Data management strategies
Data is a corporate asset that helps make more-informed business decisions, improve marketing campaigns, optimize business operations and reduce costs. Learn data management strategies to ensure IT systems run business applications and provide analytical information that drives decision-making and strategic planning by corporate executives, business managers and end users.
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News
23 Apr 2025
DOJ rule aims to block adversaries' access to personal data
The new federal measure could apply to companies beyond data brokers. It stems from an executive order signed by former President Joe Biden. Continue Reading
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Video
22 Apr 2025
An explanation of data science and data scientist jobs
Data science uses advanced analytics techniques to gain insights, especially for business use cases. Continue Reading
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01 Nov 2022
Equalum CDC Connect embeds change data capture and streaming
The CDC technology vendor expanded the reach of its real-time data integration platform that provides event data streaming to keep data moving to where it's needed. Continue Reading
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Tip
31 Oct 2022
The ins and outs of unstructured data protection
Protecting unstructured data requires a few extra considerations for backup admins. Growing storage capacity requirements and regulatory compliance are critical. Continue Reading
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27 Oct 2022
Cinchy raises $14.5M to expand dataware data management
The startup's technology aims to help enterprises liberate data from applications where it can be locked so that users can more easily get at data from multiple locations. Continue Reading
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26 Oct 2022
InfluxDB Cloud overhauls time series database engine
InfluxData updated its InfluxDB Cloud database service with a new engine, new storage and real-time data capabilities, and expanded support for SQL queries. Continue Reading
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Tip
26 Oct 2022
4 data quality challenges that hinder data operations
Data quality challenges pose a threat to organizations' decision-making. Inaccurate, inconsistent, missing and duplicate data poses threats to cultivating trustworthy data sets. Continue Reading
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26 Oct 2022
Serverless PostgreSQL platform Bit.io goes GA, raises $7.5M
PostgreSQL database-as-a-service vendor launches a cloud service that integrates features designed to accelerate data migration from different sources. Continue Reading
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19 Oct 2022
RisingWave Labs raises $36M for stream processing database
Open source-based streaming database vendor looks to expand into the cloud with a database-as-a-service platform written in the Rust programming language. Continue Reading
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19 Oct 2022
TigerGraph unveils support for query language openCypher
The graph database vendor moves to support openCypher to attract customers unfamiliar with its GSQL query language while the industry works to develop a standard query language. Continue Reading
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18 Oct 2022
Oracle Database 23c brings JSON, graph to relational database
The tech giant previewed the next major milestone for its namesake database at the CloudWorld conference, providing users with features to better work with different data models. Continue Reading
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18 Oct 2022
Oracle extends MySQL HeatWave database to the data lakehouse
The Oracle MySQL HeatWave service provides both transactional and analytics processing capabilities and now also lets users tap into data lake storage for queries. Continue Reading
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Feature
13 Oct 2022
How to reap the benefits of data integration, step by step
A new book lays out a strong case for data integration and guides readers in how to carry out this essential process. Continue Reading
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13 Oct 2022
PostgreSQL 15 advances open source relational database
The new release of the widely deployed and supported PostgreSQL platform integrates enhanced logging, data compression, SQL and data replication capabilities. Continue Reading
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Feature
13 Oct 2022
Marketing agency uses Looker to build data platform, grow
When overhauling its analytics operations, a digital marketing agency turned to analytics vendor Looker's tools to build data marts and enable self-service exploration and analysis. Continue Reading
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News
06 Oct 2022
ArangoDB expands scope of graph database platform
The database vendor extended its namesake database platform to support machine learning applications with its revamped ArangoGraph Insights Platform cloud database service. Continue Reading
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Opinion
05 Oct 2022
Big Data London focuses on future of data-driven strategies
At Big Data London, data quality and intelligence took center stage as companies strive for fast and efficient delivery of quality information -- and the vendors to make it happen. Continue Reading
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News
04 Oct 2022
Confluent brings designer and governance to streaming data
The streaming data platform vendor added a stream designer and new governance capabilities to its cloud service for organizations working with real-time data coming from Kafka. Continue Reading
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Feature
04 Oct 2022
Accounting giant boosts efficiency with Alteryx automation
Two years after starting a pilot program with the data and analytics vendor, the accounting firm has saved more than 100,000 work hours by automating repetitive tasks. Continue Reading
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Tip
04 Oct 2022
How to overcome the top 5 DataOps challenges
DataOps is a new tool for effective data use and improved data-driven decision-making. Organizations should prepare for these five DataOps challenges and learn how to overcome them. Continue Reading
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Feature
04 Oct 2022
How to design a data architecture for business success
To gain business value from data, enterprises need to get their data architecture right – and the right business leadership and culture is critical to that Continue Reading
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Definition
30 Sep 2022
table
A table in computer programming is a data structure used to organize information, just as it is on paper. Continue Reading
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Tip
29 Sep 2022
The future of DataOps trends in 2023 and beyond
DataOps is a growing tool for organizations looking to efficiently distribute accurate data to users. Learn the DataOps trends teams must understand as it evolves. Continue Reading
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News
26 Sep 2022
Starburst adds tools to enhance its data mesh capabilities
The vendor added data product and data set sharing features along with enhanced governance capabilities aimed at enabling organizations to decentralize their analytics operations. Continue Reading
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Answer
26 Sep 2022
Where does security fit into a business continuity plan?
