Business Intelligence and Analytics Articles
ScaleFlux, a leader in data storage and memory technology, is expanding its product portfolio to meet the demands for global data production. The company is introducing cutting-edge controllers for both NVMe SSDs and Compute Express Lin (CXL) modules, reinforcing its leadership in innovative technology for the data pipeline, according to the vendor.
Posted October 16, 2024
The career paths of IT professionals—whether they start out as administrators, creatives, or executives—are as varied as snowflakes in a blizzard. Along the way, many of us are fortunate enough to meet mentors who guide us and help us grow into better professionals.
Posted October 16, 2024
Generative AI (GenAI) is having an Agile moment or two, but this is not a positive development. One aspect of this moment in time is the continued hyping of GenAI's unlimited agility—wherein GenAI is trumpeted as something akin to an analytic Swiss Army knife. The analogy is not only problematic, but it is actively harmful.
Posted October 16, 2024
Oracle is offering the Oracle Financial Services Crime and Compliance Management Investigation Hub Cloud Service to enable banks to investigate and resolve financial crime cases faster. According to Oracle, the new AI-powered case management solution delivers a modern user experience that reduces manual tasks, removes data silos, and elevates the insights investigators need to focus their time on analysis and combating financial crime.
Posted October 16, 2024
Oracle is offering new AI-powered capabilities within Oracle Fusion Cloud Service and Oracle Fusion Cloud Field Service that help service teams increase productivity, better understand customer issues, and serve their customers more effectively. According to Oracle, the latest updates improve customer satisfaction by automatically identifying customer issues, recommending actions, streamlining resolution, and improving first-time fix rates.
Posted October 16, 2024
To meet the rapidly growing demand for its artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud services in Malaysia, Oracle announced plans to invest more than $6.5 billion to open a public cloud region in the country. The upcoming cloud region will enable Oracle customers and partners in Malaysia to leverage AI infrastructure and services and migrate mission-critical workloads to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
Posted October 16, 2024
Database administration is a technical discipline, and it almost goes without saying that DBAs should be armed with significant technical knowledge. And this column typically covers the many diverse technology issues facing DBAs. However, there are non-technical qualities and aspects to the DBA role that are not as frequently discussed. So, this month we will proffer some guidance on non-technical areas for DBAs to focus on to make them more valuable to their employers!
Posted October 16, 2024
As companies measure the health and performance of their IT/cloud/application infrastructure and various data-in-motion streams such as metrics, events, logs, and traces, the number of monitoring tools grows, resulting in a complicated and overloaded observability stack. Kishore Gopalakrishna, co-founder and CEO at StarTree, believes unified observability platforms can solve these pain points by providing the flexibility, data autonomy, and extensibility offered by a disaggregated model.
Posted October 15, 2024
SpyCloud, the leader in Identity Threat Protection, is announcing that SpyCloud Investigations—the company's cybercrime and identity threat investigation solution—now features IDLink, an automated digital identity correlation capability. This new feature enhances SpyCloud Investigations by streamlining and accelerating successful outcomes of complex investigations—from days or hours to as little as minutes, according to the vendor.
Posted October 14, 2024
BMC, a global leader in software solutions, announced the decision to create two stand-alone, independent companies, BMC and BMC Helix. According to BMC, the two independently operating businesses will leverage the reignited innovation pipeline, industry-recognized product offerings, strengthened go-to-market capabilities, revived brand, and focus on customer success of the current company to accelerate growth across all markets.
Posted October 14, 2024
Precisely, the global leader in data integrity, is taking its Data Integrity Suite to the next level with several major enhancements, including the launch of the Data Graph API. From a new connector framework to an advanced data catalog, hybrid execution agents, and more, Precisely's latest release centers simplicity, speed, and security in the realm of data integrity.
Posted October 11, 2024
Eon, a next-generation cloud backup solution, is emerging from stealth, having raised a total of $127 million in funding in its efforts to replace legacy backup tools and generic snapshots, transforming backups into useful, easy-to-manage assets. The first backup autopilot for the age of cloud infrastructure, Eon monitors cloud resource sprawl and brings cloud backup posture management (CBPM) to enterprises, according to the company.
