The Rise, Realities, and Potential, of Distributed SQL + Vector Databases in the AI Era
The database market is currently undergoing a significant transformation as it grapples with the demands posed by AI applications, pushing the boundaries of traditional computing architectures. With machine learning mode Read more…
Big Data Career Notes for August 2024
In this monthly feature, we’ll keep you up-to-date on the latest career developments for individuals in the big data community. Whether it’s a promotion, new company hire, or even an accolade, we’ve got the details Read more…
GenAI Adoption By the Numbers
Generative AI is all the rage, as companies of all stripes rush to adopt it to gain a competitive advantage. But how many of them have actually deployed their GenAI apps, or gained a return on their investment? What are Read more…
Dremio Unveils New Features to Enhance Apache Iceberg Data Lakehouse Performance
Dremio, a data lakehouse company based in Santa Clara, CA, has announced a significant advancement in data lake analytics. The company claims that the new features and advances to the platform can dramatically accelerate Read more…
NSF-Funded Data Fabric Takes Flight
The data fabric has emerged as an enterprise data management pattern for companies that struggle to provide large teams of users with access to well-managed, integrated, and secured data. Now scientists working at univer Read more…
pgEdge Raises $10M to Advance Distributed PostgreSQL Platform
pgEdge, a Virginia-based company specializing in distributed database solutions based on PostgreSQL, announced $10 million in new funding. The investment will be used to expand the company's operations and further develo Read more…
Focus on the Fundamentals for GenAI Success
Humans are prone to look for quick and easy solutions to life’s problems. The tendency toward thriftiness probably is programmed into our DNA. But when it comes to succeeding at generative AI, there are no silver bulle Read more…
AI Regulation in California Moves Forward
A new bill that has advanced to the California Senate Assembly floor represents both a significant step forward in AI governance as well as a risk to the technology’s innovative growth. Officially called California Se Read more…
Pinecone Expands Serverless Vector DBs In the Cloud
Running a vector database in the cloud will be easier now that Pinecone is offering its vector database as a serverless offerings in Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure, to go along with an existing serverless product for A Read more…
Reining in Cloud Wastage By Stopping Over-Provisioning
Companies will waste $135 billion worth of cloud resources in 2024, or about 30% of the worldwide public cloud spending of $675 billion, according to Gartner. That’s the bad news. The good news is that an array of FinO Read more…
Grafana Labs Raises $270M, Boosting Valuation to Over $6B
Grafana Labs, one of the leading providers of open-source and enterprise software for monitoring, observability, and data visualization, has announced the successful completion of a primary and secondary transaction tota Read more…
Generative AI: Can Your Cloud Infrastructure Take You to the Candy Castle?
According to Gartner’s recent Hype Cycle for Artificial Intelligence 2024, investment in AI has hit a new high, thanks to a global focus on generative AI (GenAI). Yet Gartner also found that to date it has not produced Read more…
Coming To Grips with Unstructured Legal Data
The growth of unstructured data poses real challenges. Many organizations struggle to manage unstructured data like text, images, videos, and PDFs due to the sheer size of the data and their growth rate. For the folks at Read more…
Wyoming DOT Uses GIS to Reduce Truck Blow-Overs
Wyoming faces significant challenges with weather conditions on its interstate highways, particularly due to its location in the Rocky Mountains region. The state's three major interstates regularly endure severe weather Read more…
Vectors: Coming to a Database Near You
As customers come to grips with the requirements of building and running generative AI applications, they’re finding there’s one important ingredient that makes it all work: a vector database. That’s the number one Read more…
Reality Check for GenAI: Deloitte Finds Enthusiasm Tempered by Adoption Hurdles
A new report by Deloitte reveals that while investment in GenAI is increasing, the clock is ticking to scale and create sustained value. Promising pilots have led to higher investments and rising expectations, however, i Read more…
GenAI Begins Journey Into Trough of Disillusionment
Gartner publicly unveiled its Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies today, and it places generative AI about where you would expect: On the far side of the Peak of Inflated Expectations and on its way into the dreaded Tro Read more…
Getting Value Out of GenAI
As the initial excitement over generative AI starts to fade, some executives are beginning to question whether it will pan out in the long run. Others, however, are still quite bullish on GenAI’s potential to create va Read more…
Cloudian Partners with Lenovo for EPYC All-Flash ‘HyperStore’
Cloudian and Lenovo today announced they’re teaming up to deliver a new HyperStore cluster designed to run big data, AI, and HPC workloads. Each HyperStore cluster will be composed of six Lenovo ThinkSystem SR635 V3 Read more…
Cockroach Labs Shifts from Open Core to Single Enterprise Model
Cockroach Labs Inc., the company behind the distributed SQL database CockroachDB, is changing its licensing model to better align with the evolving needs of its customer base. The new licensing strategy involves con Read more…
To Prevent Generative AI Hallucinations and Bias, Integrate Checks and Balances
The quality, quantity, and diversity of training data have a tremendous impact on generative AI (GenAI) model performance. Factors such as model architecture, training techniques, and the complexity of the problems being Read more…
Appen CEO Ryan Kolln Discusses the Data Annotation and Labeling Biz on the Big Data Debrief
Appen CEO Ryan Kolln recently joined us on the innaugural edition of the Big Data Debrief to talk about Appen’s work in data annotation and labeling, and how the rise of GenAI will impact the world’s appetite for tru Read more…
TigerEye Introduces DuckDB.dart to Facilitate Data-Intensive App Development
TigerEye Labs, an AI-powered planning and revenue management platform, has announced the open-source release of DuckDB.dart, an open-source tool that enables developers to build and run data-intensive applications more e Read more…
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