Features

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• 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.  Continue Reading

• 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.  Continue Reading

• 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.  Continue Reading

• 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.  Continue Reading

• 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.  Continue Reading

• Augmented data management draws more enterprise interest

  With AI and machine learning, organizations are starting to augment their data management. This is changing the way enterprise users capture, govern and integrate data.  Continue Reading

• How to navigate the challenges of the data modeling process

  Data modeling and curation can help businesses more efficiently use data they've collected. There are challenges, however -- beginning with ensuring data quality.  Continue Reading

• 8 tips to improve the data curation process

  A data curation and modeling strategy can ensure accuracy and enhance governance. Experts offer eight best practices for curating data. First, start at the source.  Continue Reading

• Explore Hadoop distributions to manage big data

  Discover the uses of Hadoop distributions and the first steps in evaluating these products, as well as how the merger of rivals Cloudera and Hortonworks affects the market.  Continue Reading

• DataOps is more than DevOps for data, Delphix CTO says

  Data operations is young compared to DevOps, but it is increasingly used as part of projects that put data at the center of development. Here, Delphix CTO Eric Schrock makes observations about the trend.  Continue Reading

• 5 best practices for managing real-time data integration

  Real-time data integration isn't like traditional data integration -- "it's moving, it's dirty and it's temporal," cautions one data pro. Experts offer up some best practices.  Continue Reading

• Cloud data warehouse makes inroads as users spurn admin tasks

  Overlooked in the run-up to Hadoop, data warehouses have found new life off premises. Cloud-based data warehouses find favor with teams that want to reduce warehouse administration.  Continue Reading

• 5 data management infrastructure technologies to evaluate

  It's the start of a new year -- is your organization ready to face the data management challenges ahead? Here are five technologies to consider adopting.  Continue Reading

• Advantages of graph databases: Easier data modeling, analytics

  Graph databases are finding a place in analytics applications at organizations that need to be able to map and understand the connections in large and varied data sets.  Continue Reading

• FaunaDB distributed cloud database hunts transactional NoSQL

  Startup Fauna has built a "relational NoSQL" database for distributed transaction processing. Data consistency and speedy builds attracted early user ShiftX.  Continue Reading