Five Minute Briefing - Information Management
August 27, 2024
Five Minute Briefing - Information Management: August 27, 2024. A concise weekly report with key product news, market research and insight for data management professionals and IT executives.
News Flashes
Airbyte, a leading open data movement platform, announced that its PyAirbyte open-source Python library, that was introduced in late-February, has helped more than 10,000 AI and data engineers to sync over 6 billion records of data. Users have completed more than 221,000 PyAirbyte sync jobs, or over 10,000 syncs per week. PyAirbyte now boasts an average of 25,000 monthly downloads, according to metrics from the popular PyPi Python package repository.
IBM is unveiling new processor innovations designed to accelerate AI initiatives across next-generation IBM Z mainframe systems. The new technologies—IBM Telum II processor, IO acceleration unit, and IBM Spyre accelerator—serve to improve latency, sustainability, and scale processing capacity to better accommodate the demands of AI and large language models (LLMs).
Quest Software, a global leader in systems management, is announcing the latest version of erwin Data Intelligence and erwin Data Modeler, forwarding comprehensive, end-to-end data lifecycle management that prepares enterprises for the challenges of AI and other technological advancements. Offering enhanced data intelligence, quality, and modeling capabilities, enterprises benefit from a consistent view of their data architectures while maintaining high quality, reliable data.