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AWS data warehousing and analytics News

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 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.

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The benefits of columnar storage and the Parquet file format

What's behind Apache Parquet's growing popularity? It may be the file format's columnar storage orientation, which leads to benefits including improved query performance. Continue Reading
Cloud big data clusters test users on migration, management

There are good reasons to move big data systems to the cloud, but doing so also poses challenges for IT teams on migrating workloads and then managing clusters and system instances. Continue Reading
Cloud-based database software adds new IT options for users

The increasing adoption of cloud database services has captured the attention of Oracle and Microsoft as they try to hold their spots at the top of the database market. Continue Reading

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AWS data lake and data warehouse options for the cloud

Get ready for data analytics in the cloud. Learn the best ways to handle your data on AWS. Distinguish between data lakes and data warehouse services on AWS and how they work. Continue Reading
Cloud database comparison: AWS, Microsoft, Google and Oracle

IT expert Chris Foot evaluates the leading cloud databases from AWS, Google, Microsoft and Oracle based on their product offerings and migration capabilities. 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

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When to choose an S3 big data environment over HDFS storage

Selecting a storage service for big data in the cloud can be challenging. Expert David Loshin explains usage patterns that could lead organizations to Amazon Simple Storage Service. Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading
Managing the big data ecosystem requires agility amid disruptions

In some regards, the term big data management can be viewed as an oxymoron. In fact, oxymorons abound in this industry and society -- virtual reality, artificial intelligence, science fiction and awfully good, the ... Continue Reading

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How to fight higher Oracle licensing costs in the AWS, Azure clouds

Oracle essentially doubled cloud licensing requirements to run its software on AWS or Azure, but Oracle shops can fight back. Here's how to avoid a bigger Oracle licensing bill. Continue Reading
Cloud database security: Why it's a good idea to be paranoid

IT managers should ask cloud providers some pointed questions about the security of data stored in cloud databases, says expert Mark Whitehorn. Continue Reading
Cloud, database admin roles blur as IT attempts to house more big data

As big data analytics proves its enterprise BI value, cloud admins will see their jobs bleeding into more traditional database admin responsibilities. Continue Reading

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