Data Management
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Opinion
17 Sep 2026
Does setting data guardrails slow innovation?
Governance and speed are treated as opposites, but the real variable is design. Four control domains determine whether data guardrails help or hinder. Continue Reading
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News
17 Sep 2026
New features position Alation's AIOS as AI management layer
Lineage tracing in AI Governance and governed access to unstructured data advance the platform and keep the vendor in step with what competitors are offering. Continue Reading
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Tip
16 Mar 2022
10 key elements to follow data compliance regulations
Data privacy laws are changing around the world on a constant basis. These 10 elements can help keep organizations up to speed with data compliance regulations. Continue Reading
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News
16 Mar 2022
Oracle Multi-VM Autonomous Database lands on Exadata systems
The tech giant now enables users of the Exadata Cloud at Customer service to run multiple types of the vendor's fully managed and unmanaged databases on the same hardware. Continue Reading
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News
15 Mar 2022
Redis launches JSON database capabilities with RedisJSON 2.0
The data platform vendor is growing beyond its data caching roots to support more data types and full database capabilities that integrate with RediSearch indexing technology. Continue Reading
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News
14 Mar 2022
Fauna brings real-time streaming to serverless database
The ability to directly subscribe to real-time updates is the latest feature for the Fauna database that can help developers quickly bring data to applications. Continue Reading
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News
11 Mar 2022
Instaclustr to support Karapace open source schema registry
Instaclustr is joining rival Aiven in an effort to support an open source technology that brings REST proxy and schema technology to Kafka event streaming. Continue Reading
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Feature
09 Mar 2022
New approaches create opportunity to turn data into value
Bill Schmarzo, a data science industry thought leader, discusses how organizations can reframe their view of data using economic concepts to turn data into value. Continue Reading
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News
09 Mar 2022
Databricks extends data lakehouse platform to healthcare
Healthcare data exists in widely varying formats. Getting it into a data lake where it can be used for analytics and machine learning is a challenge Databricks is looking to meet. Continue Reading
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News
08 Mar 2022
DataStax scales K8ssandra for cloud-native Cassandra
The real-time data vendor is out with a new release of its K8ssandra Kubernetes operator that enables organizations to deploy, configure and run the Apache Cassandra database. Continue Reading
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News
07 Mar 2022
Fannie Mae, Mercedes-Benz detail data lake platform uses
At the Subsurface Winter 2022 virtual conference, several organizations including Fannie Mae and Mercedes-Benz explained why and how they are using Dremio's data lake engine. Continue Reading
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News
04 Mar 2022
Directus brings Open Data Platform technology to the cloud
The vendor's new managed cloud service is designed to enable organizations to connect applications, business intelligence and websites to data sources and databases. Continue Reading
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News
02 Mar 2022
Dremio opens up data lakehouse with new engine
The data lakehouse vendor is expanding its cloud platform with a new SQL query engine and data metastore for data lakes that builds on top of the Apache Iceberg table format. Continue Reading
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News
02 Mar 2022
Anomalo Pulse dashboard aims for data quality insights
The startup is enhancing its platform by providing users with a new dashboard that brings visibility into the state of data used for data analytics and business intelligence. Continue Reading
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Feature
01 Mar 2022
Improve data value by relying on economic principles
Bill Schmarzo, author of 'The Economics of Data, Analytics, and Digital Transformation,' discusses how organizations can improve data value by incorporating economic concepts. Continue Reading
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News
01 Mar 2022
Imply Polaris brings Apache Druid database to the cloud
Imply's new Polaris cloud database services builds on the open source Druid technology, with integrated data ingestion capabilities and a new multi-stage query engine. Continue Reading
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News
28 Feb 2022
DBT Labs raises expectations for data transformation
DBT Labs co-founder and CEO Tristan Handy outlines his view on the modern data stack, how the vendor's technology powers data pipelines and why he raised money now. Continue Reading
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News
25 Feb 2022
SentinelOne reboots Scalyr as enterprise data platform
The cybersecurity vendor launches DataSet as a separate technology service from its core cybersecurity platform to help organizations manage and query large volumes of data. Continue Reading
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News
24 Feb 2022
Ahana aims to improve Presto data lake security in the cloud
Data startup Ahana has updated its Presto cloud platform with integrated governance and control capabilities for data lake deployments. Continue Reading
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Feature
24 Feb 2022
MetLife improves efficiency with Tibco Data Virtualization
The insurance giant's investment management division has reduced its data integration process from weeks to hours since adopting the analytics vendor's technology in 2017. Continue Reading
