
Author » Alex Woodie
Alex Woodie is the managing editor of DatanamiBig Data Career Notes for February 2025
It’s that time of month again–time for Big Data Career Notes, a monthly feature where we keep you up-to-date on the latest career developments for individuals in the big data community. Whether it’s a promotion, ne Read more…
As AI Storage Balloons, MinIO Eyes Faster Growth
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The AI Firm Turning 1M Real-Time Data Sources Into Actionable Intelligence
Keeping up with events in today’s highly connected world is no easy task. From breaking news and extreme weather to the latest TikTok craze and zero-day vulns on the Dark Web, there’s a glut of information that’s c Read more…
Big Data Heads to the Moon
For most people in IT, “the edge” conjures images of small computers housed in retail outlets, hospitals, or maybe an oil rig. But the word takes on an entirely new meaning for Lonestar Data Holdings, which today too Read more…
The Future of AI Agents is Event-Driven
AI agents are set to transform enterprise operations with autonomous problem-solving, adaptive workflows, and scalability. But the real challenge isn’t building better models. Agents need access to data, tools, and Read more…
Excessive Cloud Spending In the Spotlight
Are you spending too much in the cloud? Many business leaders feel they are overpaying as they move their data and apps into the cloud. According to a pair of studies released this week, excessive data egress fees are pa Read more…
IBM to Buy DataStax for Database, GenAI Capabilities
IBM today announced its intent to acquire DataStax, the longtime backer of the Apache Cassandra database that has recently broadened its reach into streaming data and generative AI. IBM cited DataStax’s capability to m Read more…
Krishna Subramanian, Komprise Co-Founder, Stops By the Big Data Debrief
Unstructured data--including pictures, videos, audio, sensor data, text, and HTML pages--accounts for upwards of 90% of the data generated today, and its share is growing. But managing all those bits is no easy task. One Read more…
How Sawmills Plans to Cut Big Observability Data Down to Size
Observability data is supposed to help companies identify and solve IT issues, but the data has grown so large and complex that it’s become a problem in its own right. The latest vendor with a plan to slash observabili Read more…
When Will Large Vision Models Have Their ChatGPT Moment?
The launch of ChatGPT in November 2022 was a watershed moment in natural language processing (NLP), as it showcased the startling effectiveness of the transformer architecture for understanding and generating textual dat Read more…