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What is deterministic/probabilistic data?

Deterministic and probabilistic are opposing terms that can be used to describe customer data and how it is collected. Deterministic data is also referred to as first party data. Probabilistic data is information that is based on relational patterns and the likelihood of a certain outcome.

By Sarah Lewis • Aug. 26, 2019

What is data activation?

Data activation is a marketing approach that uses consumer information and data analytics to help companies gain real-time insight into target audience behavior and plan for future marketing initiatives.

By Corinne Bernstein • Aug. 22, 2019

ArangoDB 3.5 update improves multi-model database platform

ArangoDB 3.5 accelerates its database platform with improved query performance and enhanced data security capabilities, as market demand for multi-model platforms builds.

By Sean Kerner • Aug. 22, 2019

SnapLogic boosts its data integration technology with AI

SnapLogic's latest update for its Intelligent Integration Platform aims to make it easier for users to benefit from data integration.

By Sean Kerner • Aug. 21, 2019

DigitalOcean Managed Databases add MySQL, Redis support

Expanding its database management system offerings, cloud computing vendor DigitalOcean added Managed Databases support for MySQL and Redis.

By Sabrina Polin • Aug. 20, 2019

Enterprise data marketplace aims to ease self-service chaos

Self-service data preparation can duplicate work and slow down analytics. One possible fix: an internal marketplace where users can 'shop' for data assets.

By Craig Stedman • Aug. 20, 2019

What is Azure SQL Data Warehouse?

Azure SQL Data Warehouse is a managed Data Warehouse-as-a Service (DWaaS) offering provided by Microsoft Azure.

By Michael Otey • Aug. 16, 2019

What is SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)?

SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) is a SQL Server subsystem that enables the creation of graphical, mobile and printed reports using SQL Server and other data sources.

By Michael Otey • Aug. 16, 2019

AWS Lake Formation goes GA, as cloud data lake market grows

First released in late 2018, AWS Lake Formation is now generally available and it could be the force that helps to accelerate adoption in the cloud data lake market.

By Sean Kerner • Aug. 15, 2019

Apollo data graph brings managed federation to enterprises

The new Apollo update is intended to enable organizations to federate multiple enterprise data sets more easily and use APIs to tap into disparate data sources.

By Sean Kerner • Aug. 13, 2019

Elastic Stack 7.3 adds new features to expand data analysis

Elastic Stack, in a new update, adds data frames capabilities to enable new forms of analysis, as well as integrating more data sources that can be searched and analyzed.

By Sean Kerner • Aug. 8, 2019

HPE buys MapR assets to fuel AI applications

Longtime independent big data vendor MapR goes out of business, selling technology and intellectual property to HPE. The move marks the continuing decline of the Hadoop market.

By Shaun Sutner • Aug. 6, 2019

Startup Dgraph Labs growing graph database technology

Dgraph Labs looks expand its graph database platform, which offers the promise of reducing isolated data sources and speeding up queries.

By Sean Kerner • Aug. 1, 2019

Naveego launches tool for analyzing data quality and health

Naveego Accelerator enables users to check for inaccurate data, incomplete data or improperly formatted data to prevent inconsistencies that could cost businesses money.

By Tanner Harding • July 31, 2019

NuoDB 4.0 improves cloud-native database capabilities

Support for multiple clouds, tighter integration with Kubernetes and indexing enhancements that accelerate database performance highlight the new NuoDB release.

By Sean Kerner • July 31, 2019

Information Builders exec talks data management ethics

In this Q&A, James Cotton, director of the Data Management Centre of Excellence at Information Builders, offers advice on how organizations can carry out ethical data management.

By Brian Holak • July 31, 2019

SQL Server database design best practices and tips for DBAs

Good database design is a must to meet processing needs in SQL Server systems. In a webinar, consultant Koen Verbeeck offered advice on how to make that happen.

By Lindsay Moore • July 30, 2019

Hitachi Vantara updates Pentaho 8.3 to expand DataOps vision

Hitachi Vantara's new Pentaho update brings DataOps capabilities for data management to help organizations derive better data insights.

By Sean Kerner • July 30, 2019

SQL Server in Azure database choices and what they offer users

SQL Server databases can be moved to the Azure cloud in several different ways. Here's what you'll get from each of the options for migrating SQL Server to Azure.

By Michael Otey • July 29, 2019

Cloudera open source route seeks to keep big data alive

Inspired by the IBM-Red Hat model, Cloudera goes the open source route to broaden its market as demand for Hadoop weakens and the vendor takes on big competitors like AWS.

By Sean Kerner • July 26, 2019

Key components of an effective data virtualization architecture

Experts break down which elements -- both technical and nontechnical -- are most crucial to successfully deploying and managing a data virtualization architecture.

By George Lawton • July 24, 2019

10 cloud database migration mistakes to avoid

Database expert Chris Foot lists the top 10 oversights IT teams commonly make when undertaking a cloud database migration and offers tips on how to avoid them.

By Chris Foot • July 23, 2019

11 real-time data streaming roadblocks and how to overcome them

Experts detail common challenges that IT teams encounter when deploying and managing real-time data streaming platforms and offer advice on how to address them.

By George Lawton • July 19, 2019

Snowflake product VP expounds on data warehouse for the cloud

In this Q&A, Christian Kleinerman, vice president of product development at cloud data warehouse vendor Snowflake, talks about the fast-moving company's plans for the next year.

By Eric Avidon • July 3, 2019

RavenDB Cloud automates database management

RavenDB's managed cloud database service, RavenDB Cloud, intends to automate security processes, reduce overhead and cater to businesses of all sizes.

By Sabrina Polin • July 3, 2019