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Definition
23 Feb 2022
operational data store (ODS)
An operational data store (ODS) is a type of database that's often used as an interim logical area for a data warehouse. Continue Reading
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News
23 Feb 2022
Couchbase Mobile 3 brings NoSQL database to the edge
The vendor looks to integrate an edge-to-cloud database architecture with a new release that provides developers with tools to manage distributed database deployments. Continue Reading
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News
23 Feb 2022
Voltron Data takes aim at data management with Apache Arrow
CEO and co-founder Josh Patterson outlines the promise of the new language-agnostic data analytics development framework and why the vendor is raising big money to support it. Continue Reading
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Feature
23 Feb 2022
The ultimate guide to big data for businesses
Big data is the fuel for today's analytics applications. This in-depth big data guide explains how businesses can benefit from it and what they need to do to use it effectively. Continue Reading
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Definition
17 Feb 2022
multidimensional database (MDB)
A multidimensional database (MDB) is a type of database that is optimized for data warehouse and online analytical processing (OLAP) applications. Continue Reading
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News
17 Feb 2022
Hyperledger expands open source blockchain efforts
The CTO of a major blockchain group provides insight into the growing effort to build open source blockchain technologies for enterprises, though challenges remain. Continue Reading
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News
16 Feb 2022
ArangoDB 3.9 scales graph database operations
The open source graph database vendor released a new version of its platform with new features to enable users to better deal with the challenges of growing data workloads. Continue Reading
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News
15 Feb 2022
InfluxData expands time series database capabilities
The open source-based InfluxDB platform is adding capabilities to better handle data coming from industrial sensors and devices that enable organizations to optimize operations. Continue Reading
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News
15 Feb 2022
Databricks launches new lakehouse for financial services
The cloud data vendor's new set of capabilities for financial services customers is its second industry-specific lakehouse after it launched one for retail users in January. Continue Reading
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News
14 Feb 2022
Elastic 8.0 aims to enhance search relevance
Elastic is updating its flagship platform with a major release that adds enhanced vector search and natural language processing capabilities to improve data query results. Continue Reading
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News
10 Feb 2022
Data quality startup Superconductive raises $40M
The vendor behind the open source Great Expectations data quality technology is looking to build a commercial cloud service to help data professionals accurately profile data. Continue Reading
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News
10 Feb 2022
Oracle Autonomous cloud database gains MongoDB API support
The tech giant continues to build out its multimodel database capabilities with the general availability of a new API for widely used MongoDB applications. Continue Reading
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News
10 Feb 2022
ScyllaDB 5.0 set to advance NoSQL database capabilities
At Scylla Summit 2022, the open source NoSQL database vendor introduced upcoming services including a DBaaS as well as a new platform release, and a user outlined its application. Continue Reading
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News
09 Feb 2022
Reverse ETL vendor Census raises $60M
Census raises new money as the vendor ramps up its operations to help organizations get data from data warehouses to power large-scale business applications. Continue Reading
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News
09 Feb 2022
Starburst brings in $250M to advance data mesh aspirations
The vendor continues on its path toward an initial public offering, as demand for its open source Trino-based data lake query engine platform grows. Continue Reading
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News
07 Feb 2022
Analytics database vendor Exasol launches DBaaS on AWS
The OLAP database vendor now has a new cloud service model that provides users with a managed instance for data analysis, business intelligence and machine learning. Continue Reading
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Feature
02 Feb 2022
Self-service data preparation: What it is and how it helps users
Using self-service tools to properly prepare data simplifies analytics and visualization tasks for business users and speeds complex modeling processes for data scientists. Continue Reading
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News
02 Feb 2022
Onehouse emerges with managed Apache Hudi data lake service
One of the original creators of the Hudi project at Uber has launched a new company set to bring a managed service to market to operationalize cloud data lakes. Continue Reading
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News
01 Feb 2022
Open source database vendor MariaDB set for IPO
As cloud database-as-a-service demand grows, the open source-based relational database vendor is looking to go public, a decade after it was first forked from the MySQL database. Continue Reading
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News
27 Jan 2022
Google scales up Cloud Bigtable NoSQL database
Automated scalability is a key theme for the latest set of update features that Google is landing in its cloud managed NoSQL database service, providing users with more capacity. Continue Reading
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News
27 Jan 2022
Confluent Kafka connects apps on new Dish 5G network
