In this contributed article, Charly Batista, PostgreSQL Tech Lead at Percona, explores why Postgres is on the rise and why Postgres’ brand of open source is good for business.
One of the most widely used database management systems in the world, Postgres still lags quite substantially behind the likes of MySQL and Oracle in total adoption.
26 Years Since its Inception, Postgres is Just Getting Started
September 20, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Marie Kondo, Zen and the Art of Enterprise Software – and Why You Need to Care
July 31, 2023 by Leave a Comment
In this contributed article, Joe McCunney, CEO & President, Scalar Labs, suggests that in its simplest terms, a Zen practice is the living embodiment of the phrase, “Less is more.” This article explains how embracing Zen principles – including concepts from master organizer Marie Kondo – and supportive tools can provide a consistent, simplified data management and validation framework in place.
DynamoDB vs. Cassandra: Which Database Is a Great Fit for Your Business?
July 28, 2023 by Leave a Comment
In this contributed article, April Miller, a senior IT and cybersecurity writer for ReHack Magazine, believes that If you need a new database for your business, Amazon Web Services DynamoDB and Apache Cassandra are two of the most prominent options. Choosing between them isn’t easy, but this breakdown will help you feel more informed and confident.
Why Do We Prefer ELT Rather than ETL in the Data Lake? What is the Difference between ETL & ELT
July 4, 2023 by Leave a Comment
In this article, Ashutosh Kumar discusses the emergence of modern data solutions that have led to the development of ELT and ETL with unique features and advantages. ELT is more popular due to its ability to handle large and unstructured datasets like in data lakes. Traditional ETL has evolved into cloud-based ETL which allows rapid batch processing, scalability, savings, and simplicity while maintaining security, governance, and compliance.
Zilliz Cloud Slashes Prices, Launches Free Tier to Democratize Vector Databases
June 14, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Zilliz Cloud was already a fast vector database. Now it’s even more affordable. And you can’t get more affordable than free. The latest version of Zilliz Cloud, the managed service from the inventors of Milvus, includes a raft of new features along with additional pricing options for individuals and organizations. It makes vector databases accessible for projects of all sizes. Developers can now, regardless of budget, spin up generative AI applications while protecting against hallucination.
Kinetica Announces Conversational Query – ChatGPT Integration with Analytic Database
May 2, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Kinetica announced an analytic database to integrate with ChatGPT, ushering in ‘conversational querying.’ Users can ask any question of their proprietary data, even complex ones that were not previously known, and receive an answer in seconds. The combination of ChatGPT’s front-end interface that converts natural language to Structured Query Language (SQL), and Kinetica’s analytic database purpose built for true ad-hoc querying at speed and scale, provides a more intuitive and interactive way of analyzing complex data sets.
DataStax Acquires Machine Learning Company Kaskada to Unlock Real-Time AI
January 13, 2023 by Leave a Comment
DataStax, the real-time AI company, announced it has acquired Kaskada, a machine learning (ML) company that first solved managing, storing and accessing time-based data to train behavioral ML models and deliver the instant, actionable insights that fuel artificial intelligence (AI). Both DataStax and Kaskada have a track record of contributing to open source communities. Datastax will open source the core Kaskada technology initially, and it plans to offer a new machine learning cloud service later this year.
Snowflake vs. Databricks – Who has the Edge?
December 26, 2022 by 1 Comment
Fivetran recently unveiled the results of a new data warehouse benchmark report that revealed just how close the competition is among five of the most popular data warehouses. The report is the passion project of Fivetran CEO and data management expert George Fraser, who has a front row seat in the cloud data warehouse race. The report explains the cost vs. performance tradeoffs of each one of the warehouses, the ins and outs of the modern data stack, and provides a perspective on how it’s all going to shake out.
How to Ensure an Effective Data Pipeline Process
December 7, 2022 by Leave a Comment
In this contributed article, Rajkumar Sen, Founder and CTO at Arcion, discusses how the business data in a modern enterprise is spread across various platforms and formats. Data could belong to an operational database, cloud warehouses, data lakes and lakehouses, or even external public sources. Data pipelines connecting this variety of sources need to establish some best practices so that the data consumers get high-quality data delivered to where the data apps are being built.
eBook: Unlock Complex and Streaming Data with Declarative Data Pipelines
August 13, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Our friend, Ori Rafael, CEO of Upsolver and advocate for engineers everywhere, released his new book “Unlock Complex and Streaming Data with Declarative Data Pipelines.” Ori discusses why declarative pipelines are necessary for data-driven businesses and how they help with engineering productivity, and the ability for businesses to unlock more potential from their raw data. Data pipelines are essential to unleashing the potential of data and can successfully pull from multiple sources.
