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• December 13, 2019 13 Dec'19

  Amazon Managed Apache Cassandra Service stokes competition

  Vendors in the open source Cassandra NoSQL database market voice their concerns about AWS' entry into the field, as the cloud giant looks to expand its database portfolio.

• December 11, 2019 11 Dec'19

  Aerospike 4.8 advances database persistent memory support

  Aerospike 4.8 adds full support for Intel's Optane persistent memory, enabling the NoSQL database to run both the index and data in memory for better overall performance.

• December 04, 2019 04 Dec'19

  Amazon cloud database and data analytics expand

  AWS expands its Redshift data warehouse capabilities including managed storage and query acceleration at the re:Invent 2019 conference, alongside a new managed Cassandra database service.

• December 02, 2019 02 Dec'19

  Vendors move away from open source database software licensing

  While open source is a key to success for many database vendors, it can also potentially lead to a competitive threat from a cloud scale provider.

• November 26, 2019 26 Nov'19

  Oracle looks to grow multi-model database features

  Decade after decade, Oracle continues to be relevant in the database market as it pivots to include an expanding list of capabilities to serve users, notably cloud.

• November 21, 2019 21 Nov'19

  Confluent introduces ksqlDB event streaming database

  Getting streaming data optimized to work inside of a database often involves disparate vendors and technologies, a challenge that Confluent aims to help fix.

• November 19, 2019 19 Nov'19

  CockroachDB 19.2 improves distributed database performance

  New release of CockroachDB cloud-native distributed database platform helps to reduce latency; it also gets enhanced data backup capabilities.

• November 18, 2019 18 Nov'19

  Redis Labs eases database management with RedisInsight

  Based on the open source RDBTools project, Redis Labs' new tool gives database administrators a stable graphical user interface for database management.

• November 13, 2019 13 Nov'19

  With Vitess 4.0, database vendor matures cloud-native platform

  Scaling a MySQL database in the cloud is not easy, but the open source Vitess project manages the project at scale for cloud-native Kubernetes deployments.

• November 08, 2019 08 Nov'19

  ScyllaDB set to improve NoSQL database performance

  ScyllaDB has been helpful for big organizations such as Comcast, which was able to trim from nearly 1,000 database nodes to 78 ScyllaDB nodes and now has more room to grow.

• November 06, 2019 06 Nov'19

  Translytical data platforms provide options to unify databases

  Forrester identifies top vendors in the translytical database category and common elements that help make the unified database model well adapted for multiple use cases.

• November 05, 2019 05 Nov'19

  Okera shines Spotlight on data lake insights

  Data stored in a data lake can be an important asset, but understanding how the data is being used, or in some cases not used, is another challenge altogether.

• October 31, 2019 31 Oct'19

  Data silos and culture lead to data transformation challenges

  Data continues to grow at a rapid rate, and users are faced with increasing complexity and challenges to make sense of it all in a way that helps improve business outcomes.

• October 24, 2019 24 Oct'19

  Grafana Labs observability platform set to grow

  Raj Dutt, co-founder and CEO of Grafana Labs, provides insight into what his company is doing and where it's headed, now that it has raised new money and is seeing new use cases for its data observability technology.

• October 24, 2019 24 Oct'19

  Splunk advances Data-to-Everything initiative

  Splunk execs outline the vendor's direction and new capabilities at its annual user conference, including the general availability of Data Fabric Search and Data Stream Processor.

• October 21, 2019 21 Oct'19

  Open source database use is a growing trend

  Study shows that more users are using open source software for data management, with most organizations using more than one technology to help meet different needs.

• October 18, 2019 18 Oct'19

  Databricks contributes Delta Lake to the Linux Foundation

  Databricks has found a new home at the Linux Foundation for its open source Delta Lake data lake project, in a bid to help grow a broader community and accelerate adoption.

• October 17, 2019 17 Oct'19

  Apache Rya matures open source triple store database

  Open source triple store database technology used by the U.S. Navy moves forward as a stable, mature project at the Apache Software Foundation.