Cybersecurity breaches are a prominent threat to business continuity today. Make sure your security and BCDR teams are in sync to recover data in a crisis. Continue Reading
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Tip
23 Sep 2022
How to build an effective DataOps team
More organizations are turning to DataOps to bolster their data management operations. Learn how to build a team with the right people to ensure DataOps success. Continue Reading
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Feature
23 Sep 2022
How Lufthansa is flying its data warehouse to the cloud
Moving from an on-premises data system to the cloud can be a complex operation. Lufthansa is looking to remove some of the complexity with virtualization. Continue Reading
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21 Sep 2022
CockroachDB serverless database debuts with migration tools
After a year in preview, the database vendor is making its serverless offering generally available. It provides a new production-ready database for distributed SQL. Continue Reading
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20 Sep 2022
Imply advances Apache Druid real-time analytics database
The database vendor is continuing its effort to evolve the Apache Druid database, developing new capabilities to help users more easily load and transform data. Continue Reading
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15 Sep 2022
Google eases cloud database migration, improves Datastream
Google wants to make migrating to its new AlloyDB database easier for its users as well as provide new support for database migration from PostgreSQL. Continue Reading
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News
13 Sep 2022
Oracle brings MySQL Heatwave cloud database service to AWS
The tech giant launched a new MySQL cloud database service running on AWS infrastructure that will support both analytical and transactional database workloads. Continue Reading
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News
09 Sep 2022
Kafka co-creator details event data streaming evolution
The open source Apache Kafka streaming technology and commercial vendor Confluent have grown over the last decade as organizations increasingly have turned to real-time data. Continue Reading
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Tip
09 Sep 2022
7 data quality best practices to improve data performance
Data quality is essential to operate a successful data pipeline and enable data-driven decision-making. These seven data quality best practices can help improve performance. Continue Reading
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Definition
08 Sep 2022
data integrity
Data integrity is the assurance that digital information is uncorrupted and can only be accessed or modified by those authorized to do so. Continue Reading
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Tip
01 Sep 2022
5 paperless office software tools to consider
With seemingly endless options to choose from, picking the right paperless office software tool starts with understanding what options are available. Continue Reading
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News
31 Aug 2022
Meta and partners build Velox open source execution engine
The Facebook parent company, along with multiple contributors, including Ahana, Voltron Data and Intel, are developing a new open source technology to make data processing faster. Continue Reading
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30 Aug 2022
Alation adds Snowflake service, updates data catalog
The vendor launched the Alation Cloud Service for Snowflake designed to enable Snowflake users to more easily use Alation's data intelligence capabilities. Continue Reading
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30 Aug 2022
StarTree raises $47M for Apache Pinot-based analytics database
The vendor raised new money to continue to grow its database technology as the applications for analytics databases have expanded in recent years with more real-time data needs. Continue Reading
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24 Aug 2022
Zilliz raises $60M for open source Milvus vector database
The leading commercial backer behind the open source Milvus database project is looking to advance the technology to build out a database for AI application workloads. Continue Reading
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23 Aug 2022
InfluxData eases event streaming data collection
The new Native Collectors service in the cloud is an attempt by the time series database vendor to let users connect to message broker services and event streaming data. Continue Reading
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19 Aug 2022
PlanetScale reaches to the edge with serverless driver
The vendor continues to build out its database-as-a-service platform and is now aiming to make it easier for developers to connect to edge services. Continue Reading
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19 Aug 2022
Why you need to consider using small data to train AI models
A smaller data set makes sense for certain applications, such as intelligent document processing. It is not helpful in cases in which a large volume is needed to avoid mistakes. Continue Reading
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18 Aug 2022
MariaDB set to expand geospatial database capabilities
With the purchase of CubeWerx, the database vendor will add geospatial capabilities to its SkySQL database service that will enable satellite imagery analysis in applications. Continue Reading
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17 Aug 2022
Arcion data pipeline updates for schema evolution
The vendor added new database support to its change data capture platform including for BigQuery and Imply, as well as features for schema update and data column transformations. Continue Reading
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17 Aug 2022
Cloudera users get fully managed data lakehouse platform
The vendor is expanding its set of offerings with the launch of CDP One, a service initially available only on AWS that enables serverless deployment in the cloud. Continue Reading
