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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…
Are We Running Out of Training Data for GenAI?
The advent of generative AI has supercharged the world’s appetite for data, especially high-quality data of known provenance. However, as large language models (LLMs) get bigger, experts are warning that we may be runn Read more…
The White Label Powering IBM’s New Cloud Logs Solution
IBM recently launched Cloud Logs, a new solution designed to allow customers to efficiently collect and analyze log data at any scale. IBM is no slouch in the product development department, but when it came to observabi Read more…
Crunchy Data Goes All-In With Postgres
The emergence of Postgres as a defacto standard for new development projects has surprised many IT observers. But one group that’s not surprised are the folks at Crunchy Data, a South Carolina company that’s been bui Read more…
How Radical Simplification in Data Can Lead to Radical Innovation
With ChatGPT in the hands of everyday users, AI technology is poised to realize its potential in revolutionizing the digital landscape. Combining the evolving consumer demands with this explosion of technological advance Read more…
News In Brief
Cube Deepens Semantic Hooks Into GCP, Holds First Conference
Universal semantic layer provider Cube this week unveiled new integration with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) that will streamline GCP user access to data that’s well-modeled and governed. The company also held its first Read more…
StreamNative Expands Product Line to Strengthen Data Streaming Capabilities
StreamNative, the cloud-native data streaming company founded by the creators of Apache Pulsar, has announced two new products and Partner Programs aimed at making data streaming more accessible and cost-effective. Th Read more…
AtScale Launches SML to Standardize Semantic Modeling and Foster Collaboration
AtScale, a leader in data analytics acceleration, has announced the open-source release of its Semantic Modeling Language (SML). This move aims to enhance semantic model portability and foster a vibrant community of mode Read more…
MariaDB Transitions to Private Ownership as K1 Closes Acquisition
MariaDB, an open-source relational database management system (RDBMS), has been acquired by private investment company K1 Investment Management. MariaDB's tenure as a public company was brief, having gone public in Decem Read more…
Oracle Bolsters Big Data, Analytics, and AI at CloudWorld
Oracle unleashed a torrent of new analytic and AI capabilities this week at its Oracle CloudWorld conference in Las Vegas. The fun kicked off yesterday with an expansion of capabilities in AWS and Google Cloud, updates t Read more…
This Just In
PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 4, 2024 — Credo AI, a global pioneer of the AI governance category and leader in AI governance software, has announced the general availability of its Integrations Hub, allowing all stakeholders at an enterprise to connect Credo AI with their preferred AI Ops and Business software tools to seamlessly govern AI throughout its lifecycle across the organization. Read more…
STAMFORD, Conn., Oct. 4, 2024 — Through 2027, generative AI (GenAI) will spawn new roles in software engineering and operations, requiring 80% of the engineering workforce to upskill, according to Gartner, Inc. Read more…
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4, 2024 — SingleStore, the world’s only database that empowers users to transact, analyze and search petabytes of data in milliseconds, has announced the acquisition of BryteFlow, a leading data integration platform. Read more…
NEW YORK, Oct. 3, 2024 — Dataiku today announced the launch of its LLM Guard Services suite that is designed to advance enterprise GenAI deployments at scale from proof-of-concept to full production without compromising cost, quality, or safety. Read more…
Oct. 3, 2024 — The need for scalable and high-performance infrastructure continues to grow exponentially as the AI landscape advances. Customers rely on Azure AI infrastructure to develop innovative AI-driven solutions, which is why Microsoft is now delivering new cloud-based AI-supercomputing clusters built with Azure ND H200 v5 series virtual machines (VMs). Read more…