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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.

By Gunasekaran S • May 31, 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.

By Eric Avidon • May 25, 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.

By Eric Avidon • May 25, 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.

By Mary Pratt • May 22, 2023

core banking system

A core banking system is the software that banks use to manage their most critical processes, such as customer accounts, transactions and risk management.

By Katie Terrell Hanna • May 22, 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.

By Stephen Catanzano • May 19, 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.

By Eric Avidon • May 18, 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.

By Eric Avidon • May 17, 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.

By Eric Avidon • May 16, 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.

By Ed Scannell • May 15, 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.

By Bill Schmarzo • May 11, 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.

By Stephen Catanzano • May 10, 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.

By Eric Avidon • May 10, 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.

By Mary Pratt • May 4, 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.

By Stephen Catanzano • May 2, 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.

By Lisa Morgan • May 2, 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.

By Eric Avidon • April 28, 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.

By Eric Avidon • April 27, 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.

By Tim McCarthy • April 24, 2023

Google algorithms explained: Everything you need to know

There are petabytes of information on Google, and its algorithm is the engine that organizes it all.

By Ben Lutkevich • April 20, 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.

By Eric Avidon • April 18, 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.

By Sue Tripathi • April 14, 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.

By Eric Avidon • April 4, 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.

By O'Reilly Media, Peter Spotts • March 23, 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.

By Stephen Catanzano • March 16, 2023