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Opinion
15 Aug 2022
The modern data platform drives data-centric organizations
IT leads the modern data platform, functioning as the conduit, efficiently delivering the correct data to the right users, to empower data-driven decision-making in organizations. Continue Reading
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News
12 Aug 2022
Free tool from Collibra tests data maturity against peers
The assessment tool is free to anyone and is designed to help organizations better understand the evolution of their data and analytics systems relative to others. Continue Reading
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11 Aug 2022
GridGain, Apache Ignite founder talks in-memory databases
Nikita Ivanov details the origin of his company and discusses the growing need organizations have for real-time database processing capabilities to complete modern transactions. Continue Reading
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Definition
11 Aug 2022
soft copy
A soft copy (sometimes spelled 'softcopy') is an electronic copy (or e-copy) of some type of data, such as a file viewed on a computer's display or transmitted as an email attachment. Continue Reading
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Feature
09 Aug 2022
A look at Presto, Trino SQL query engines
The co-creator of the open source project at Facebook reflects on 10 years of growth as he helps lead one of its resulting tools into the future. Continue Reading
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Definition
08 Aug 2022
data catalog
A data catalog is a software application that creates an inventory of an organization's data assets to help data professionals and business users find relevant data for analytics uses. Continue Reading
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05 Aug 2022
Hazelcast CEO looks to grow real-time data platform
The CEO of the data streaming vendor discusses the direction Hazelcast is heading in as it launches a serverless platform for real-time processing of streaming and contextual data. Continue Reading
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Definition
04 Aug 2022
data governance policy
A data governance policy is a documented set of guidelines for ensuring that an organization's data and information assets are managed consistently and used properly. Continue Reading
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Tip
29 Jul 2022
Create a better endpoint backup strategy for remote work
An endpoint backup strategy must protect data for remote employees working on a variety of devices without IT oversight. Incremental and immutable backups are key. Continue Reading
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Tip
28 Jul 2022
What is data lineage? Techniques, best practices and tools
Organizations can bolster data governance efforts by tracking the lineage of data in their systems. Get advice on how to do so and how data lineage tools can help. Continue Reading
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Tip
28 Jul 2022
How to build a successful paperless office strategy
Shifting an organization to be a paperless office starts with finding the right tools to digitize content and establishing the strategy and processes that promote staff buy-in. Continue Reading
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Feature
28 Jul 2022
Tips to plan storage elements of artificial intelligence
Author and data engineer Chinmay Arankalle explores how organizations can manage storage for AI. Management and storage options include data lakes and high-performance storage. Continue Reading
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News
28 Jul 2022
Truist chief data officer on data management challenges
The CDO of bank holding company Truist outlines what she sees as an optimal data management culture as the demand for data skills continues to grow. Continue Reading
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News
22 Jul 2022
Apache Beam users detail stream data processing applications
At a Beam conference, users detail how they're using the open source data processing technology at large scale in support of a growing number of data pipelines. Continue Reading
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Feature
20 Jul 2022
4 real-world examples of zero-party data
With zero-party data directly from consumers, marketing teams get better data to help retain customers and improve CX. These real-world examples highlight how this data works. Continue Reading
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News
20 Jul 2022
Oracle Database Service for Azure connects Microsoft to OCI
Oracle and Microsoft are extending their partnership to enable Microsoft cloud users to directly provision and access Oracle Cloud Infrastructure database services. Continue Reading
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19 Jul 2022
Confluent update eases multi-cloud event data streaming
The event data streaming vendor's new update introduces features to make it easier to integrate into a multi-cloud data stack deployment with the debut of a Terraform provider. Continue Reading
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18 Jul 2022
Tibco adds SaaS version of MDM platform, updates TCI
The analytics vendor unveiled Cloud EBX as it continues to add cloud-native versions of its tools. In addition, it launched an updated version of its cloud integration suite. Continue Reading
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Definition
18 Jul 2022
six degrees of separation
Six degrees of separation is the theory that any person on the planet can be connected to any other person on the planet through a chain of acquaintances that has no more than five intermediaries. Continue Reading
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News
14 Jul 2022
StarRocks brings open source OLAP database to the cloud
The open source online analytical transaction processing DBaaS startup takes a different approach to accelerate queries as it moves to the cloud. Continue Reading
