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Data modeling software tackles glut of new data sources

Data modeling platforms are starting to incorporate features to automate data-handling processes, but IT must still address entity resolution, data normalization and governance.

By George Lawton • May 9, 2019

ProvenDB brings blockchain applications to world of MongoDB

Blockchain is intriguing technology, but carries with it high system overhead. ProvenDB adds blockchain to MongoDB in an effort to gain acceptable performance.

By Jack Vaughan • May 7, 2019

Snowflake CEO Bob Muglia replaced by former ServiceNow CEO

Frank Slootman, who led ServiceNow and Data Domain through successful IPOs, is the new chairman and CEO of cloud data warehouse vendor Snowflake, replacing former CEO Bob Muglia.

By Brian Holak • May 1, 2019

Find the best data integration tools for your organization

Read analysis and comparisons of data integration tools to help you select the right platform from the leading commercial and open source products currently on the market.

By Rick Sherman • May 1, 2019

Data model design tips to help standardize business data

Data models should be understandable to business users and kept to a reasonable scope, say the leaders of a data modeling initiative at England's Environment Agency.

By Craig Stedman • April 30, 2019

Snowflake CEO Bob Muglia talks cloud data warehouse evolution

In this Q&A, now-former Snowflake CEO Bob Muglia discusses the vendor's decision to embrace cloud data warehousing and how the industry is changing as more data moves to the cloud.

By Brian Holak and Jack Vaughan • April 30, 2019

Wayfair charts open source components course to growth

Teams at Wayfair mix new open source tools to power customer-facing apps. In such shops, tech leaders like Ben Clark must deftly maneuver an obstacle course of data components.

By Jack Vaughan • April 29, 2019

MongoDB buys Realm database to boost mobile chops

MongoDB is buying Realm, the maker of an open source database for cross-platform mobile applications, to boost its Atlas cloud platform and Stitch backend as a service.

By Chris Kanaracus • April 25, 2019

SQL Server performance tuning best practices for DBAs

Tuning database performance is a complex process, but consultant Joey D'Antoni details a list of SQL Server performance tuning best practices that can make it easier.

By Lindsay Moore • April 22, 2019

Google takes a run at enterprise cloud data management

New Google Cloud boss Thomas Kurian is putting databases and data management at the forefront at Google. The vendor has forged key data deals, showing a more mature Google Cloud.

By Jack Vaughan • April 17, 2019

4 factors to consider in a Hadoop distributions comparison

Examine the key characteristics necessary to evaluate in a Hadoop distribution comparison, focusing on enterprise features, subscription options and deployment models.

By David Loshin • April 17, 2019

NetSuite

NetSuite is a business technology vendor based in San Mateo, California.

By Emma Snider • April 16, 2019

Kafka at center of new event processing infrastructure

Events are as important as data in emerging applications underlying many e-commerce efforts. Streams of events tell a company what motivates customers to use online products.

By Jack Vaughan • April 15, 2019

Pros and cons of using SQL Server audit triggers for DBAs

Using triggers to capture audit information in SQL Server can be instrumental in keeping track of database use and changes. But they aren't a perfect fit for all cases.

By Lindsay Moore • April 9, 2019

USAA adds data engineering skills to speed data science work

When the United Services Automobile Association's data science team wasn't getting data in the right format, the team lead realized the USAA needed more data engineers.

By George Lawton • April 5, 2019

What is the difference between a database engineer, architect and administrator?

Expert Michael Hillenbrand explains the difference between a database engineer, a database architect and a database administrator.

By Michael Hillenbrand • April 5, 2019

How data staging helped Walgreens transform its supply chain

Walgreens built a centralized data warehouse to give supply chain partners a better view into its data -- but analytics were slow. That's where a data staging tier came in.

By George Lawton • April 4, 2019

Tools manage performance for big data cloud applications

Tools such as Unravel and Pepperdata offer a way to measure performance of big data cloud applications, which may aid companies with on-premises configuration issues.

By Jack Vaughan • April 4, 2019

Evaluate the features of data integration tools and software

Before you evaluate and select data integration tools and software, assess which must-have, should-have and nice-to-have features match your organization's needs.

By Rick Sherman • April 3, 2019

Data integration platforms take users beyond ETL software

Discover how commercial data integration platforms help organizations manage and simplify the process of combining and sharing their increasing volumes of data.

By Rick Sherman • April 2, 2019

5 things to know about deploying big data systems in data containers

Planning for security and container APIs, and watching out for infrastructure sprawls are some issues to be aware of before deploying big data in containers.

By George Lawton • March 29, 2019

Google Cloud Spanner overview: 4 features to consider

Cloud Spanner's ability to offer data consistency and horizontal scalability has helped the relational database service gain traction. Learn more about its architecture.

By Chris Foot • March 29, 2019

How to resolve and avoid deadlocks in SQL Server databases

Deadlocks are a real hindrance to SQL Server users, but database administrators can avoid them by taking steps to limit them and stop them from recurring.

By Lindsay Moore • March 27, 2019

Facebook alumni forge own paths to big data analytics tools

Startups Interana and Rockset differ in their approaches to providing new query capabilities on fast-arriving big data. Both are led by technologists who started at Facebook.

By Jack Vaughan • March 25, 2019

Building a business glossary enhances data governance

Experts say data professionals should work to create a common vocabulary in organizations to help boost data governance and compliance with laws like GDPR.

By Brian Holak • March 25, 2019