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Turning search into action with Alibaba International’s AI Sourcing Agent

As the world of global sourcing continues to grow, businesses—and small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in particular—face a variety of challenges in their sourcing operations. Global sourcing is here to stay, a Read more…

Inside Nvidia’s New Desktop AI Box, ‘Project DIGITS’

At the 2025 CES event, Nvidia announced a new $3000 desktop computer developed in collaboration with MediaTek, which is powered by a new cut-down Arm-based Grace CPU and Blackwell GPU Superchip. The new system is called Read more…

Quantum Computing Advances But Real-World Impact Remains Elusive: New Forrester Report

Quantum computing is quickly becoming one of the most exciting technologies being explored today. Unlike traditional computers, which use bits that are either 0 or 1, quantum computers use qubits that can exist in multip 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…

IBM Report Reveals Retail and Consumer Brands on the Brink of an AI Boom

We know AI is no longer a distant vision. Not only has it arrived, but it has become an integral part of our everyday life. As we continue to engage with AI tools, consumer brands are under pressure to adapt quickly and 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…

Hitachi Vantara Urges Businesses to Invest in Data Infrastructure to Unlock AI Potential

The explosive growth of GenAI has unlocked vast amounts of untapped data within enterprises, presenting both opportunities and challenges for IT leaders. While large language models (LLMs) promise transformative potentia Read more…

Financial Services Struggle to Align Data with AI Goals

In a data-driven world, financial services organizations are racing to harness the transformative power of AI. However, this journey is not without challenges. We know AI has a data problem. Without the right data in the 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…

Nodepay Secures $7M to Advance Decentralized AI

The decentralized AI space is rapidly evolving, with innovative platforms finding new ways to optimize resources and enhance machine learning (ML) capabilities. Nodepay is one such platform. It allows users to contri 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…

MinIO Survey Highlights Object Storage as Foundation for AI and Advanced Analytics Workloads

The data storage landscape is undergoing a transformational change. AI is changing how systems need to handle both large amounts of data and the speed at which that data can be processed. Where enterprise organizations o 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…

AI and Collaboration at the Forefront in Domo’s Latest Report

The pace with which data is created, analyzed, and shared continues to accelerate. The relentless flow of data contributes to a growing torrent of information, shaping how individuals and businesses engage with the world Read more…

Why the Future of Retail is AI Everywhere

Forward-thinking retailers are already harnessing artificial intelligence to help them sustain and grow their margins in the face of economic uncertainty, environmental pressures and geopolitical instability. Nevertheles Read more…

Sahara AI’s New Platform Rewards Users for Building AI Training Data

As AI applications become more advanced, the demand for specialized data grows. Simple tasks like tagging images or classifying text have given way to more advanced needs, such as understanding sentiment and aligning mul Read more…

2025 Data Analytics Predictions

It is that time of year again--time for predictions! We start off the 2025 bonanza of forecasts, estimates, and prognostications with a topic that’s near and dear to our hearts here at BigDATAwire: data analytics. T Read more…

Event Store Changes Name to Kurrent, Raises $12M to Unify Streams and Databases

Event Store, a startup that aims to unify streaming data systems and databases, today announced today that it has changed its name to Kurrent to better reflect its goals. The company also announced $12 million in funding Read more…

AI Santa Delivers Holiday Cheer, One Token At a Time

Forget Shopping Mall Santa--in 2024, folks who crave a conversation with the big guy but who don’t want to travel outside the home can now chat with AI Santa, an interactive experience powered by cutting edge AI models Read more…

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