Author » Alex Woodie
Alex Woodie is the managing editor of Datanami
Why Data Lakehouses Are Poised for Major Growth in 2025
The humble data lakehouse emerged about eight years ago as organizations sought a middle ground between the anything-goes messiness of data lakes and the locked-down fussiness of data warehouses. The architectural patter Read more…
The Top 2025 Generative AI Predictions: Part 1
Generative AI is kind of a big deal these days (perhaps you’ve heard about it). Not surprisingly, lots of people have lots of opinions about where GenAI is today and where it’s headed. As a public service for our rea Read more…
Campspot Scores Data Pipeline Win with Apache Airflow and Astronomer
Searching for the perfect campsite can be a hit-and-miss affair, as one seeks the perfect combination of a view, sufficient parking, and proximity to neighbors and services, among other factors. When it came to selecting Read more…
Oracle Touts Performance Boost with Exadata X11M
Oracle today unveiled the Exadata X11M, the latest in its line of high-performance appliances for AI, analytics, and OLTP workloads. The company says the X11M will give customers substantial speedups across the board at Read more…
Developing a Trust Layer for AI Systems
Despite the hype around generative AI, studies show just a fraction of GenAI projects have made it into production. A big reason for this shortfall is the concern organizations have about the tendency for large language Read more…
2025 Observability Predictions and Observations
It’s becoming increasingly difficult to keep up with observability data, thanks to the ongoing data explosion, the GenAI application mandate, and hybrid, containerized deployments. But retreat is not an option, even in Read more…
Meet Josh Patterson, a 2024 BigDATAwire Person to Watch
We live in a world of big data and big compute. But what about big query engines? One of the startups developing software to keep up with big data and big compute is Voltron Data, which is headed by Josh Patterson. Pa Read more…
Big Data Career Notes for December 2024
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…
Want to Build a Data-Driven Business? Start with Good Governance
The exchange of mass amounts of data is critical for the majority of business processes today, enabling innovative customer experiences at scale. But quickly getting pristinely-clean, high-quality data where it needs to Read more…
2025 Big Data Management Predictions
The GenAI revolution has raised expectations for what enterprises can do with data. But it has also exposed some serious shortcomings in how enterprises manage data. That’s the backdrop against which we will dig into t Read more…
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