022
InfluxData eases event streaming data collection
The new Native Collectors service in the cloud is an attempt by the time series database vendor to let users connect to message broker services and event streaming data. Continue Reading
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19 Aug 2022
PlanetScale reaches to the edge with serverless driver
The vendor continues to build out its database-as-a-service platform and is now aiming to make it easier for developers to connect to edge services. Continue Reading
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18 Aug 2022
MariaDB set to expand geospatial database capabilities
With the purchase of CubeWerx, the database vendor will add geospatial capabilities to its SkySQL database service that will enable satellite imagery analysis in applications. Continue Reading
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17 Aug 2022
Arcion data pipeline updates for schema evolution
The vendor added new database support to its change data capture platform including for BigQuery and Imply, as well as features for schema update and data column transformations. Continue Reading
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17 Aug 2022
Cloudera users get fully managed data lakehouse platform
The vendor is expanding its set of offerings with the launch of CDP One, a service initially available only on AWS that enables serverless deployment in the cloud. Continue Reading
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Opinion
15 Aug 2022
The modern data platform drives data-centric organizations
IT leads the modern data platform, functioning as the conduit, efficiently delivering the correct data to the right users, to empower data-driven decision-making in organizations. Continue Reading
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11 Aug 2022
GridGain, Apache Ignite founder talks in-memory databases
Nikita Ivanov details the origin of his company and discusses the growing need organizations have for real-time database processing capabilities to complete modern transactions. Continue Reading
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Feature
09 Aug 2022
A look at Presto, Trino SQL query engines
The co-creator of the open source project at Facebook reflects on 10 years of growth as he helps lead one of its resulting tools into the future. Continue Reading
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Definition
08 Aug 2022
data catalog
A data catalog is a software application that creates an inventory of an organization's data assets to help data professionals and business users find relevant data for analytics uses. Continue Reading
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05 Aug 2022
How CDOs manage cloud adoption and hybrid cloud compliance
Cloud advancements are changing how chief data officers approach cloud data management as they juggle security, privacy and other hybrid cloud compliance issues. Continue Reading
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05 Aug 2022
Hazelcast CEO looks to grow real-time data platform
The CEO of the data streaming vendor discusses the direction Hazelcast is heading in as it launches a serverless platform for real-time processing of streaming and contextual data. Continue Reading
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Tip
03 Aug 2022
Key roles and responsibilities of the modern chief data officer
Chief data officer roles and responsibilities are expanding beyond data strategy, as they are increasingly tasked with cultivating a data-driven culture. Continue Reading
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28 Jul 2022
Truist chief data officer on data management challenges
The CDO of bank holding company Truist outlines what she sees as an optimal data management culture as the demand for data skills continues to grow. Continue Reading
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Tip
25 Jul 2022
The evolution of the chief data officer role
Chief data officers are taking on additional responsibilities beyond data management as they strive to transform organizations' data culture and focus on value creation. Continue Reading
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22 Jul 2022
Apache Beam users detail stream data processing applications
At a Beam conference, users detail how they're using the open source data processing technology at large scale in support of a growing number of data pipelines. Continue Reading
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20 Jul 2022
Oracle Database Service for Azure connects Microsoft to OCI
Oracle and Microsoft are extending their partnership to enable Microsoft cloud users to directly provision and access Oracle Cloud Infrastructure database services. Continue Reading
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19 Jul 2022
Confluent update eases multi-cloud event data streaming
The event data streaming vendor's new update introduces features to make it easier to integrate into a multi-cloud data stack deployment with the debut of a Terraform provider. Continue Reading
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14 Jul 2022
StarRocks brings open source OLAP database to the cloud
The open source online analytical transaction processing DBaaS startup takes a different approach to accelerate queries as it moves to the cloud. Continue Reading
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14 Jul 2022
ScyllaDB V open source NoSQL database embraces WebAssembly
New release of the open source NoSQL database adds an optimized I/O scheduler to accelerate read/write operations and improve workload scalability. Continue Reading
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Tip
06 Jul 2022
10 trends shaping the chief data officer role
As data use increases and organizations turn to business intelligence to optimize information, these 10 chief data officer trends are shaping the role. Continue Reading
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06 Jul 2022
IBM acquires Databand for data observability technology
