Data is the information that drives business. It can be structured in rows and columns, like a customer name, address, and phone; and it can be unstructured, such as an email or a social media post. Structured data is what is populated in Relational Database Management Systems such as those created by Oracle, IBM and Microsoft, and open-source PostgreSQL and MySQL, among others. That data can be accessed using the standard Structured Query Language (SQL). Unstructured data resides in what are called NoSQL databases, such as Cassandra, Couchbase, MongoDB and many, many others. Many organizations today run both kinds of databases.
Once the data is stored, it must be easily retrievable, found amid the mountains of data organizations collect, and made available at scale. Numerous tools exist for those jobs, including Hadoop, Apache Spark and many more. It is through the collection and analysis of data that businesses can make decisions that affect their bottom line.
The team behind the open-source distributed NoSQL database ScyllaDB has announced a new iteration of its managed offering, this time focusing on adapting workloads based on demand. ScyllaDB X Cloud can scale up or down within a matter of minutes to meet actual usage, eliminating the need to overprovision for worst-case scenarios or deal with … continue reading
At its Data + AI Summit, Databricks announced several new tools and platforms designed to better support enterprise customers who are trying to leverage their data to create company-specific AI applications and agents. Lakebase Lakebase is a managed Postgres database designed for running AI apps and agents. It adds an operational database layer to Databricks’ … continue reading
As every company moves to implement AI in some form or another, data is king. Without quality data to train on, the AI likely won’t deliver the results people are looking for and any investment made into training the model won’t pay off in the way it was intended. “If you’re training your AI model … continue reading
ABBYY is introducing a new optical character recognition (OCR) API to enable developers to extract data from unstructured documents. “As a vanguard of OCR, ABBYY has long had a vibrant community of cutting-edge developers creating transformational solutions with our advanced document AI,” said Nick Hyatt, vice president of Engineering R&D at ABBYY. “ABBYY Document AI … continue reading
CData has announced a new solution designed to help small- to medium-sized businesses build data connectivity into their applications without adding maintenance and complexity. CData Embedded Cloud enables customers to provide their users with self-service access to third-party data sources through over 160 pre-built connectors from CData. These connectors span SaaS, databases, and cloud data … continue reading
Hybrid work structures have become a popular choice for many modern companies. Not only do they add more flexibility when scaling a business, but they also help to create a better work-life balance for all employees. However, while maintaining a decentralized workforce does come with a number of advantages, there are also certain risks associated … continue reading
Teradata, a provider of data analytics solutions, today announced a new database offering for managing vector data. Teradata Enterprise Vector Store manages unstructured data in multi-modal formats like text, video, images, and PDFs. It can process billions of vectors and integrate them into pre-existing systems, and offers response times in the tens of milliseconds. According … continue reading
With AI making its way into code and infrastructure, it’s also becoming important in the area of data search and retrieval. I recently had the chance to discuss this with Steve Kearns, the general manager of Search at Elastic, and how AI and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) can be used to build smarter, more reliable … continue reading
High-quality data is the key to a successful AI project, but it appears that many IT leaders aren’t taking the necessary steps to ensure data quality. This is according to a new report from Hitachi Vantara, the State of Data Infrastructure Survey, which includes responses from 1,200 IT decision makers from 15 countries. The report … continue reading
The data information and analytics company LexisNexis today announced the launch of Nexis Data+, a new API that provides access to corporate, legal, financial, and compliance data, as well as generative AI-approved licensed news content. Developers and data analysts will be able to integrate that data into their existing tools, platforms, AI models, and workflows … continue reading
With all the potential benefits promised by the use of AI, it’s no wonder companies are wanting to get in on the action. But a new survey from Capital One reveals a stark disconnect between how confident business leaders are in their company’s ability to implement AI and how the technology professionals actually implementing the … continue reading
The data platform Snowflake is hosting its annual user conference, BUILD 2024, bringing together data scientists and developers and sharing new functionality across its platform that will enable customers to get more value from their data and build AI functionality on top of it. New updates across Snowflake platform enable greater collaboration, flexibility, and security … continue reading
