
Tag: Tristan Handy
Qlik and dbt Labs Make Big Data Integration Acquisitions
Data never stands still, which makes data integration a perennial challenge. That’s ultimately what drove Qlik and dbt Labs today to announce strategic data integration acquisitions, including Qlik’s purchase of Upso 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…
AI Impacting Data Engineering Faster Than Expected, dbt Labs’ Handy Says
We’re in the midst of a revolution thanks to generative AI. There’s no denying that. And while dbt Labs CEO Tristan Handy was expecting the AI revolution to eventually come to the world of big data and analytics engi Read more…
Does Big Data Still Need Stacks?
The IT industry loves its stacks. First there was the LAMP stack, then the Hadoop stack became popular. Over the past five years, something called the Modern Data Stack has taken hold in our collective data psyche, and n Read more…
Tristan Handy’s Audacious Vision of the Future of Data Engineering
Tristan Handy is a lot of things: co-creator of dbt, founder and CEO of dbt Labs, and self-described “startup person.” But besides leading dbt Labs to a $4 billion valuation, he is one more thing: An audacious dreame Read more…
dbt Labs Tackles Data Project Complexity with Mesh at Coalesce
Adoption of dbt has skyrocketed since it was launched just seven years ago, and today, more than 30,000 organizations use the open source software in production. The complexity of data projects has also increased, with 5 Read more…
Meet 2022 Datanami Person to Watch Tristan Handy
When it comes to data transformation in the modern data stack, few products have garnered as much interest as Data Building Tool (dbt), the open source, SQL-based command line tool enjoyed by millions of users. As the CE Read more…
dbt Rides Wave of Modern, Cloud-Based ETL to New Heights
The explosion of data analytics on the cloud has been good for Fishtown Analytics, the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based company that was behind the popular open source data built tool, or dbt. Now the company is looking Read more…