• October 14, 2019 14 Oct'19

  PostgreSQL 12 boosts open source database performance

  Widely used open source PostgreSQL database platform gets a major update providing users with new SQL query capabilities for JSON and improved performance.

• October 08, 2019 08 Oct'19

  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.

• October 08, 2019 08 Oct'19

  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.

• October 02, 2019 02 Oct'19

  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.

• October 01, 2019 01 Oct'19

  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.

• September 30, 2019 30 Sep'19

  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.

• September 26, 2019 26 Sep'19

  Quilt Data emerges from stealth to enable cloud data search

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

• September 25, 2019 25 Sep'19

  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.

• September 20, 2019 20 Sep'19

  Swim DataFabric platform helps to understand edge streaming data

  Swim released its new Swim DataFabric, which integrates with Microsoft Azure to help users organize and gain insights from streaming data sources.

• September 19, 2019 19 Sep'19

  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.

• September 17, 2019 17 Sep'19

  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.

• September 16, 2019 16 Sep'19

  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.

• September 16, 2019 16 Sep'19

  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.

• September 12, 2019 12 Sep'19

  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.

• September 11, 2019 11 Sep'19

  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.

• September 05, 2019 05 Sep'19

  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.

• September 04, 2019 04 Sep'19

  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.

• August 29, 2019 29 Aug'19

  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.

• August 22, 2019 22 Aug'19

  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.

• August 21, 2019 21 Aug'19

  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.

• August 20, 2019 20 Aug'19

  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.

• August 20, 2019 20 Aug'19

  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.

• August 15, 2019 15 Aug'19

  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.

• August 13, 2019 13 Aug'19

  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.

• August 08, 2019 08 Aug'19

  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.

• August 06, 2019 06 Aug'19

  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.

• August 01, 2019 01 Aug'19

  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.

• July 31, 2019 31 Jul'19

  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.

• July 31, 2019 31 Jul'19

  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.

• July 30, 2019 30 Jul'19

  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.

• July 26, 2019 26 Jul'19

  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.

• July 03, 2019 03 Jul'19

  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.

• July 03, 2019 03 Jul'19

  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.

• June 28, 2019 28 Jun'19

  PostgreSQL database specialist EnterpriseDB gets new backing

  EnterpriseDB is looking to push its database further with help from new financial backers. The deal sees Postgres originator Michael Stonebraker coming onboard as technical adviser.

• June 26, 2019 26 Jun'19

  Immuta Automated Data Governance Platform comes to AWS

  Immuta's Automated Data Governance Platform, providing data visibility, accessibility and protection, is now available as a managed service on AWS Marketplace.

• June 18, 2019 18 Jun'19

  MongoDB Atlas cloud service adds data lake, touts multi-cloud

  MongoDB released an S3-compatible data lake its developer legions can quickly query. But, word of MongoDB Atlas use on Google's cloud shows there are clouds to sow beyond AWS.

• June 05, 2019 05 Jun'19

  AtScale updates its data warehouse virtualization platform

  AtScale 2019.1 comes with many new capabilities, including extended database support, increased security and advanced analytical query capabilities.

• June 04, 2019 04 Jun'19

  IBM Db2 update aims to simplify use with AI

  IBM's new Db2 release adds a host of AI-powered enhancements, including a range of automated error reporting capabilities and tools to more easily create AI algorithms.

• June 04, 2019 04 Jun'19

  Vendor unveils Snowflake Data Exchange, Google Cloud integration

  Snowflake Computing's data exchange marketplace aims to make data easily shared between users and providers, enable users to innovate and give providers an opportunity to monetize data.

• June 03, 2019 03 Jun'19

  Lyftron launches universal data access platform

  Lyftron launched a data access platform that uses a data hub, data insights, enterprise-wide data catalogs and lineage, and hybrid cloud management and migration to unify data.

• May 31, 2019 31 May'19

  MapR's future in jeopardy, layoffs loom

  It's right there in a MapR letter to California's labor department: A leader in the Hadoop market is desperately seeking funding after poor sales of its promising data platform.