The tech giant continued to build out its data fabric platform by acquiring a data startup with a platform that enables organizations to monitor and optimize data pipelines. Continue Reading
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30 Jun 2022
Cloudera embraces Apache Iceberg as cloud data lake evolves
The Cloudera Data Platform now supports the open source cloud data lake table format as part of the continuing evolution of the broader Hadoop ecosystem. Continue Reading
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29 Jun 2022
DataStax extends Astra Streaming event data platform
The data platform vendor extended its Apache Pulsar-based Astra Streaming platform with support for more streaming protocols, including Kafka, JMS and RabbitMQ. Continue Reading
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29 Jun 2022
Yugabyte distributed SQL database adds migration service
The YugabyteDB 2.15 distributed SQL database update introduces a table group feature to accelerate and optimize performance for different database workloads. Continue Reading
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28 Jun 2022
Databricks accelerates data lakehouse at Data + AI Summit
Databricks committed to making its Delta Lake technology fully open source as the vendor rolled out platform updates to accelerate data analytics and machine learning workloads. Continue Reading
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Answer
27 Jun 2022
DBMS keys: 8 types of keys defined
Here's a guide to primary, super, foreign and candidate keys, what they're used for in relational database management systems and the differences among them. Continue Reading
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23 Jun 2022
Starburst acquires Varada to accelerate data lake queries
After a year of partnering, the data lake query vendor decided to acquire fellow Trino SQL query engine supporter Varada to help boost query performance. Continue Reading
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22 Jun 2022
Treeverse set to launch LakeFS cloud data lake service
The open source LakeFS technology gets a fully managed cloud service to help organization better iterate and version cloud data sources for development efforts. Continue Reading
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22 Jun 2022
Reltio integrates data quality with cloud MDM platform
The master data management vendor adds new capabilities to its cloud service to enable organizations to more easily integrate validated data with business operations. Continue Reading
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17 Jun 2022
Neon previews serverless PostgreSQL database service
Startup emerges to launch a new developer-focused cloud database as a service based on open source PostgreSQL, with capabilities to enable branching for application development. Continue Reading
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15 Jun 2022
DataStax raises $115M to advance its data stack
The CEO of the data platform vendor, which is a leading contributor to the open source Cassandra database, details why the vendor is looking to assemble a full data stack. Continue Reading
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14 Jun 2022
Yellowbrick 6 advances cloud data warehouse deployments
The data warehouse vendor is growing its hybrid data warehouse capabilities with version 6.0 of its namesake platform that is now enabled to run on AWS. Continue Reading
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14 Jun 2022
Snowflake Data Cloud expands with Unistore Hybrid Tables
Snowflake adds more capabilities, including support for Apache Iceberg data lake tables and both transactional and analytics workloads, with Hybrid Tables. Continue Reading
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09 Jun 2022
Meltano 2.0 provides a superset of open source DataOps tools
The startup and GitHub spinoff added the Apache Superset business intelligence technology to enable organizations to more easily build full data operations pipelines. Continue Reading
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07 Jun 2022
MongoDB 6.0 set to bring analytics to NoSQL database
The vendor plans to update its database technology with new capabilities including queryable encryption and columnstore index to accelerate data analytics queries. Continue Reading
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02 Jun 2022
Incorta integrates Delta Sharing with Direct Data Mapping
Incorta looks to make it easier for users to collaborate and share data across different sources, to aid business intelligence and data analytics operations. Continue Reading
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01 Jun 2022
PlanetScale brings new insights to its database as a service
The vendor expanded its cloud database service with new capabilities for integrated data observability with insights, as well as the ability to scale read-only replicas. Continue Reading
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26 May 2022
Alation boosts data intelligence with Open Data Quality
The vendor's latest update brings users more integration options to connect with data quality tools and adds more capabilities for data governance to the data catalog platform. Continue Reading
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25 May 2022
CockroachDB boosts automation in distributed SQL database
The database vendor has updated its CockroachDB platform with features to enable users to more reliably scale and control operations to meet data demands. Continue Reading
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Tip
24 May 2022
How to evaluate and optimize data warehouse performance
Organizations build data warehouses to satisfy their information management needs. Data warehouse optimization can help ensure that these warehouses achieve their full potential. Continue Reading
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24 May 2022
Informatica advances Intelligent Data Management Cloud
The data management vendor added new services to its cloud data platform, including specific offerings for the financial services and healthcare industry verticals. Continue Reading
