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Kestra Nabs $8M for Data Orchestration
Making sure data flows where it needs to go can be a daunting task, especially in large enterprises with thousands of data silos and complex applications. One company that’s seeking to make it easier is Kestra, which t Read more…
Data Governance Programs Expand, But Trust in Data Declines, Precisely Finds
As companies begin adopting AI, they’re taking a closer look at their data and ramping up data governance programs. That’s the good news. But upon closer inspection of their data, they’re finding that it’s not up Read more…
Slicing and Dicing the Real-Time Analytics Database Market
Organizations that are in the market for analytics databases that can serve an enormous quantity of queries on massive sets of fast-changing data may want to check out the latest Gigaom Sonar report on real-time analytic Read more…
The Spark-to-Ray Migration That Will Save Amazon $100M+ Per Year
When Ray first emerged from the UC Berkeley RISELab back in 2017, it was positioned as a possible replacement for Apache Spark. But as Anyscale, the commercial outfit behind Ray, scaled up its own operations, the “Ray Read more…
Can Cerabyte Crack the $1-Per-Petabyte Barrier with Ceramic Storage?
A German startup named Cerabyte is hoping to solve the burgeoning market for secondary and archival data storage with a novel approach that uses lasers to etch bits onto glass with a ceramic coating. The “grey ceramic� Read more…
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The Top Five Data Labeling Firms According to Everest Group
The process of annotating and labeling data is critical for supervised learning tasks, such as training a large language model (LLM) and other types of machine learning models. However, the need for human cognition and i Read more…
Spectra Logic Ups the Ante in Tape Storage
Spectra Logic has been busy. Last week, the data storage company unveiled Spectra LumOS library management software and expanded its enterprise tape storage solutions with two new additions: the TFinity Plus enterpris Read more…
Starburst Debuts Icehouse, Its Managed Apache Iceberg Service
Today at its Data Universe event, Starburst launched Icehouse, a new managed lakehouse offering built upon the table format Apache Iceberg. Starburst says the combination of the Trino query engine and Iceberg tables will Read more…
ThoughtSpot Touts ‘Data Renaissance’ with GenAI Update
Analytics tool provider ThoughtSpot today rolled out a host of new generative AI capabilities that it claims will set off a “data renaissance” among its users. The key advances that will enable this goal revolve arou Read more…
AWS Cancels Serverless Postgres Service That Scales to Zero
AWS has notified customers of its Amazon Aurora Serverless v1 service that it will cease supporting the offering at the end of 2024. Replacing v1 in the Aurora Serverless range, which supports Postgres and MySQL database Read more…
This Just In
ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 7, 2024 — The Consumer Technology Association (CTA), the owner and producer of CES, is announcing NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang will deliver a keynote at CES 2025. Read more…
NEW YORK, Sept. 26, 2024 — Hakkoda, a modern data consultancy, today announced data modernization services for companies operating in the retail and consumer packaged goods (CPG) industries. Read more…
CHICAGO, Sept. 24, 2024 — NielsenIQ (NIQ), the world’s leading global consumer intelligence company, has released its much-anticipated Mid-Year Consumer Outlook: Guide to 2025 report, identifying macro catalysts across industries. Read more…
ROGERS, Ark., Aug. 28, 2024 — Engine Data Science has announced its strategic partnership with Databricks, the Data and AI company, as part of the company’s Built-on Partner Program. Read more…
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Aug. 8, 2024 — Vultr, the world’s largest privately held cloud computing platform, has announced the launch of its industry cloud solution, which delivers industry-vertical, cutting-edge cloud computing solutions that meet specific industry needs and regulatory requirements across the retail, manufacturing, healthcare, media, telecommunications, and finance sectors. Read more…