We are living in an era of data and analytics. It is the time when organizations are consuming, generating, modifying, and exchanging an insane amount of data. Now, failing to keep track of data that is being consumed, generated, modified, exchanged, or deleted within your organization can have a major impact on your business decisions. […]
2023 Predictions for AI, Machine Learning, and NLP
It’s been an exciting year in AI, machine learning, and NLP, with text-to-image generators and large language models delivering some very impressive results and a lot of promise for the future – while noting all of the important caveats about their shortcomings including mitigating societal biases, the possibility of them being used to generate “fake […]
Merging Fast and Slow Data for a Full View of Human Intent
The digital industry has evolved massively and consistently over the years, often taking off in surprising directions. But one thing has remained constant: The role that data plays in driving business success has only grown. Looking toward the future, data-driven decision-making is an increasingly complex process, involving more and varied sources of data to stay ahead of […]
How to Select the Right Database
In today’s data-driven world, technologies are changing very rapidly, and databases are no exception to this. The current database market offers hundreds of databases, all of them varying in data models, usage, performance, concurrency, scalability, security, and the amount of supplier support provided. Choosing a database is a different class of challenge. Selecting the right […]
4 High-Impact Data Quality Issues That Are Easily Avoidable
When we talk to prospective customers, their first questions are usually around the fundamentals of data quality, including what it is, how we measure it, what happens when it goes south, and how data quality issues can be prevented. Our answers always come back to the core that drives our mission: Data is the lifeblood […]
Preview of Data Privacy Trends for 2023
As we move into 2023, one thing at the forefront of many business owners’ minds is how to ensure data privacy in order to keep their company data and customers safe. Data privacy is becoming increasingly important to both companies and consumers, especially with the emergence of privacy regulations such the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). These […]
What to Expect from Open-Source Data Infrastructure in 2023
Open-source technologies will become even more prominent within enterprises’ data architecture over the coming year, driven by the stark budgetary advantages combined with some of the newest enterprise-friendly capabilities added to several solutions. Here are three predictions for the open-source data infrastructure space in 2023: 1. Economic headwinds will make open-source data technologies even more attractive to […]
AI Trends to Watch in 2023
For the last decade, AI has been accelerating at a staggering pace. According to MarketsandMarkets, the industry is expected to reach $42.4 billion in 2023. It’s clear there’s no slowing down in sight, and we’re starting to realize it with the debut of powerful new AI-powered products and services across industries. But what’s actually driving this […]
ML Model Operationalization Is a Key Challenge and Opportunity for 2023
As we head into 2023, machine learning (ML) professionals are taking stock of the past year and identifying potential key opportunities moving forward. To that end, my company recently polled 200 U.S.-based ML decision-makers to better understand what those opportunities might be. One area we focused on was the challenge behind operationalizing machine learning, which respondents […]
Will 2023 Be the Year of the Polyglot Persistence?
Meet polyglot persistence. It’s not a new term, but one that’s catching fire in what many call the unsexiest part of Data Management – Database Management. It also ties to the physical part of Data Management, which is storage management, often overlooked by data teams. Storage management and database management/administration indeed used to be a separate […]