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14 Jul 2022
ScyllaDB V open source NoSQL database embraces WebAssembly
New release of the open source NoSQL database adds an optimized I/O scheduler to accelerate read/write operations and improve workload scalability. Continue Reading
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12 Jul 2022
SingleStore secures $116M in funding to fuel growth
The data management vendor has secured $278 million in financing since December 2020 and plans to use the new funds to fuel product development and expand marketing efforts. Continue Reading
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Tip
11 Jul 2022
6 CDO challenges that hinder data-driven initiatives
Chief data officers often run into difficulties getting projects off the ground. Here are six challenges hindering modern CDOs' data-driven projects and strategies. Continue Reading
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06 Jul 2022
IBM acquires Databand for data observability technology
The tech giant continued to build out its data fabric platform by acquiring a data startup with a platform that enables organizations to monitor and optimize data pipelines. Continue Reading
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30 Jun 2022
Cloudera embraces Apache Iceberg as cloud data lake evolves
The Cloudera Data Platform now supports the open source cloud data lake table format as part of the continuing evolution of the broader Hadoop ecosystem. Continue Reading
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29 Jun 2022
New Collibra, Snowflake integration enhances data governance
The new tool aims to enable customers to quickly put protections on sensitive data without requiring them to write code so that business users can securely work with data. Continue Reading
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29 Jun 2022
DataStax extends Astra Streaming event data platform
The data platform vendor extended its Apache Pulsar-based Astra Streaming platform with support for more streaming protocols, including Kafka, JMS and RabbitMQ. Continue Reading
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29 Jun 2022
Yugabyte distributed SQL database adds migration service
The YugabyteDB 2.15 distributed SQL database update introduces a table group feature to accelerate and optimize performance for different database workloads. Continue Reading
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28 Jun 2022
Databricks accelerates data lakehouse at Data + AI Summit
Databricks committed to making its Delta Lake technology fully open source as the vendor rolled out platform updates to accelerate data analytics and machine learning workloads. Continue Reading
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Answer
27 Jun 2022
DBMS keys: 8 types of keys defined
Here's a guide to primary, super, foreign and candidate keys, what they're used for in relational database management systems and the differences among them. Continue Reading
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News
23 Jun 2022
Starburst acquires Varada to accelerate data lake queries
After a year of partnering, the data lake query vendor decided to acquire fellow Trino SQL query engine supporter Varada to help boost query performance. Continue Reading
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22 Jun 2022
Treeverse set to launch LakeFS cloud data lake service
The open source LakeFS technology gets a fully managed cloud service to help organization better iterate and version cloud data sources for development efforts. Continue Reading
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22 Jun 2022
Reltio integrates data quality with cloud MDM platform
The master data management vendor adds new capabilities to its cloud service to enable organizations to more easily integrate validated data with business operations. Continue Reading
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17 Jun 2022
Neon previews serverless PostgreSQL database service
Startup emerges to launch a new developer-focused cloud database as a service based on open source PostgreSQL, with capabilities to enable branching for application development. Continue Reading
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Definition
16 Jun 2022
Elastic Stack (ELK Stack)
The Elastic Stack is a group of open source products from Elastic designed to help users take data from any type of source and in any format, and search, analyze and visualize that data in real time. Continue Reading
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News
15 Jun 2022
DataStax raises $115M to advance its data stack
The CEO of the data platform vendor, which is a leading contributor to the open source Cassandra database, details why the vendor is looking to assemble a full data stack. Continue Reading
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14 Jun 2022
ThoughtSpot, Matillion partner to accelerate analytics
The analytics vendor and data integration vendor both offer cloud-native tools and have joined forces to reduce the time it takes go from data ingestion to insight and action. Continue Reading
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14 Jun 2022
Yellowbrick 6 advances cloud data warehouse deployments
The data warehouse vendor is growing its hybrid data warehouse capabilities with version 6.0 of its namesake platform that is now enabled to run on AWS. Continue Reading
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14 Jun 2022
Snowflake Data Cloud expands with Unistore Hybrid Tables
Snowflake adds more capabilities, including support for Apache Iceberg data lake tables and both transactional and analytics workloads, with Hybrid Tables. Continue Reading
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09 Jun 2022
Meltano 2.0 provides a superset of open source DataOps tools
The startup and GitHub spinoff added the Apache Superset business intelligence technology to enable organizations to more easily build full data operations pipelines. Continue Reading
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Tip
08 Jun 2022
Can you really use a shared database for microservices?
