
Tag: big data
What Leonardo DaVinci Teaches Us About Data Management
Spending time in Florence, Italy, you see brilliant Renaissance art everywhere. A favorite of my family was Leonardo DaVinci, as he was not only a brilliant painter and sculptor, but also an innovative scientist and e Read more…
Feeding the Virtuous Cycle of Discovery: HPC, Big Data, and AI Acceleration
GenAI hit the scene fast and furious when ChatGPT was released on November 30, 2022. The quest for bigger and better models has changed the hardware, data center, and power landscape and foundational models are still u Read more…
What’s the Hold Up On GenAI?
When generative AI landed on the scene two years ago, it was clear the impact would be sizable. However, the path to GenAI adoption has not been without its challenges. From budgeting and tools to finding an ROI, organiz Read more…
Real-Time Analytics to Conquer the AdTech Data Deluge
AdTech platforms are swimming in data. Managing it isn't cheap. Traditional in-memory databases that offer millisecond latency are great for real-time bidding, but they become insanely expensive when you scale up to bill 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…
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…
Spark-to-Starburst Engine Swap Speeds Big Driving Data for Arity
The IT team at Arity are cruising on the homestretch of a big project to load more than a trillion miles of driving data into a new database on Amazon S3. But if it wasn’t for a decision to switch out its engine from S Read more…
The Data and AI Agenda: Key Conferences in December 2024
As 2024 comes to a close, December offers more than just holiday festivities—it’s packed with pivotal events that highlight the advancements shaping technology, business, and innovation. While AWS re:Invent takes cen Read more…
Tips on Building a Winning Data and AI Strategy from JPMC
With $274 billion in revenue last year and $3.3 trillion in assets under management, JPMorgan Chase has more resources than most to devote to building a winning data and AI strategy. But as James Massa, JPMorgan Chase’ Read more…
Can Big Data Analytics Bring Sanity Back to College Athletic Recruiting?
College athletic recruiting is the Wild West these days. From NIL money and the (wide) opening of the transfer portal, to conference realignment and now the end of the national letters of intent program, the process of m Read more…
Still Too Much Duct Tape in Data Transformation, dbt Labs’ Handy Says
While real progress has been made in streamlining some aspects of big data analytics workflows, there is still too much duct tape keeping it all together, according to Tristan Handy, the founder and CEO of dbt Labs, whic Read more…
The AI Data Cycle: Understanding the Optimal Storage Mix for AI Workloads at Scale
While AI is transforming lives and inspiring a world of new applications, at its core, it’s fundamentally about data utilization and data generation. As the AI industry builds-out a massive new infrastructure to tra Read more…
Cube Deepens Semantic Hooks Into GCP, Holds First Conference
Universal semantic layer provider Cube this week unveiled new integration with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) that will streamline GCP user access to data that’s well-modeled and governed. The company also held its first Read more…
Meet 2024 Person to Watch Ilkay Altıntaş
The intersection of data science and HPC is a fruitful juncture, where subtle patterns in data can be teased out using the largest computers in the world. One of the foremost authorities on the subject is Ilkay Altınta� 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…
How Radical Simplification in Data Can Lead to Radical Innovation
With ChatGPT in the hands of everyday users, AI technology is poised to realize its potential in revolutionizing the digital landscape. Combining the evolving consumer demands with this explosion of technological advance Read more…
Acceldata Primed for Booming Data Observability Market
The data observability market is booming, as companies look to get a handle on their data flows in preparation for generative AI and other data-intensive initiatives. That’s good news for vendors like Acceldata, which Read more…
Yes, Big Data Is Still a Thing (It Never Really Went Away)
A funny thing happened on the way to the AI promised land: People realized they need data. In fact, they realized they need large quantities of a wide variety of data, and that it would be better if it was fresh, trusted Read more…
SurrealDB Raises $20M To Disrupt Big Data Industry
Fueled by the rise of big data and real-time data analytics, the database market has grown exponentially over the last decade. However, the introduction of a multitude of specialized databases has resulted in more comple Read more…