Streaming data is at the foundation of a new smart 5G service from Dish Network, where enterprises build applications that directly benefit and customize the network platform. Continue Reading
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Feature
26 Jan 2022
NLP and AI boost the automated data warehouse
Businesses are working to automate as many elements of their data warehouses as they can through nascent tools like augmented analytics and natural language processing. Continue Reading
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News
26 Jan 2022
Apache Kafka 3.1 opens up data streaming for analytics
The latest release of open source Kafka data streaming technology brings a series of new features that provide users with usability improvements for real-time data queries. Continue Reading
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News
25 Jan 2022
Dremio raises $160M for cloud data lake platform technology
The vendor is raising new money as demand for cloud data platform technology continues to grow as enterprises look to improve business intelligence and data analytics. Continue Reading
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Feature
25 Jan 2022
Data access key to Regeneron's innovation efforts
After developing a COVID-19 treatment in mere months, Regeneron adopted a data catalog and is developing a data governance framework to speed up its drug development pipeline. Continue Reading
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News
21 Jan 2022
Apache Hop data orchestration hits open source milestone
The open source technology moves beyond its roots to enable a full data platform as data moves from one source to another for operations, business intelligence and analytics. Continue Reading
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News
21 Jan 2022
MongoDB 5.2 database improves time series capabilities
The vendor is improving on capabilities introduced in MongoDB 5.0 with an update that continues the company's push to support operational and analytics workloads. Continue Reading
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Feature
20 Jan 2022
Hudi powering data lake efforts at Walmart and Disney+ Hotstar
An open source cloud data lake platform is finding adoption at large organizations including Uber, Walmart and Disney+ Hotstar as the demands of data scale grow. Continue Reading
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News
20 Jan 2022
Coalesce launches with data transformation platform
The CEO and co-founder of Coalesce gives insight into the startup's mission and the challenges organizations face with transforming data so that it's useful for data analysts. Continue Reading
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News
19 Jan 2022
Confluent Cloud Q1 2022 update boosts event data streaming
The event streaming vendor is expanding its cloud platform with schema linking, data warehouse connectors and a load metrics API to improve scale and performance. Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2022
Fivetran updates data integration platform with dbt Core
With automated data transformations and new data lineage visualization graphs, Fivetran is looking to make building data pipelines easier for data users. Continue Reading
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News
13 Jan 2022
Observable raises $35.6M for data collaboration platform
After spending 15 years at Google, Melody Meckfessel brought at least one key lesson to her data visualization startup Observable: 'no grumpy developers.' Continue Reading
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Definition
12 Jan 2022
sharding
Sharding is a type of database partitioning that separates large databases into smaller, faster, more easily managed parts. Continue Reading
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Feature
11 Jan 2022
'Building the Data Lakehouse' explores next-gen architecture
This book excerpt by 'father of the data warehouse' Bill Inmon and experts Mary Levins and Ranjeet Srivastava explores the latest methods for wrangling data into usable intel. Continue Reading
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News
10 Jan 2022
Anomalo brings data quality platform to Snowflake
Elliot Shmukler, co-founder and CEO of Anomalo, details how he was inspired to build his data startup after a critical data failure while he was working at Instacart. Continue Reading
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Feature
05 Jan 2022
Western Union looks to improve data quality with Talend
Thomas Mazzaferro, chief data officer at Western Union, outlines the financial services company's approach to cloud data migration and how Talend fits into the data architecture. Continue Reading
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Tip
30 Dec 2021
NoSQL database types explained: Graph
NoSQL graph databases focus on the relationships between pieces of data. Two common frameworks bring different advantages and disadvantages over other NoSQL database types. Continue Reading
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Tip
30 Dec 2021
Top 5 elements needed for a successful data warehouse
While conventional data warehouses may struggle to keep up with growing volumes of data, these five elements best give the ability to tap into valuable BI. Continue Reading
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Tip
30 Dec 2021
5 challenges IT faces using open source data management
There are a variety of open source challenges for data management software, including lack of real-time BI access, miscalculating costs and underestimating the resources required. Continue Reading
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Feature
17 Dec 2021
Data forecast for 2022: Data quality and cloud convergence
Expect data quality to be a top area of investment and activity next year as the need to trust data for operations, insight and machine learning will only continue to grow. Continue Reading
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News
16 Dec 2021
Bigeye brings new visibility to data observability
The startup continues to build out its cloud platform that enables data engineers to identify and remediate data pipeline quality and availability problems. Continue Reading
