EnterpriseDB next month is expected to formally launch a new lakehouse that puts Postgres at the center of analytics workflows, with an eye toward future AI workflows. Currently codenamed Project Beacon, EDB’s new data lakehouse stack will utilize object storage, an open table format, and query accelerators to enable customers to query data through their standard Postgres interface, but in a highly scalable and performant manner. The popularity of Postgres has skyrocketed in recent years as organizations have widely adopted the open source database for new applications, especially those runnin ..read more

The SAS Innovate 2024 offered an opportunity for business leaders, technical users, and SAS partners to uncover deeper insights related to the latest technology trends and innovations in the industry. SAS is a global leader in AI and analytics software and has over 83,000 customers worldwide, including Fortune 100 companies.  The flagship annual event took place last week in Las Vegas. With organizations racing to harness the power of AI to gain a competitive advantage, it’s not surprising that this year’s event was dominated by GenAI.   Business leaders and professionals from v ..read more

The data industry loves coming up with new solutions to old problems. Starting with the database, followed by the data warehouse, and then the data lake. Now, most of what we talk about is the data lakehouse. However, we should all take less interest in the latest term of the day and instead pay attention to actual adoption patterns. That’s why when Justin Borgman, CEO of Starburst, published his Icehouse manifesto shortly after I joined—noting the adoption of Trino and Apache Iceberg amongst data leaders like Netflix, Apple, Shopify, and Stripe —I sat up a little straighter in my chair. “Now ..read more

Altair Engineering will soon fortify its end-to-end data science offering with the acquisition of Cambridge Semantics and its semantic graph database. Terms of the deal, which was announced yesterday, were not disclosed. Cambridge Semantics was founded in 2007 by a group of researchers from IBM’s Advanced Technology Internet Group with the goal of using emerging semantic Web technologies to make data more searchable and easier to query. From its headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts, the company developed a graph database dubbed Anzo that was based on emerging Resource Description Framework (R ..read more

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is undergoing a profound transformation, presenting immense opportunities for businesses of all sizes. Generative AI has replaced traditional ML and AI as the hot topic in boardrooms. However, a recent Boston Consulting Group (BCG) study shows that more than half of the executives surveyed need help understanding GenAI. They are actively discouraging its use, while a further 37% indicate they are in a state of experimentation but have no policies or controls in place. In the following article, I will delve into the widespread accessibility of AI, analyze the associ ..read more

With the introduction of Apache Paimon by the Apache Software Foundation (ASF), users can now process data in both batch and streaming modes. Paimon has been under incubation status for a year and has now graduated from incubation to a Top-Level Project (TLP).  Apache Paimon is a data lake format designed to provide real-time lakehouse architectures built with Apache Spark and Apache Flink for streaming and batch operations. It provides a streaming storage layer and allows Flink to stream proceedings directly on the data lake. This provides a flexible and reliable storage layer for stream ..read more

“What data do you have? And can I access it?” Those may seem like simple questions for any data-driven enterprise. But when you have billions of files spread across petabytes of storage on a parallel file system, they actually become very difficult questions to answer. It’s also the area where Starfish Storage is shining, thanks to its unique data discovery tool, which is already used by many of the country’s top HPC sites and increasingly GenAI shops too. There are some paradoxes at play in the world of high-end unstructured data management. The bigger the file system gets, the less insight y ..read more

As we find ourselves on the brink of a technological revolution, the need for efficient and sustainable computing solutions has never been more critical.  A computer system that can mimic the way humans process and store data could be of immense value. It has the potential to enhance the capabilities of AI models in terms of energy efficiency, bias mitigation, interpretability, and adaptability.  Intel has announced the creation of Hala Point, a brain-inspired neuromorphic system for sustainable and efficient AI. With its 1152 Loihi 2 processors, Hala Point can support up to 20 quadr ..read more

Spectra Logic has been busy. Last week, the data storage company unveiled Spectra LumOS library management software and expanded its enterprise tape storage solutions with two new additions: the TFinity Plus enterprise library and the Spectra Cube cloud-optimized library. The Spectra Cube tape library is the company’s latest addition to its enterprise tape storage lineup. Tailored for cloud environments and emphasizing user-friendliness, the Spectra Cube library is touting swift deployment, effortless scalability, and tool-free, downtime-free maintenance. Spectra Logic is targeting large enter ..read more

Steve Jobs once compared the electric motor to the democratization of new technologies. When the electric motor was first invented, it could only be manufactured on a large-scale in a factory. They had great applications, but required significant resources to maintain, from elaborate belts and pulleys to a team of skilled mechanics. It was elusive to create a true lasting impact. Somewhere along the way, these large electric motors were downsized to fractional horsepower electric motors and proliferated to the point where we now easily have over 50 of them in the average household. We’re at a ..read more