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Alex Woodie is the managing editor of Datanami

Aerospike Nabs $109M to Grow Data Biz Turbocharged by AI

Aerospike is hoping to grow its business as fast as its customers are growing their data. And with today’s Series E round valued at $109 million, Aerospike has the capital to do just that, capturing more AI-linked work Read more…

What’s Holding Up the ROI for GenAI?

Businesses are investing hundreds of billions of dollars in generative AI with the hope that it will improve their operations. However, the majority of these companies have yet to see a return on their investment in larg Read more…

Why A Bad LLM Is Worse Than No LLM At All

Companies are sprinting to add large language models (LLMs) to their technology stacks thanks to the popularity of generative AI like ChatGPT and Bard. The hours of work saved from using generative AI apps have many eage Read more…

Big Data Career Notes: March 2024 Edition

In this monthly feature, we’ll keep you up-to-date on the latest career developments for individuals in the big data community. Whether it’s a promotion, new company hire, or even an accolade, we’ve got the details Read more…

OpenTelemetry Is Too Complicated, VictoriaMetrics Says

To say the folks at VictoriaMetrics aren’t big fans of OpenTelemetry after implementing its metrics library would be putting it mildly. “OpenTelemetery is so complicated and bloated,” said Aliaksandr Valialkin, the Read more…

Rangers Redux: Can Texas Repeat with Data, Analytics, and AI?

Hope springs eternal on Opening Day. Every team starts with a perfect record and dreams of winning the World Series in six months. For the Texas Rangers, defending their championship will require the proper mix of hard w Read more…

MicroStrategy Fleshes Out AI-for-BI Strategy, Bets Big On Bitcoin

MicroStrategy this week unveiled a new customizable AI bot called Auto that lets business users interact with MicroStrategy’s data analytics offerings through natural language. But investors in the publicly traded Virg Read more…

Maximizing Your Data Migration Investment

Many organizations are migrating their data these days, but they aren’t always doing so in an efficient manner. This means they’re effectively leaving money on the table. Two key areas of consideration are data relev Read more…

Kinetica Elevates RAG with Fast Access to Real-Time Data

Kinetica got its start building a GPU-powered database to serve fast SQL queries and visualizations for US government and military clients. But with a pair of announcements at Nvidia’s GTC show last week, the company i Read more…

Virtualitics Helps Oncologists Answer Tough Flu Question

Do flu outbreaks correspond with a greater chance of dying for lung cancer patients? It may seem like a straightforward question at first, but once you dig into it, you realize it’s not so easy to answer. But thanks to Read more…

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