
Tag: big data
Why Roblox Picked VictoriaMetrics for Observability Data Overhaul
With more than 200 million active monthly users, Roblox is one of the most popular gaming platforms on the Internet. But all that global traffic means an enhanced need for infrastructure and application observability. Th Read more…
Microsoft Unifies Data Management, Analytics, and ML Into ‘Fabric’
Microsoft yesterday unveiled Microsoft Fabric, a new offering that unites its suite of data management, analytic, and machine learning tools into a single offering. The solution is built on OneLake, a new data lake that� Read more…
Alteryx Adds Generative AI to Analytics Suite
Generative AI products like ChatGPT have caught the eye of leaders at Alteryx, as they have for most analytics software companies. Today at its annual user conference, Alteryx gave us a glimpse of its first generative AI Read more…
Qlik Completes Acquisition of Talend
BI and analytics provider Qlik announced its intent to acquire Talend earlier this year, and now it has formally completed the deal, giving it an immediate boost in the data management department. Data sprawl, data qu Read more…
The Semantic Layer Architecture: Where Business Intelligence is Truly Heading
The rise of cloud computing, data mesh, and especially data lakehouses all reflect the massive efforts to adopt architectures that will keep pace with the exponential of data constantly growing. But the industry is st Read more…
Tableau Jumps Into Generative AI with Tableau GPT
Tableau hopes to democratize access to its products with a pair of announcements made today at its annual user conference, including Tableau GPT, which allows users to ask questions using natural language, and Tableau Pu Read more…
Galileo Charts Data Quality Course-Correction for AI Teams
For several months, the Silicon Valley startup Galileo has been selling an AI-powered product designed to help correct data quality issues for natural language processing (NLP) models and applications. Today the company Read more…
We’re Still in the ‘Wild West’ When it Comes to Data Governance, StreamSets Says
The passage of data privacy laws like GDPR and CCPA was supposed to rein in the excesses of the big data boom days and usher us toward a new era of data civility. It hasn’t quite worked out that way, according to data Read more…
Four Dimensions of Analytics
We’ve all heard the adage “data is the new oil” – a valuable, abundant resource that is only useful once refined. However, one of the most striking yet daunting comparisons is sending ships into the ocean for oil Read more…
Ion Stoica’s First Startup Ready to Spread Streaming Data Wings
Before co-creating Apache Spark and co-founding Databricks, computer scientist Ion Stoica co-founded Conviva, a video streaming startup used by publishers like NBC and Disney+ to track user metrics and quality of service Read more…
What’s Moving the Analytics and BI Tool Business Now
While the addition of AI-powered insights to analytics and business intelligence (ABI) tools is certainly still occurring, a bigger trend currently is the addition of low-code and no-code automation capabilities to ABI t Read more…
Boosting Data Confidence with No-Code/Code-Friendly Platforms
Modern enterprises are on the hunt to drive transformation around the way they use data and strive to remain competitive in uncertain times. Added to this challenge is the fact that enterprises generate more data than ev Read more…
Meet 2023 Person to Watch Justin Borgman
Following the dissolution of the Hadoop elephant, Presto, the successor to Apache Hive, emerged as one of the most promising open source projects. As the CEO and co-founder of Starburst, the largest commercial entity beh Read more…
Rupert Is Closing the Analytics to Action Loop with $8M Seed Funding
The era of speculative analytics projects is over, according to Rupert, maker of an analytics distribution platform that has just raised $8 million in a seed funding round. Analytics tools are helping businesses uncov Read more…
Bringing Cloud Data Costs Under Control
It should come as no surprise that companies are struggling to contain the cost of storing and processing data in the cloud. With no upper limit on scalability, companies that were once data-starved can easily swing to b Read more…
Data Leaders Share Thoughts on World Backup Day
As far as holidays go, World Backup Day does not generate the excitement of Christmas or Halloween. There is no mascot, such as a “Backup Bunny” (sorry, Easter), nor any imbibing of adult beverages, as on St. Patrick Read more…
ChatGPT Puts AI At Inflection Point, Nvidia CEO Huang Says
It’s been 11 years since three AI researchers shocked the world with a breakthrough in computer vision, kickstarting the deep learning craze. But with emergence of generative language models like ChatGPT over the past Read more…
New PyTorch 2.0 Compiler Promises Big Speedup for AI Developers
Machine learning and AI developers are eager to get their hands on PyTorch 2.0, which was unveiled in late 2022 and is due to become available this month. Among the features greeting eager ML developers is a compiler as Read more…
Hyperscale Analytics Growing Faster Than Expected, Ocient Says
After spending more than five years and close to a hundred million dollars to rewrite the innards of an analytics database around the superfast I/O of NVMe drives, Ocient enjoyed better-than-expected 2022 results, the co Read more…
Inside Nextdata’s Plans for a Data Mesh Offering
Organizations that are struggling to build data products in a controlled and repeatable fashion may want to keep an eye on Zhamak Dehghani’s startup Nextdata, which is currently developing software that will automate m Read more…