Posted October 10, 2024
Central to any modernization strategy is data management, acting as the true foundation for any advanced technology to succeed and thrive. As scalability, flexibility, and cost effectiveness continues to dictate key goals for data management strategies, the migration to the cloud is the vehicle by which enterprises transform into agile, data-driven entities.
Posted October 10, 2024
AI—both generative and machine learning/statistical—is essentially dead in the water without well-vetted, timely, quality data. This is holding back AI efforts more than anticipated, a recent survey finds. Data issues hampering AI were explored in a recent survey released by Precisely and Drexel University, which exposed widespread data trust issues and its impact on data and AI initiatives. Data quality and governance have hampered organizations for decades, and such deeply rooted distrust in the data is now being reflected in their embrace of AI output.
Posted October 10, 2024
Software development has come a long way in the past few decades, but data management hasn't. It's time to change that. Despite automation becoming more ubiquitous, many engineering teams are still managing databases manually—a practice that can be time-consuming and complex, slowing down developers and impeding overall productivity. Additionally, current models force database administrators (DBAs) to work within silos, which creates logjams and communication lapses. It also leaves more room for error.
Posted October 10, 2024
Zumasys, a leader in innovative ERP solutions, is announcing significant progress in migrating customers from the PICK MultiValue platform to Rover ERP, a modern, web-based ERP system. To date, Zumasys has successfully completed 10 customer migrations, with an additional 5 currently in progress, totaling 15 signed deals. This achievement, reached in just under three years, reaffirms Zumasys' commitment to helping businesses modernize and thrive in a competitive marketplace, the company said.
Posted October 10, 2024
Rocket Software is offering seven key initiatives for success in 2025 as the year draws to a close. By focusing on key practices in the fourth quarter, clients can enhance their operations, secure data, and foster talent within their team. According to Rocket Software, by planning strategically, upgrading systems, and investing in your team's growth, you'll be well-prepared to meet the challenges of the new year.
Posted October 10, 2024
RDM Infinity, a leader in legacy software solutions, is merging with Maverick Systems, founded in 1991 by MultiValue veteran Dick Thiot. With over 40 years of experience in the MultiValue community, Thiot has been instrumental in shaping the industry and is joining forces with RDM to further elevate its offerings.
Posted October 10, 2024
In multidimensional data modeling practice, there is the concept of a bridge dimension. A bridge dimension, being the dimensionalized equivalent of a normalized data design's associative entity, allows for the resolution of a many-to-many relationship. By its very nature, the bridge is saying, "Yes, let's normalize our dimensional designs." The bridge dimension exists to resolve a many-to-many relationship between two other dimensions.
Posted October 10, 2024
In today's digital landscape, delivering exceptional user experiences has become a top objective for businesses across industries. As applications and digital touchpoints increase, understanding user behavior within these platforms is crucial for driving product innovation and business growth. However, collecting, managing, and reporting on user data has traditionally been a complex and resource-intensive endeavor, often requiring significant engineering resources.
Posted October 10, 2024
A healthy democracy depends on free and fair elections, which must also be believed to be fair. Most reputable accounts indicate that the U.S. 2020 presidential election was free of significant voter fraud. However, large segments of the population believe the election was unfair, and consequently, faith in democracy has been undermined. The results of the upcoming 2024 election—however it is determined—are bound to face challenges and disputes.
Posted October 10, 2024
Picture this: A doctor receives an emergency call late at night. A patient has been brought into the emergency room with severe symptoms, and immediate access to their medical history is crucial. Within seconds, the doctor accesses the patient's electronic health records, seamlessly pulling up a comprehensive view of their health history. Thanks to a secure and reliable database, the doctor can make informed decisions quickly, potentially saving the patient's life.
Posted October 10, 2024
dbt Labs, the pioneer in analytics engineering, is debuting a series of new features for dbt Cloud, the control plane for enterprise data stacks. These latest enhancements serve to empower users across the various stages of the analytics development lifecycle, adhering to One dbt, the company's mission of delivering a single, unified dbt experience regardless of an enterprise's infrastructure, data platform, or cloud.
