Features
Matillion Rides Cloud ETL to $100 Million Round
Buoyed by 400 enterprise customers in the Snowflake data warehouse alone, ETL provider Matillion has been on a roll, with growth accelerating into the second half of 2020. With today’s $100 million Series D round, the Read more…
Cloud Is the New Center of Gravity for Data Warehousing
The great migration of data into the cloud didn’t start in 2020, but it certainly accelerated throughout the year. And according to a new survey from IDG, the overwhelming majority of companies are planning to expand t Read more…
Big Data Career Notes: October 2020 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…
Snowflake Pops in ‘Largest Ever’ Software IPO
Snowflake’s stock more than doubled today during its initial public offering, and the volatility was so great that stock market officials briefly halted trading in what the mainstream press is calling the largest ever Read more…
5 Key Differences Between a Data Lake vs Data Warehouse
A data lake is not a direct replacement for a data warehouse; they are supplemental technologies that serve different use cases with some overlap. Most organizations that have a data lake will also have a data warehouse. Read more…
How is data growth affecting real-world enterprises? 4 key findings
Data volumes are expanding at an unprecedented rate. It’s very easy to get caught up in how many zettabytes of data we’ll all be producing by 2025, 2030, and beyond, and how data and cloud computing affect us all o Read more…
Why You Need Data Transformation in Machine Learning
Thanks to machine learning and the advancements in software and technology, enterprises can now process and understand their data much faster using modern tools with established algorithms. This effectively allows them t Read more…
Q&A: Appro gets ready for 16-core AMD “Interlagos” processors
In the volatile high performance computing (HPC) market, vendor longevity is quite rare. However, Appro has not only endured, but continues to introduce innovative solutions. One of the company’s strengths is that while some vendors flashed into and out of existence by offering rigid solutions exclusively for the highest end of the market, Appro has tried to appeal to the medium to large-scale HPC market with a variety of workload configuration requirements. Read more…
