Google has announced significant improvements to Google Cast, including the Output Switcher, accessible via the Android System UI. This feature facilitates the transfer and control of media across different devices and technical protocols. With the release of Output Switcher 2.0 on Android U, improvements include enhanced volume control, device categorization, and support for devices with … continue reading
The Data Quality 2023 Study study reveals that a significant 34% of the organizations responding are at the ‘Data Aware’ stage, indicating they are in the initial phases of recognizing the importance of data but have not yet fully integrated it into their decision-making processes. However, the most advanced stage, ‘Data Driven’, where data is … continue reading
The database company MongoDB has announced new capabilities to enable companies to better leverage generative AI. MongoDB Atlas Vector Search is now generally available, which allows customers to build generative AI into their applications based on their own data. This enables the AI to provide accurate, relevant responses for a specific organization or domain. Customers … continue reading
There are many reasons why duplicate entries might end up in a database, and it’s important that companies have a way to deal with those to ensure their customer data is as accurate as possible. In Episode 5 of the SD Times Live! Microwebinar series of data verification, Tim Sidor, data quality analyst at data … continue reading
One of the biggest challenges faced by companies who work with large amounts of data is that their databases may end up with several instances of duplicate records, leading to an inaccurate overall picture of their customers. According to Tim Sidor, data quality analyst at Melissa, there are a number of reasons why duplicate records … continue reading
People buy digital assets in games every day. In fact, 89.5 percent of all commerce associated with gaming in 2022 was digital, per The Digital Entertainment and Retail Association. True ownership of those digital assets, however, remains a huge, intrinsic problem for the gaming industry. In practice, the sales of these assets are more akin … continue reading
The application security company Mend.io has introduced an enterprise version of its dependency management tool Renovate. Mend Renovate Enterprise Edition offers unlimited server scalability, dedicated support, and other premium features.. Renovate helps ensure the security and currency of applications by scanning software to identify external dependencies and automating updates to the latest versions. According to … continue reading
Immuta unveiled a new product called Immuta Discover which automates the tagging and classification of data on cloud platforms, helping data teams maintain accurate metadata. According to Immuta, having accurate metadata is important for data access control, monitoring, and regulatory compliance. Immuta Discover identifies structured data in cloud platforms and can use metadata from popular … continue reading
Companies in certain industries – banking, healthcare, and the like – are subject to many different regulations when it comes to things like how they store user data, required communications with customers, and what data can and can’t be collected. For example, financial companies need to comply with Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Combating the Financing … continue reading
Altova announced the release of Version 2024 of its desktop developer tools, server software, and regulatory solutions with important new features. “We are excited to announce AI integration in multiple products to enhance developer productivity and creativity,” said Alexander Falk, president and CEO of Altova. “At the same time, we’ve added one of the most-often … continue reading
Amazon is releasing a new data management service to enable collaboration on data between different areas of an organization. Amazon DataZone enables cataloging, discovery, analysis, sharing, and governance of data between its producers and consumers. The data producers provide the data catalog with structured data assets, and then consumers can subscribe to those assets and … continue reading
IBM has announced the release of the first models in the watsonx Granite series, which utilize generative AI for language and code tasks. These models come in various sizes to cater to different business needs and are based on a decoder-only architecture. They can be used to scale AI in various ways, such as generating … continue reading