Posted October 09, 2024
Event Store, the event-native data platform company, is announcing a series of improvements to Event Store Cloud, the company's fully managed offering of EventStoreDB, centered on streamlining management as well as increasing ease of use and time-to-value. In addition to the enhancements, Event Store Cloud is now available on the AWS Marketplace.
Posted October 09, 2024
Egnyte, a leading provider of cloud-based content collaboration and governance solutions, announced it has been granted five United States Utility Patents this year that address complex data governance and compliance challenges. According to the company, these patents reinforce its commitment to innovation in data privacy and cloud storage management.
Posted October 08, 2024
Grafana Labs, the company offering open and composable operational dashboards, is adding a variety of updates to its platform including advancements in AI/ML for observability, significant enhancements to the fully managed Grafana Cloud observability platform, and the launch of Grafana Labs' new startup program.
Posted October 07, 2024
Darktrace, a global leader in AI for cybersecurity, is expanding Darktrace / CLOUD to support Microsoft Azure environments, leveraging Microsoft's virtual network flow logs for agentless deployment. Also available for AWS deployments, Darktrace / CLOUD is built from the ground up for cloud defense. It leverages Darktrace's unique Self-Learning AI to monitor cloud assets, containers, and users, and correlate that activity with identity and network data from across an organization's digital ecosystem.
Posted October 07, 2024
WekaIO (WEKA), the AI-native data platform company, announced that the WEKA Data Platform has been certified as a high-performance data store for NVIDIA Partner Network Cloud Partners. With this certification, NVIDIA Cloud Partners can now leverage the WEKA Data Platform's performance, scalability, operational efficiency, and ease of use through the jointly validated WEKA Reference Architecture for NVIDIA Cloud Partners using NVIDIA HGX H100 systems.
Posted October 07, 2024
The EY organization is expanding its collaboration with IBM to leverage software from Apptio, an IBM Company. EY strategy and consulting experience, used in concert with Apptio software, can help enable organizations to focus their resources on their strategic priorities at all levels of the organization, according to the vendor.
Posted October 07, 2024
To help clients embrace generative AI, IBM is extending its high-performance computing (HPC) offerings, giving enterprises more power and versatility to carry out research, innovation and business transformation. With the general availability of NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU instances on IBM Cloud, businesses will have access to a powerful platform for AI applications, including large language model (LLM) training.
Posted October 07, 2024
BMC's latest "2024 BMC Mainframe Survey" is now available, revealing the state of the mainframe is strong, with a bright outlook, thanks to emerging technologies and continued digital transformation. The mainframe's speed, processing capacity, and security continue to make the platform a key component of the ever-changing IT landscape.
Posted October 07, 2024
In today's world where data reigns supreme, the role of DBAs extends far beyond just maintaining databases. DBAs play a crucial role in overseeing the entire lifecycle of data within organizations, from its inception to disposal. Nevertheless, a frequent criticism of many DBAs is that they can be difficult to interact with. The truth of the matter is that DBAs can be curmudgeons possessing technical knowledge but limited people skills.
Posted October 07, 2024
SingleStore, the world's only database that empowers users to transact, analyze, and search petabytes of data in milliseconds, is announcing its recent acquisition of BryteFlow, a leading data integration platform. With this acquisition, SingleStore expands its ability to ingest data from a range of sources—such as SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, and more—and helps its users operationalize data from their CRM and ERP systems.
Posted October 04, 2024
Quadrant Information Security (Quadrant), a leading provider of Managed Detection and Response (MDR) solutions, is introducing a new service, Quadrant Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM), to help organizations systematically manage and reduce the risks associated with the ever-expanding attack surfaces in complex enterprise IT environments.
Posted October 03, 2024
MongoDB is releasing MongoDB 8.0, offering significant performance improvements, reduced scaling costs, and additional scalability, resilience, and data security capabilities. Architectural optimizations in MongoDB 8.0 have significantly reduced memory usage and query times, and MongoDB 8.0 has more efficient batch processing capabilities than previous versions.
Posted October 03, 2024
Crowdbotics, pioneer of CodeOps as the new standard methodology for software development, is adding new capabilities to its AI-powered application development platform, aimed at addressing the most significant challenges in the application development industry.