• May 20, 2019 20 May'19

  Lumina launches Radiance, a data risk management platform

  In an effort to prevent data loss, Lumina launched Radiance, a SaaS data risk management platform. It collects and analyzes data to help prevent risks and threats.

• May 07, 2019 07 May'19

  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.

• May 01, 2019 01 May'19

  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.

• April 30, 2019 30 Apr'19

  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.

• April 29, 2019 29 Apr'19

  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.

• April 25, 2019 25 Apr'19

  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.

• April 17, 2019 17 Apr'19

  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.

• April 15, 2019 15 Apr'19

  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.

• April 04, 2019 04 Apr'19

  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.

• March 25, 2019 25 Mar'19

  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.

• March 25, 2019 25 Mar'19

  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.

• March 21, 2019 21 Mar'19

  Machine learning approaches gain critical mass for data pros

  Machine learning will bring change to analytics and data management, said data luminary Michael Stonebraker. Others agree managing such change will take special effort.

• March 15, 2019 15 Mar'19

  Big data management practices gain attention amid risks

  Many data professionals have yet to solidify traditional data management practices, but they have a new set of challenges to overcome to ensure data privacy and avoid misuse.

• March 12, 2019 12 Mar'19

  Aerospike database garners Spark, Kafka connectors

  Apache Kafka and Apache Spark connectors ease use of the Aerospike NoSQL data store in high-speed applications such as analytics that are becoming more broadly supported.

• March 11, 2019 11 Mar'19

  Data catalog software takes on data lakes, privacy laws

  Data catalogs form a hub for managing enterprise data. New products focus on machine learning and AI add-ons that help automate aspects of data governance.

• February 26, 2019 26 Feb'19

  Hazelcast grid tunes for data scalability tradeoffs

  An in-memory data grid (IMDG) from Hazelcast lets designers tune subsystems to support consistency over availability, or the reverse, depending on what designers want.

• February 14, 2019 14 Feb'19

  Originators form group to boost Presto SQL query engine

  The Presto engine arose as an alternative to Hive for big data queries. Now, the Presto Software Foundation has formed to promote the SQL query software's virtues.

• February 11, 2019 11 Feb'19

  Web integration platform eases way to machine learning models

  StoryFit data scientists employ machine learning algorithms to gauge film script scenarios' prospects. They use Import.io tools to make data preparation easier.

• February 01, 2019 01 Feb'19

  Open source cloud databases battle software 'strip mining'

  Cloud giants like AWS have adopted open source databases, causing Confluent, MongoDB and others to guard their assets the best way they know how: licensing.

• January 22, 2019 22 Jan'19

  New Teradata CEO pursues cloud-based architecture

  Cloud architecture, analytics and AI data processing are top innovation priorities for new Teradata CEO Oliver Ratzesberger. He talks about his goals in this Q&A.

• January 21, 2019 21 Jan'19

  Data.gov shutdown shows limits of open data

  The Data.gov shutdown shows that, as open data can be turned off, data professionals may need to consider alternative sources for the kinds of data the government offers.

• January 15, 2019 15 Jan'19

  Cloudera and Hortonworks combo to push CDP, machine learning

  Two wunderkinds of Hadoop have formalized their merger. Cloudera and Hortonworks say they will place special focus on AI as they chart the stand-alone vendor's future.

• January 10, 2019 10 Jan'19

  IBM Weather Channel location data use spurs privacy concerns

  IBM CEO Ginni Rometty pushed real-time weather data mining for travel and other uses, even as the Los Angeles city attorney is suing IBM's Weather Company unit over its sharing of location data with business partners.

• December 28, 2018 28 Dec'18

  Data management trends for 2019: Governance, DataOps, cloud

  Better data governance, increased cloud use and wider DataOps adoption head the list of trends for data management teams to plan for in 2019, IT analysts say.

• December 18, 2018 18 Dec'18

  Datawatch Swarm on path to combine data prep, analytics

  Datawatch plans to add analytics and data visualization tools to its Swarm data preparation platform, starting with integration capabilities in a Swarm 2.2 release.

