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How Airflow 2.8 Makes Building and Running Data Pipelines Easier
Apache Airflow is one of the world’s most popular open source tools for building and managing data pipelines, with around 16 million downloads per month. Those users will see several compelling new features that help t Read more…
What Will 2024 Bring to Advance Analytics?
As the amount of data continues to grow, so does the potential for advanced analytics to make sense of it all. In 2024, tremendous progress will be made in analytics, according to our merry band of prognosticators. It Read more…
What’s the Vector, Victor?
Depending on your age, and perhaps your sense of humor, you may get that reference from the movie “Airplane.” Regardless, it’s quite likely you’ve seen the topic of vector databases mentioned thanks, in part, to Read more…
Enterprises Have Already Made Deep Investments in Data Infrastructure; With AI, They’ll Finally See a Return
The rise of generative AI has captured the imagination of tech enthusiasts and enterprise leaders alike. The promise–and risk–of AI is of a world transformed at a pace never seen before. Enterprises, both fledgling a Read more…
Pilot vs. Co-pilot: How Startups Will Reshape the Future of Work with AI
There’s been much debate about the future of work in an AI-driven world. Will the technology replace us all or fuel the next hyper-growth stage of the tech industry? The jury is still out, but it’s more likely that A Read more…
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Navigating the AI Skills Revolution in the Age of GenAI: LinkedIn Report
The launch of ChatGPT and similar generative AI technologies is reshaping the skills required in the workplace, according to a new report from LinkedIn. “The Future of Work Report: AI at Work” found the pace at wh Read more…
Redis Delivers First Big Release Under New CEO Trollope
Redis today unleashed a torrent of new functionality in the database, including vector search, native triggers, and a built-in change data capture capability, among others. The features reflect priorities that new CEO Ro Read more…
Salesforce Goes BYOM for AI
Salesforce today launched Einstein Studio, a bring-your-own-model (BYOM) AI development tool that allows customers to bring AI models they have already developed on Amazon SageMaker or Google Cloud Vertex AI to bear on t Read more…
Rockset Looks to Compute-Compute Isolation for Real-Time Advantage
The separation of compute and storage is a bedrock of big data architecture and has enabled nearly infinite scalability in cloud storage. Now a related concept called compute-compute isolation is being introduced to data Read more…
Microsoft Benchmarks Distributed PostgreSQL DBs
Which distributed PostgreSQL database is tops when it comes to transaction processing throughput? It’s a good question, and Microsoft attempted to find answers when it commissioned GigaOM to benchmark its Azure Cosmos Read more…
This Just In
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 13, 2024 — The Technology Innovation Institute (TII), a leading global scientific research center and the applied research pillar of Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), today announced the launch of the Falcon Foundation. Read more…
BOSTON, Feb. 7, 2024 — Object Management Group (OMG) announced it received multiple submissions for its Request for Proposals to develop a Standard Business Report Model (SBRM) specification. Read more…
DENVER and SYDNEY, Feb. 2, 2024 — Palantir Technologies Inc., a leading provider of AI systems, and Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd., one of the leading Australian supermarket, retail and consumer services chains, have announced a 3-year partnership to deliver a suite of workforce strategy and analytics tools. Read more…
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 26, 2024 — Datanami (soon to be BigDATAwire), the leading publication covering big data, analytics, and AI news, today announced the winners of its eighth annual Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards. Read more…
TORONTO, Jan. 25, 2024 — For the second consecutive year, there continues to be a growing concern over the availability of skilled talent to fulfill the needs of the burgeoning field of AI and data analytics, according to the Adastra 2024 Data Professionals Market Survey Forecast. Read more…