Above the Trend Line: your industry rumor central is a recurring feature of insideBIGDATA. In this column, we present a variety of short time-critical news items grouped by category such as M&A activity, people movements, funding news, financial results, industry alignments, customer wins, rumors and general scuttlebutt floating around the big data, data science and machine learning industries including behind-the-scenes anecdotes and curious buzz.
The Rise and Fall of the Traditional Data Enterprise
July 2, 2021 by Leave a Comment
In this contributed article, David Richards, Co-founder of WANdisco, believe we are seeing the clear signs of the death of the data enterprise as we have known it. When we look back at the death knells for Dell, EMC, HP, Cisco and IBM – it is hard not to read a similar future in the tea leaves of companies like Snowflake and Palantir after their wildly successful IPOs, and of Databricks with its highly-anticipated public offering.
Tableau Extends Augmented Analytics, Bringing the Power of AI to Everyone
June 29, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Tableau, a leading analytics platform (NYSE: CRM), is bringing data analytics and AI together in a suite of new and expanded augmented analytics features. Tableau’s latest release will empower more people with the right technology to make smarter and faster decisions regardless of their role and skill level.
The insideBIGDATA IMPACT 50 List for Q2 2021
April 13, 2021 by Leave a Comment
The team here at insideBIGDATA is deeply entrenched in following the big data ecosystem of companies from around the globe. We’re in close contact with most of the firms making waves in the technology areas of big data, data science, machine learning, AI and deep learning. Our in-box is filled each day with new announcements, commentaries, and insights about what’s driving the success of our industry so we’re in a unique position to publish our quarterly IMPACT 50 List of the most important movers and shakers in our industry. These companies have proven their relevance by the way they’re impacting the enterprise through leading edge products and services. We’re happy to publish this evolving list of the industry’s most impactful companies!
At John Deere, ‘Hard Iron Meets Artificial Intelligence’
April 5, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Intel and John Deere developed an integrated, end-to-end system of hardware and software that can generate insights in real-time, at levels beyond human capability. When using a neural network-based inference engine, the solution logs defects in real-time and automatically stops the welding process.
Accelerated Integration of Eventador with Cloudera – SQL Stream Builder
April 3, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Within 5 months after the acquisition of Eventador, Cloudera announced that SQL Stream Builder is now being re-launched as Cloudera SQL Stream Builder. This is being done after it was fully integrated with Cloudera Data Platform’s (CDP) Shared Data Experience (SDX). This means that SQL Stream Builder can take advantage of the same unified security and governance as the rest of the platform does, using SDX.
Deci and Intel Collaborate to Optimize Deep Learning Inference on Intel’s CPUs
March 16, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Deci, the deep learning company building the next generation of AI, announced a broad strategic business and technology collaboration with Intel Corporation to optimize deep learning inference on Intel Architecture (IA) CPUs. As one of the first companies to participate in Intel Ignite startup accelerator, Deci will now work with Intel to deploy innovative AI technologies to mutual customers.
How ML Powers Data Access Governance with Immuta & Databricks
January 28, 2021 by Leave a Comment
If data isn’t accessible for real-time analytics, is it still valuable? Immuta’s native Databricks integration avoids this dilemma by using ML to streamline data access governance, and deliver analytics-ready data quickly and securely. For Databricks users leveraging Immuta, ML drives sensitive data discovery, dynamic access control, and consistent policy enforcement.
GridGain 8.8 Advances Its Multi-Tier Database Engine to Scale Beyond Available Memory Capacity and Meet Growing Customer Demand
January 16, 2021 by Leave a Comment
GridGain® Systems, provider of enterprise-grade in-memory computing solutions powered by the Apache® Ignite® distributed database, announced GridGain 8.8, the latest release of the company’s in-memory computing platform. The release features enhanced support for GridGain’s multi-tier database engine, which scales up and out across memory and disk.
Four Reasons On-premises Object Storage is Right for Today’s Businesses
December 14, 2020 by Leave a Comment
In this special guest feature, Marcel Hergaarden, senior manager for product marketing at Red Hat, explains why he believes on-premises object-based storage is the correct approach for organizations that want better control over their data and greater cost savings.
