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Nominations Period for DBTA’s Readers’ Choice Awards Extended

Submissions for nominations are now open for the annual Database Trends and Applications Readers' Choice Awards, a competition in which the winning information management solutions, products, and services are selected by you, the users. The nominations period is open and extended through March 21, 2025, and will be followed by actual voting on the products nominated by our readers. Read More

The AI Era: Crafting the Perfect Environment for AI to Thrive

All of the hype and high hopes around AI in recent years has focused on compelling use cases—from creating new medicines to taking over customer service. However, all AI efforts will be nonstarters without well-governed, well-sourced data. That is the leading challenge for enterprises going forward in the competitive economy of 2025. Read More

Is the Ultimate ‘Data Deluge’ Finally Upon Us?

The "data deluge" is as familiar to IT professionals as it is cliché, but what we are encountering today is very different. Will our typical response be enough? Often hyped, the data deluge has been an omnipresent theme in IT circles for years as enterprises struggled to manage an ever-increasing barrage of data. Read More

AI, Big Data, and the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Navigating the Future of Work and Skills

The World Economic Forum has made a bold statement: We are in the midst of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and this revolution is more challenging than any before it. What makes it so difficult? This new era is defined by technologies we can't see, touch, or fully understand. From AI to big data and augmented reality, these innovations are transforming every aspect of our lives at a pace that many believe humanity simply can't keep up with. Read More

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Todd Schraml

Database Elaborations

Todd Schraml

  • Sticks, Stones, Broken Bones, and Harmless Names Even when we try to discuss a nameless thing, we apply a pseudo-name to allow us to articulate our thoughts. The "pink place," "the big, big road," "the evil-looking tree" …. To discuss a thing, it must have an identity. A name supplies an identity for a thing. Once named, we may now speak of it. The bedrock of any good set of standards starts with names. Regardless of the role we may play in managing technological solutions, everything needs a name because everything will be discussed.
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Craig S. Mullins

DBA Corner

Craig S. Mullins

  • Data Lakehouse vs. Data Warehouse: What’s the DBA’s Role? Data lakes and data warehouses are achieving a measure of success in modern data architectures, but the emergence of the data lakehouse offers new challenges and opportunities for database administrators (DBAs). What are the implications for DBAs and their careers? How do their roles evolve as data lakehouse usage expands? Let's examine the concepts, challenges, and opportunities for DBAs in the era of the data lakehouse.
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Kevin Kline

SQL Server Drill Down

Kevin Kline

  • Combining Your Database and DevOps With Observability Since the term's inception in the late 2000s, "DevOps" is by far the most common approach to product development. During the last 15 years, DevOps processes have evolved to new speeds and scales, with the latest iteration including AI-assisted coding and platform engineering. Simultaneously, certain companies are struggling to master database operations. As a result, many organizations have data that sits in silos and/or can be hard to track down. What today's businesses need is a way to combine DevOps and data management, ultimately creating a Database DevOps framework.
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Guy Harrison

Emerging Technologies

Guy Harrison

  • AI, Big Data, and the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Navigating the Future of Work and Skills The World Economic Forum has made a bold statement: We are in the midst of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and this revolution is more challenging than any before it. What makes it so difficult? This new era is defined by technologies we can't see, touch, or fully understand. From AI to big data and augmented reality, these innovations are transforming every aspect of our lives at a pace that many believe humanity simply can't keep up with.
Recent articles by Guy Harrison
  • Will AI Become Our Friend or Foe? Technology Professionals Weigh In. Picture this: there's a new face in the IT department, ready to step in to help tackle the increasingly complex challenges caused by modern hybrid on-prem and multi-cloud environments. Overstretched technology teams always appreciate an extra set of helping hands, but what happens when this new team member isn't human—but artificial intelligence (AI)?
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