Since its emergence as a mainstream development style, experts have debated the wisdom of using a shared database for microservices versus providing a database per service. Continue Reading
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Tip
08 Jun 2022
Explore the benefits and challenges of paperless offices
While transitioning to a paperless office can be costly, the benefits of paperless are enough to justify the cost for most organizations. Continue Reading
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News
07 Jun 2022
MongoDB 6.0 set to bring analytics to NoSQL database
The vendor plans to update its database technology with new capabilities including queryable encryption and columnstore index to accelerate data analytics queries. Continue Reading
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03 Jun 2022
Data connectivity key to insight discovery
With the economy in near constant flux over the past two years, connecting data points to fuel analytics has enabled many organizations to act and react as they need to. Continue Reading
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News
02 Jun 2022
Incorta integrates Delta Sharing with Direct Data Mapping
Incorta looks to make it easier for users to collaborate and share data across different sources, to aid business intelligence and data analytics operations. Continue Reading
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Definition
02 Jun 2022
document
A document is a form of information that might be useful to a user or set of users. Continue Reading
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News
01 Jun 2022
PlanetScale brings new insights to its database as a service
The vendor expanded its cloud database service with new capabilities for integrated data observability with insights, as well as the ability to scale read-only replicas. Continue Reading
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Answer
01 Jun 2022
How to build a data catalog: 10 key steps
A data catalog helps business and analytics users explore data assets, find relevant data and understand what it means. Here are 10 important steps for building one. Continue Reading
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News
26 May 2022
Tech stock sell-off signals tough times for data vendors
In addition to lowering the values of publicly traded data, analytics and AI vendors, the stock market's decline is making it difficult for companies still in their funding phase. Continue Reading
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Tip
26 May 2022
Top benefits of data governance for businesses
Effective data governance provides a variety of benefits to organizations, including improvements in operational efficiency, data quality and business decision-making. Continue Reading
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News
26 May 2022
Alation boosts data intelligence with Open Data Quality
The vendor's latest update brings users more integration options to connect with data quality tools and adds more capabilities for data governance to the data catalog platform. Continue Reading
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News
25 May 2022
CockroachDB boosts automation in distributed SQL database
The database vendor has updated its CockroachDB platform with features to enable users to more reliably scale and control operations to meet data demands. Continue Reading
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Feature
25 May 2022
The history and evolution of the paperless office
From the advent of word processors to full-time remote work, the history of paperless offices reflects major technological innovations across the past four decades. Continue Reading
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News
25 May 2022
TigerGraph unveils new tool for machine learning modeling
The vendor's new capability is a pipeline for developing and deploying machine learning models with graph technology and works with popular third-party machine learning platforms. Continue Reading
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24 May 2022
Informatica advances Intelligent Data Management Cloud
The data management vendor added new services to its cloud data platform, including specific offerings for the financial services and healthcare industry verticals. Continue Reading
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24 May 2022
Monte Carlo set to boost data observability with $135M raise
Monte Carlo's CTO provides insight into the state of the data market as the volume of data sources and pipelines continues to be a challenge for organizations to optimize. Continue Reading
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20 May 2022
Alteryx adds augmented analytics, more cloud capabilities
The vendor's latest update includes increased connectivity to cloud data storage repositories and enhanced augmented intelligence features designed to increase speed-to-insight. Continue Reading