• December 14, 2018 14 Dec'18

  Data companies vie to fill spots in AWS cloud data lineup

  Third-party vendors that offer data platforms to AWS users tout hedges against cloud lock-in. But they must both compete and collaborate with the cloud leader.

• November 30, 2018 30 Nov'18

  Amazon Timestream, QLDB aim to grab more DBMS users for AWS

  Built-for-purpose databases target general ones, especially in the cloud. At re:Invent 2018, AWS added time-series and transaction ledger databases to expand its line.

• November 27, 2018 27 Nov'18

  Microsoft Azure SQL Database and Oracle 19c start to rev

  A new Microsoft Azure SQL Database Managed Instance service seeks to span the gap between cloud and on-premises systems. Meanwhile, Oracle also has cloud plans of the data kind.

• November 06, 2018 06 Nov'18

  IBM-Red Hat deal highlights changes due in data processing

  The IBM acquisition of Red Hat marks a watershed in computer architecture. The duo says it can rebuild data applications in new ways. This news analysis explores what's coming.

• October 12, 2018 12 Oct'18

  MarkLogic Data Hub Service aims to ease cloud use of NoSQL DBMS

  MarkLogic rolled out a cloud-service version of its NoSQL database management system, a move designed to make the technology more cost-effective for cloud users.

• October 04, 2018 04 Oct'18

  Cloudera-Hortonworks merger narrows Hadoop users' options

  Hadoop users will have fewer choices as big data rivals Cloudera and Hortonworks unite. But the new company may be more competitive with AWS and Google.

• September 26, 2018 26 Sep'18

  Mining equipment maker uses BI on Hadoop to dig for data

  BI on Hadoop is still new, but moving BI to data is trending. A data scientist working with IoT data at Komatsu sees the importance of getting big data to the right people.

• September 13, 2018 13 Sep'18

  Containers key for Hortonworks alliance on big data hybrid

  Hortonworks is joining with Red Hat and IBM to work together on a hybrid big data architecture format that will run using containers both in the cloud and on premises.

• September 07, 2018 07 Sep'18

  Big data tooling rolls with the changing seas of analytics

  Hadoop data tooling is expanding. A view holds that Hadoop is moving from alternate data warehousing to a full-fledged big data analytics offering.

• September 04, 2018 04 Sep'18

  Graph processing gives credit analysis firms an edge

  A graph database startup's parallel loading, processing and querying combine to deliver real-time data for fintech firms that offer fast credit evaluations online.

• August 08, 2018 08 Aug'18

  Confluent Platform 5.0 aims to mainstream Kafka streaming

  Confluent Platform updates seek to bring data streaming with Apache Kafka to a wider audience. A new GUI and user-defined functions are part of the 5.0 release.

• July 19, 2018 19 Jul'18

  Focus, scope and spotting opportunity are key to role of CDO

  Chief data officers and experts see the CDO role as changing to a more strategic orientation -- especially finding key opportunities in vast troves of data.

• July 16, 2018 16 Jul'18

  Chief data officer role: Searching for consensus

  The chief data officer role is about many things -- regulations, innovation, AI and more. Consultant Randy Bean discussed the matter ahead of an MIT symposium on the topic.

• July 02, 2018 02 Jul'18

  Hadoop data governance services surface in wake of GDPR

  GDPR influence is touching a Hadoop big data world that was immune to many privacy considerations until now. This podcast features the rise of Hadoop data governance for data lakes.

• June 27, 2018 27 Jun'18

  MongoDB 4.0, Stitch aim to grow NoSQL apps in cloud, on-prem

  NoSQL vendor MongoDB upgraded its database software with ACID support, while also releasing a serverless platform intended to simplify application development.

• June 25, 2018 25 Jun'18

  Hadoop data lake architecture tests IT on data integration

  Hortonworks users talk about building Hadoop data lakes to support new applications -- and the challenges their teams face on ingesting and refining data for end users.