The data community is getting new guidelines to approach data effectively and ethically. Data.world and industry leaders today are announcing the Manifesto for Data Practices. According to Brett Hurt, CEO of data.world, data is being used today to fuel business efforts and improve customer satisfaction; however there are no formal guidelines to approach data and … continue reading
Microservices and containers have created a world of interoperable cloud-based services that can be moved seamlessly from one platform to another with minimal change. An area that has lagged, however, is providing data that can be used across multiple cloud platforms to power today’s modern applications. The folks at SwiftStack, a 7-year-old data storage solution … continue reading
If digital businesses haven’t already been preparing for the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the time is now. The regulation was adopted in April of 2016 and will officially go into effect on May 25, 2018. Despite the advance notice and warnings given, the range of GDPR preparedness is still very broad, according … continue reading
Poor data quality costs businesses time, money, and customers. For companies conducting business in Europe, the associated costs could rise dramatically when the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) takes effect in May 2018. One small data quality mistake involving the misuse of Personally-Identifiable Information (PII) could cost a company 20 million euros or 4 … continue reading
JetBrains is introducing a new solution dedicated to data analysis and visualization. The company announced Datalore, a new web application designed to draw insights from raw data, simplify coding routines, and make intelligent decisions. The solution leverages machine learning to perform tasks, and currently focuses on Python development. “We’re launching this tool inspired by … continue reading
Datical has announced the release of Datical 5. The enterprise-class platform is designed for developers to continuously manage and rework database code changes. The latest release enhances security, improves database auditability, and makes sure regulatory requirements are met. “As the DevOps market continues to mature and evolve, enterprises must look for ways to modernize and … continue reading
MongoDB Inc. announced today that version 4.0 of its MongoDB database platform will support multi-document ACID transactions to provide a consistent view of data across replica sets. ACID Transactions are now in beta and the company says the syntax of multi-document transactions should feel familiar to those used to working with transactions in relational databases. … continue reading
Revulytics, Inc., a leading provider of software usage analytics for on-premise software, today announced Revulytics™ Data Enrichment, a new service that improves the quality of customer-provided data to accelerate their software license compliance programs and generate revenue from unlicensed software use. Built on the Revulytics Compliance Intelligence platform, Data Enrichment identifies and validates organizations that are using unlicensed … continue reading
Databases comprise one of the largest and most foundational segments of the IT landscape—in some cases, comprising over 50 percent of the cost of the total application stack. The size and prominence of this segment continues to expand unfettered. Recent estimates from Gartner peg the database market at $36.4 billion, having grown 8.6 percent in … continue reading
Appdome has announced a new security protection solution as part of its Mobile Security Suite at DeveloperWeek in Oakland, Cali. ONE-SHIELD is designed to deliver next-generation protection to any mobile app. The solution combines the company’s previous app features with new technologies such as TOTALCode Obfuscation, encrypted strings and preferences. The solution also features include mobile … continue reading
InfluxData has announced the latest release of its database-as-a-service, InfluxCloud. New capabilities include improved security, expanded global region support and faster onboarding. In addition, it features pre-built dashboards that allow customers to co-monitor the health of their InfluxCloud as well as new multi-user functionality. “At InfluxData, we pride ourselves on listening to customers and being responsive … continue reading
by e.ventures with participation from existing investor Storm Venturesand new investors NextWorld Capital and Merian Ventures. This round brings the company’s total funding to $15.5 million. “Honeycomb uniquely addresses a major pain-point for anyone debugging and trying to understand distributed systems, providing BI-like experience for software engineers. We’re excited to support the Honeycomb team and technology through their next stage of … continue reading
