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- 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.
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- 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.
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Choosing the Right Cloud Storage Infrastructure for Improved Risk Management
Sponsored by NetApp - The growing ubiquity of cloud storage has been accelerated substantially by a variety of factors, not the least of which has been the COVID-19 pandemic that has spiked cloud usage to complement, and in some cases even replace, on-premises storage. But with that growth of cloud storage has come a commensurate increase in risk as more data is in transit. See More
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Connecting and Integrating With the Public Cloud
Sponsored by NetApp - Cloud computing is now a hallmark of all enterprise IT strategies, and public cloud computing has become one of the most transformative factors in the entire enterprise computing landscape. By 2023, global expenditures on public cloud computing will exceed $1.1 trillion by 2023, representing a 6-year compound annual growth rate of nearly 24%. See More
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Enabling Business-Critical Apps For a Distributed Environment
Sponsored by NetApp - Supporting distributed workforces with essential applications, until recently a concern primarily for larger enterprises, is now a fact of life for nearly all organizations. The global e-commerce movement has dramatically expanded organizations’ ability to do business in any region of the world, typically necessitating local workforces for such functions as support, service and marketing. And the COVID-19 pandemic put an exclamation point on one of the most transformative issues of commerce—remote work. See More
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Optimizing Your Cloud Storage Spending For Hybrid Cloud Environments
Sponsored by NetApp - Most organizations know that hybrid cloud’s many benefits extend far beyond financial factors. Agility, flexibility and scalability are just some of the most attractive features of hybrid cloud, as well as the ability to move workloads from on-premises to the cloud and back, or from cloud to cloud. In fact, these and other benefits have driven most organizations to adopt hybrid cloud as part of their overarching IT service delivery strategy. See More
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- 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.
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- 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.
- June 18, 2018
18 Jun'18
Hortonworks cloud options grow via Google, Microsoft, IBM
Hortonworks now supports Google Cloud Storage and has also broadened cloud deals with Microsoft and IBM, aiming to increase cloud uses of its big data platform.
- March 21, 2018
21 Mar'18
Kubernetes gains momentum in big data implementation process
Big data vendors and users are looking to Kubernetes-managed containers to help accelerate deployments and enable more flexible use of computing resources.
- March 15, 2018
15 Mar'18
Streaming tool from StreamSets eyes data in motion for GDPR
StreamSets software for inspecting big data brings governance to data in motion. Such capabilities may find more use as the European Union's GDPR deadline looms.
- February 22, 2018
22 Feb'18
Google TPUs open up on cloud; LinkedIn intros Hadoop Dynamometer
In big data news, we find Google TPUs, or Tensor Processing Units, offered as a cloud service, while LinkedIn is open sourcing a Hadoop test simulator called Dynamometer.
- February 16, 2018
16 Feb'18
MongoDB 4.0 takes ACID transactions to multi-document level
MongoDB is taking a deeper step into SQL-style processing waters with a 4.0 update that brings increased support for ACID-compliant transactions to its NoSQL database.
- January 03, 2018
03 Jan'18
Apache Hadoop 3.0 goes GA, adds hooks for cloud and GPUs
Is this the post-Hadoop era? Not in the eyes of Hadoop 3.0 backers, who see the latest update to the big data framework succeeding in machine learning applications and cloud systems.
- December 01, 2017
01 Dec'17
AWS graph database Amazon Neptune sets sail at re:Invent 2017
After Cyber Monday, Amazon Web Services techies headed for re:Invent 2017. There, among a deluge of cloud product announcements by AWS, the Amazon Neptune graph database surfaced.
- December 01, 2017
01 Dec'17
Apache Impala gets top-level status as open source Hadoop tool
Born at Cloudera, the MPP query engine known as Apache Impala has become a top-level open source project. It's one of various tools bringing SQL-style interactivity to big data analytics.
- October 30, 2017
30 Oct'17
Connectedness is king, as Neo4j graph database ports to Spark
The Neo4j graph database emphasizes easy relationship mapping for diverse data points. Now, its related Cypher query language is hooking into Apache Spark.
- October 05, 2017
05 Oct'17
Big data systems up ante on data quality measures for users
At the Strata conference in New York, IT managers detailed steps they're taking to improve data quality in their big data environments in order to help ensure analytics accuracy.
- September 28, 2017
28 Sep'17
MapR-DB uses NoSQL to drive real-time analytics
The Strata conference in New York saw big data platform vendor MapR Technologies update MapR-DB, its NoSQL database engine, to better perform in real-time analytics applications.
- September 26, 2017
26 Sep'17
Bank sees ETL processes evolve from IT to front-line users
ETL jobs -- once the sole province of IT -- take on a new form as data wrangling and self-service gain greater traction with business users of analytics.
- September 06, 2017
06 Sep'17
Energy partnership drills down on data quality issues
Breitburn Energy Partners employed data quality tools to address the business pain of bad data, using the software to give end users the means to fix data quality issues themselves.
- August 31, 2017
31 Aug'17
Confluent's Kafka data-streaming framework gets 'SQL-ized'
SQL on Hadoop arrived -- so did SQL on Spark. Now, SQL on Kafka is emerging to provide a different way to look at Kafka data as it streams through the enterprise.