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Slicing and Dicing the Real-Time Analytics Database Market
Organizations that are in the market for analytics databases that can serve an enormous quantity of queries on massive sets of fast-changing data may want to check out the latest Gigaom Sonar report on real-time analytic Read more…
The Spark-to-Ray Migration That Will Save Amazon $100M+ Per Year
When Ray first emerged from the UC Berkeley RISELab back in 2017, it was positioned as a possible replacement for Apache Spark. But as Anyscale, the commercial outfit behind Ray, scaled up its own operations, the “Ray Read more…
Can Cerabyte Crack the $1-Per-Petabyte Barrier with Ceramic Storage?
A German startup named Cerabyte is hoping to solve the burgeoning market for secondary and archival data storage with a novel approach that uses lasers to etch bits onto glass with a ceramic coating. The “grey ceramic� Read more…
Snowflake Gives Cloud Customers What They Need and Want at Summit 2024
AI is like candy these days, enticing enterprises with the promise of amazing things to come. But AI doesn’t work without a good solid data foundation. Snowflake seems to understand this, which is why the company is sp Read more…
Matillion Bringing AI to Data Pipelines
Data engineers historically have toiled away in the virtual basement, doing the dirty work of spinning raw data into something usable by data scientists and analysts. The advent of generative AI is changing the nature of Read more…
News In Brief
OpenAI Takes On Google with SearchGPT
OpenAI is testing a new offering called SearchGPT that uses generative AI to explain search results for users, potentially putting it on a collision course with Google in the search engine business. Google completely Read more…
AI Impacting Data Engineering Faster Than Expected, dbt Labs’ Handy Says
We’re in the midst of a revolution thanks to generative AI. There’s no denying that. And while dbt Labs CEO Tristan Handy was expecting the AI revolution to eventually come to the world of big data and analytics engi Read more…
The Top Five Data Labeling Firms According to Everest Group
The process of annotating and labeling data is critical for supervised learning tasks, such as training a large language model (LLM) and other types of machine learning models. However, the need for human cognition and i Read more…
Spectra Logic Ups the Ante in Tape Storage
Spectra Logic has been busy. Last week, the data storage company unveiled Spectra LumOS library management software and expanded its enterprise tape storage solutions with two new additions: the TFinity Plus enterpris Read more…
This Just In
ROGERS, Ark., Aug. 28, 2024 — Engine Data Science has announced its strategic partnership with Databricks, the Data and AI company, as part of the company’s Built-on Partner Program. Read more…
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Aug. 8, 2024 — Vultr, the world’s largest privately held cloud computing platform, has announced the launch of its industry cloud solution, which delivers industry-vertical, cutting-edge cloud computing solutions that meet specific industry needs and regulatory requirements across the retail, manufacturing, healthcare, media, telecommunications, and finance sectors. Read more…
NEW YORK, Aug., 1, 2024 — EXL, a leading data analytics and digital operations and solutions company, has announced an initiative to develop and deploy production-grade AI applications in insurance, healthcare, banking, financial services, media and retail using the full-stack NVIDIA AI platform, which includes accelerated computing, networking and software. Read more…
SYDNEY, July 30, 2024 — At least 30% of generative AI (GenAI) projects will be abandoned after proof of concept by the end of 2025, due to poor data quality, inadequate risk controls, escalating costs or unclear business value, according to Gartner, Inc. Read more…
OAKLAND, Calif., July 18, 2024 — Fivetran, a global leader in data movement, announced that Saks, a premier luxury e-commerce platform, has deployed Fivetran as its data integration standard. Read more…