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Feature
16 Dec 2021
Data management trends in 2021: More money, more cloud
In 2021, interest in the cloud data lakehouse model helped to propel multiple vendors forward as new serverless database-as-a-service systems emerged as well. Continue Reading
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News
16 Dec 2021
Cockroach Labs raises $278M for distributed SQL database
The cloud database vendor has appealed to enterprises with its data capabilities and continues to attract investors as the market opportunity expands. Continue Reading
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News
13 Dec 2021
SnapLogic raises $165M to fund AI data integration
The data integration vendor's fundraising success shows the growth the iPaaS and RPA markets have seen in recent years, with a steady pace of investment and acquisitions. Continue Reading
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News
10 Dec 2021
Vendia expands serverless blockchain data sharing platform
The Vendia Share service gets new features that enable more database-type capabilities, alongside smart contracts to support complex business rules. Continue Reading
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News
09 Dec 2021
Why Criteo chose Aerospike real-time database
Criteo is in the process of migrating to Aerospike Database to reduce the number of servers it needs to power its global advertising marketplace from 5,000 to 600. Continue Reading
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News
08 Dec 2021
Calyptia spurs observability data with Fluent Bit Enterprise
Collecting first-mile log data that is as close to the source as possible is the open source startup's goal as it builds out new commercial services. Continue Reading
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News
06 Dec 2021
LogDNA raises $50M for observability data
The LogDNA CEO discusses challenges and the need for organizations to collect and analyze log data to enable operations, DevOps and security applications. Continue Reading
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News
03 Dec 2021
AWS cloud database users detail applications
AWS has more than one database to choose from, as the cloud provider aims to provide users like eHealth and HBO Max with technologies to meet different use cases. Continue Reading
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News
01 Dec 2021
AWS aims to ease cloud database management and migration
The tech giant is looking to help its users to better migrate to, manage and operate cloud databases with a series of new data management product releases and updates. Continue Reading
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News
30 Nov 2021
AWS Lake Formation advances cloud data lake control
AWS added new features to its cloud data lake service, featuring Governed Tables to manage consistency of data and row-level access control for security. Continue Reading
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Definition
24 Nov 2021
tree structure
A tree data structure is an algorithm for placing and locating files (called records or keys) in a database. Continue Reading
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News
23 Nov 2021
American Airlines flies its data warehouse to the cloud
The pandemic hit American Airlines hard, but its management took an optimistic view, seeing at as an opportunity to use data more effectively to improve operations. Continue Reading
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News
19 Nov 2021
LogicMonitor introduces centralized log management platform
The data observability platform vendor's new platform enables enterprises to use AIOps and automation to find anomalies with their IT system, report them and head off widespread problems. Continue Reading
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News
19 Nov 2021
Starburst Enterprise brings Apache Iceberg to data lakehouse
A new Starburst Enterprise release brings in new capabilities to help organizations use the Trino SQL query engine to analyze data stored on premises and in the cloud. Continue Reading
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News
17 Nov 2021
Hightouch raises $40M for reverse ETL data platform
Co-founder Kashish Gupta provides insight into the data challenges that led Hightouch to develop a new approach to getting data out of data warehouses and into operational tools. Continue Reading
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News
16 Nov 2021
CockroachDB update scales distributed SQL database
The latest database release from Cockroach Labs focuses on providing optimized capabilities for large deployments that can handle up to a petabyte of data. Continue Reading
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News
16 Nov 2021
Snowflake grows cloud data platform with unstructured data
The cloud data vendor's winter release updates its data platform with new capabilities to enable organizations to query and manage more data types across different environments. Continue Reading
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News
16 Nov 2021
Alluxio accelerates data orchestration, raises $50M
Connecting disparate sources of data for analytics and machine learning gets faster in the vendor's latest platform update, released alongside a Series C funding round. Continue Reading
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News
12 Nov 2021
GraphQL use grows as organizations build out a graph layer
Apollo GraphQL is updating its graph federation capabilities as its users outline how they are using the technology to enable data and service delivery to users. Continue Reading
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News
11 Nov 2021
Informatica Cloud Data Marketplace brings data to business users
Fresh off its IPO, the data management vendor continues to expand its Intelligent Data Management Cloud services to enable organizations to effectively use data. Continue Reading
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Tip
11 Nov 2021
Business shift to a data monetization strategy elevates CDOs