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24 May 2022
Monte Carlo set to boost data observability with $135M raise
Monte Carlo's CTO provides insight into the state of the data market as the volume of data sources and pipelines continues to be a challenge for organizations to optimize. Continue Reading
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18 May 2022
Apollo GraphQL creates supergraph for connected data service
Apollo is out with updates for its namesake GraphQL platform, including a new router technology and a data federation update to help organizations connect to data sources. Continue Reading
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17 May 2022
Percona Platform aims to boost open source database support
The open source database services provider is out with a new integrated offering that provides automated capabilities for organizations to manage and optimize database operations. Continue Reading
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17 May 2022
Imply raises $100M for analytics database technology
The lead vendor behind the open source Apache Druid database raises new money to help grow its go-to-market efforts and build out new technology as it heads toward a possible IPO. Continue Reading
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Tip
13 May 2022
7 best practices for successful data governance programs
A comprehensive, companywide data governance program strengthens data infrastructure, improves compliance initiatives, supports strategic intelligence and boosts customer loyalty. Continue Reading
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11 May 2022
Google introduces AlloyDB PostgreSQL-based cloud database
The tech giant is growing its cloud database portfolio with a new service that add analytics query acceleration to and boosts performance of the PostgreSQL database. Continue Reading
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11 May 2022
Understanding the benefits of a data quality strategy
A data quality strategy can improve an organization's ability to generate value from data, but determining quality depends on the processes and use cases. Continue Reading
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11 May 2022
PingCap brings TiDB distributed SQL HTAP database to cloud
The TiDB Cloud provides a fully managed deployment of the open source TiDB database, which provides both analytical and transactional processing functionality. Continue Reading
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10 May 2022
Talend Data Fabric updates data health functionality
The data integration vendor is improving its data fabric with enhancements that strengthen its trust score for providing a metric for data quality and health. Continue Reading
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10 May 2022
Couchbase Server 7.1 advances enterprise NoSQL database
The database vendor is updating its namesake platform with an optimized storage engine and new integrations to connect data sources including cloud data lakes. Continue Reading
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09 May 2022
Best practices and pitfalls of the data pipeline process
Developing an effective data pipeline process is a key step for organizations to manage data sources, flow and quality. A data pipeline also ensures approved data access. Continue Reading
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04 May 2022
Starburst boosts data lake connections and fault tolerance
The data lake query vendor is bringing new features to its platform to optimize queries with the open source Trino query engine across multiple formats and sources. Continue Reading
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04 May 2022
Alluxio 2.8 improves data orchestration platform security
Open source-based data platform provider Alluxio is updating its namesake technology with enhanced Amazon S3 support and improved security for cloud data access. Continue Reading
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28 Apr 2022
Hasura enables GraphQL joins for data federation
Connecting multiple GraphQL services is a new feature in the Hasura 2.6 update that helps organizations unify multiple data sources in a data federation. Continue Reading
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28 Apr 2022
Ocient Hyperscale Data Warehouse scales data operations
The data warehouse vendor is targeting enterprises that need to use a trillion rows of data or more for analysis, with hyperscale technology that is now ready for broader adoption. Continue Reading
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26 Apr 2022
Akamai goes DBaaS with Linode Managed Database service
The Linode Managed Database service is set to debut, bringing support for the MySQL database and expanding support to include PostgreSQL, Redis and MongoDB in the coming months. Continue Reading
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21 Apr 2022
3 considerations for a data compliance management strategy
A data compliance management strategy is key for organizations to protect data the right way. Different positions have responsibility to ensure industry regulations are met. Continue Reading
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21 Apr 2022
Databricks aims data lakehouse at media and entertainment
Gaming vendor Sega is using the data vendor's technology to unify its data for sales as well as game balancing to enable players to get the best experience. Continue Reading
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20 Apr 2022
Oracle boosts Exadata Cloud Infrastructure with X9M
New hardware is coming to the tech giant's cloud service for database workloads, with the Exadata X9M for more compute and storage to provide increased performance and scale. Continue Reading
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19 Apr 2022
Confluent secures event data streaming in cloud update
The vendor's Q2 2022 cloud update provides more precise security access control to help organizations better secure, scale and manage the Apache Kafka-based technology platform. Continue Reading