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Data integration vs. ETL in the age of big data

Data integration provides a consistent view of business performance across multiple data sources, though it needs to keep up with the changing needs of organizations and the big data revolution.

By Andy Hayler • Oct. 11, 2019

DOD CDO shares 7 data management best practices

The DOD's first chief data officer, Michael Conlin, shares tips on how organizations can modernize their data management practices with the objective of matching private enterprise.

By Evelyn Bleed • Oct. 10, 2019

7 steps to a successful data lake implementation

Flooding a Hadoop cluster with data that isn't well organized and managed can stymie analytics efforts. Take these steps to help make your data lake accessible and usable.

By David Loshin • Oct. 8, 2019

MemSQL 7.0 set to advance both row and column data stores

As MemSQL pushes into the cloud with its Helios service, the vendor is also pushing the boundaries of traditional row and column data stores with its SingleStore technology approach.

By Sean Kerner • Oct. 8, 2019

Couchbase Server 6.5 improves NoSQL database queries

Now available in beta, the Couchbase Server 6.5 update brings distributed ACID transactions and query optimizations to the open source NoSQL database platform.

By Sean Kerner • Oct. 8, 2019

Align business and IT drivers through data quality best practices

Information management consultants talk about the importance of aligning business and IT drivers for a holistic architectural approach to ensuring strong data quality.

By Evelyn Bleed • Oct. 4, 2019

Talend offers automated migration to cloud data warehouse

The new capability is supported by BladeBridge's converter technology and includes self-service tools for data preparation and data integration, among other features.

By Ha Ta • Oct. 2, 2019

Immuta introduces new features to Automated Data Governance

The new updates also bring about native Hadoop distributed file system workspaces within Immuta and more ways to integrate Immuta with other applications and tools.

By Ha Ta • Oct. 1, 2019

Cloud database services multiply to ease admin work by users

The list of vendors offering managed cloud database services is growing rapidly, which gives IT teams more opportunities to offload management of database systems.

By Craig Stedman • Sept. 30, 2019

Quilt Data emerges from stealth to enable cloud data search

Startup emerges with a new approach to organize and search cloud data storage repositories.

By Sean Kerner • Sept. 26, 2019

Cloudera Data Platform gives big data users multi-cloud path

Cloudera released a big data platform combining its technologies and ones from Hortonworks, initially in the AWS cloud but with multi-cloud support to come.

By Craig Stedman • Sept. 25, 2019

Database management tools from third parties make natives restless

Third-party database performance tools offer attractive alternatives to management software from DBMS vendors, provided their capabilities include orchestration, governance and integration.

By George Lawton • Sept. 25, 2019

Dremio Data Lake Engine 4.0 accelerates query performance

Dremio issues a new platform update, defining itself as data lake engine technology that looks to help users connect and query data faster in AWS and Azure.

By Sean Kerner • Sept. 19, 2019

Weighing the use of third-party database administration tools

Database expert Chris Foot details the key reasons why DBAs should consider using third-party database administration to fill gaps left by the major database manufacturers.

By Chris Foot • Sept. 19, 2019

InfluxDB Cloud 2.0 expands open source time series database

While the core open source InfluxDB 2.0 project is still in alpha, InfluxData has advanced its cloud service to support new features as it grows its time series database service.

By Sean Kerner • Sept. 17, 2019

New cloud and on-premises options for Oracle Autonomous Database

Oracle introduced new cloud and on-premises deployment options for its namesake database and automated cloud service as Oracle OpenWorld 2019 got underway.

By Sean Kerner • Sept. 17, 2019

How big tech breakup would affect the tech industry

Breaking up the tech giants would be difficult and might create initial chaos in market, help smaller competitors and potentially raise prices for enterprises.

By Shaun Sutner • Sept. 16, 2019

Amazon Quantum Ledger Database brings immutable transactions

Based on technology built internally at Amazon, the tech giant's newest database provides a centralized approach for enabling a cryptographically secure ledger system.

By Sean Kerner • Sept. 12, 2019

Stibo Systems advances multidomain MDM system

The new Stibo Systems 9.2 update expands the MDM platform's features with Sisense business intelligence integration and machine learning capabilities.

By Sean Kerner • Sept. 11, 2019

T-SQL (Transact-SQL)

T-SQL (Transact-SQL) is a set of programming extensions from Sybase and Microsoft that add several features to the Structured Query Language (SQL), including transaction control, exception and error handling, row processing and declared variables.

By Adam Hughes • Sept. 11, 2019

What is database normalization?

Database normalization is intrinsic to most relational database schemes. It is a process that organizes data into tables so that results are always unambiguous.

By Jack Vaughan, Margaret Rouse • Sept. 11, 2019

Cloudera Data Platform to debut, as big data fortunes waver

The interim CEO of Cloudera is cautiously optimistic about growth prospects as the big data vendor acquired Arcadia Data and planned to bolster its own cloud platform.

By Sean Kerner • Sept. 5, 2019

Ascend releases Queryable Dataflows for building data pipelines

Ascend releases a technology preview of a capability that will enable data engineers to directly query dataflows, without the need for data to first be in a data warehouse.

By Sean Kerner • Sept. 4, 2019

Align enterprise data architecture, governance for ‘quick wins’

Data management consultant Donna Burbank outlines how effective data governance hinges on the deployment of a comprehensive enterprise data architecture.

By Evelyn Bleed • Aug. 29, 2019

10 Apache Kafka best practices for data management pros

How can data management teams most effectively deploy and use Apache Kafka in data pipelines and streaming applications? Here are some key guidelines to follow.

By George Lawton • Aug. 27, 2019