Posted October 02, 2024
Oracle Health is providing electronic health record (EHR) innovations that will help clinicians streamline routine tasks and deliver more efficient, informed patient care. According to Oracle, with the new capabilities, caregivers can more quickly and easily update and access critical patient information from practically anywhere to help increase efficiency and reduce burden.
Posted October 02, 2024
Oracle and Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) announced the launch of Oracle Database@AWS, a new offering that allows customers to access Oracle Autonomous Database on dedicated infrastructure and Oracle Exadata Database Service within AWS. Oracle Database@AWS will provide customers with a unified experience between Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and AWS, offering simplified database administration, billing, and unified customer support.
Posted October 02, 2024
Oracle is releasing Java 23, the latest version of the world's number one programming language and development platform, delivering thousands of improvements to help developers increase productivity and drive innovation. Additional enhancements to the platform's performance, stability, and security will help organizations accelerate business growth, according to Oracle.
Posted October 02, 2024
CloudBolt, the Cloud ROI Company, is debuting the new CloudBolt Platform, a cloud lifecycle optimization platform designed to deliver Augmented FinOps—CloudBolt's method of proactively and retrospectively ensuring value balance in the cloud. By centering AI- and machine learning (ML)-based insights, the CloudBolt Platform works to maximize the value of enterprises' cloud investments.
Posted October 01, 2024
Wind River, a global leader in delivering software for the intelligent edge, is launching eLxr Pro, its commercial enterprise Linux offering to address the needs of cloud-to-edge deployments. Expanding the company's industry-leading Linux portfolio, eLxr Pro delivers long-term commercial support and services to the recently launched open source eLxr project distribution, according to the company.
Posted September 30, 2024
Observe, Inc., the SaaS observability company, is launching "Project Voyager," its most significant product update yet that introduces an AI Investigator along with OpenTelemetry-Native APM and Snowflake Observability, enabling Engineering, DevOps, and SRE teams to troubleshoot incidents faster and improve customer experience.
Posted September 27, 2024
DBTA's latest webinar, Data Management for AI: Knowledge Graphs, Vector Databases, and Semantic Layers, gathered three experts to explore the nuances of AI and the importance of its underlying infrastructure, offering technologies and tools to best facilitate success.
Posted September 27, 2024
Airbyte, a leading open data movement platform, is launching a plethora of technologies that make virtually any data even more accessible for analytics and GenAI (generative artificial intelligence). Airbyte is introducing Airbyte 1.0, available as Airbyte Open Source and the Airbyte Cloud online service, the Airbyte Marketplace with more than 300 data connectors, an AI Assistant to create data connectors, support for LLMs and Gen AI workflows, and the general availability of Airbyte Self-Managed Enterprise for on-premises deployments.
Posted September 27, 2024
EnterpriseDB (EDB), the leading Postgres data and AI company, is unveiling a series of contributions to PostgreSQL 17 that forward the database as an effective option for large-scale data analytics and AI workloads, according to EDB. This release—which was driven by over 200 developers world-wide—reflects the growing popularity and significance of Postgres, as well as EDB's long-standing commitment to the PostgreSQL community.
Posted September 26, 2024
Firebolt is offering a next-generation Cloud Data Warehouse (CDW) that delivers low latency analytics with drastic efficiency gains, reflecting continuous feedback from users and real-world use cases. According to the company, data engineers can now deliver customer-facing analytics and data-intensive applications (data apps) more cost-effectively and with greater simplicity.
Posted September 26, 2024
Operant AI, provider of the Runtime AI Application Protection Platform, announced it has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round, enabling the company to accelerate team and product expansion bringing unprecedented transparency and active cloud-native protection to all APIs, AI, and cloud applications with a particular focus on securing the entire data-in-use lifecycle as it flows through every layer of modern application environments.
Posted September 26, 2024
Experts joined DBTA's webinar, Data Security and Governance for the AI Era, to showcase top solutions and best practices for navigating the space of data security and governance, especially as it faces increasing investment in cloud and AI technologies.
Posted September 26, 2024