As their focus dramatically swings from compliance issues to data monetization, chief data officers are on track to take their rightful place among C-level executives, but slowly. Continue Reading
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News
09 Nov 2021
Confluent Platform 7 extends event data streaming
The event data streaming vendor builds out hybrid event streaming deployment capabilities that can help organizations with data in the cloud and on premises. Continue Reading
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News
09 Nov 2021
Datafold raises $20M for data reliability engineering
Datafold's founder and CEO details the data observability challenges the startup is looking to address with its suite of data tools that provide visibility into data pipelines. Continue Reading
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News
08 Nov 2021
Deephaven extends real-time streaming data platform
Deephaven Data Labs has built a platform financial services organizations use to operationalize real-time data for queries and historical reporting of financial and client data. Continue Reading
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News
08 Nov 2021
Instaclustr open sources Shotover data layer proxy
The DBaaS vendor looks to enable developers to control and manage the flow of data from one data service to another with open source Shotover system. Continue Reading
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News
05 Nov 2021
Reltio advances master data management with $120M fund raise
Reltio now has a valuation of $1.7 billion as it raises new funding to help grow its cloud connected data platform to enable business processes and operations. Continue Reading
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News
03 Nov 2021
Monte Carlo boosts data pipeline observability insights
The startup continues to build out its namesake platform with new capabilities to provide organizations with visibility into how and where data pipelines are being used. Continue Reading
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Tip
03 Nov 2021
NoSQL database types explained: Document-based databases
NoSQL document-based databases store information in documents with specific keys, similar to a key-value store, but with different benefits and disadvantages. Continue Reading
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Definition
03 Nov 2021
What is data management as a service (DMaaS)?
Data management as a service (DMaaS) is a type of cloud service that provides enterprises with centralized storage for disparate data sources. Continue Reading
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News
03 Nov 2021
QuestDB grows time series database with $12M funding round
QuestDB co-founder and CEO details the use cases for the database platform and explains why the vendor is now raising money to grow the technology and market. Continue Reading
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News
02 Nov 2021
Microsoft advances Cosmos DB and previews SQL Server 2022
Microsoft is continuing to build out its cloud data services capabilities, including connecting SQL Service with data governance and analytics functions running in Azure. Continue Reading
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Definition
02 Nov 2021
What is a data mart (datamart)?
A data mart is a repository of data that is designed to serve a particular community of knowledge workers. Continue Reading
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News
02 Nov 2021
EDB launches BigAnimal PostgreSQL cloud database service
The database vendor is ramping up its cloud efforts with the initial release of its platform on Microsoft Azure, with plans for other public cloud providers in the coming months. Continue Reading
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News
29 Oct 2021
InfluxDB users detail time series database use cases
InfluxData sees a lot of potential for its InfluxDB open source database, as the need to instrument and collect data from both physical and virtual sources continues to grow. Continue Reading
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News
28 Oct 2021
Yugabyte raises $188M to grow distributed SQL database
With support for both PostgreSQL and Cassandra, Yugabyte is scaling up to enabled distributed transactions with its open source-based technology platform. Continue Reading
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News
27 Oct 2021
Informatica goes public again as data management grows
Informatica has transformed in recent years from an on-premises software vendor to a SaaS-based subscription model in the cloud as new services for data have emerged. Continue Reading
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News
25 Oct 2021
Trino set to advance open source SQL query performance
The rebranding of PrestoSQL to Trino has been a boon to the open source effort, as new capabilities and adoption of the query technology are growing in 2021. Continue Reading
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News
22 Oct 2021
CockroachDB introduces Serverless as a cloud database option
The database vendor added a serverless option for cloud database-as-a-service deployments. Aimed at developers, the serverless model follows a cloud-native development trend. Continue Reading
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News
21 Oct 2021
SolarWinds expands DataOps portfolio with Database Mapper
A year after acquiring SentryOne, the IT management software vendor is out with updated tools to help organizations better understand where data came from and where it is going. Continue Reading
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News
20 Oct 2021
Aiven raises new funding as cloud data service demand grows
The open source cloud database-as-a-service platform vendor is seeing continued demand for Kafka as organizations increasingly need to use real-time data. Continue Reading
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Tip
19 Oct 2021
The challenges of cloud data management
Cloud platforms are expanding rapidly, causing organizations to face new cloud management challenges keeping pace with cloud data management advancements. Continue Reading