Just another Cyber Monday: Amazing Amazon and the best deal ever
When you get something at 80% off on Amazon, who do you think wins — you or Amazon? If you think that’s a strange question, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Maybe it’s time we re:Invent some things. But, how can possibly getting a huge discount be bad? It’s not, if you actually need what you’re buying, and […]
Read More →ScyllaDB achieves Cassandra feature parity, adds HTAP, cloud, and Kubernetes support
ScyllaDB, the open-source drop-in replacement for Apache Cassandra, is growing up. Version 3.0 closes the gap in terms of features, and has a few extras to add on top of superior performance over Cassandra.
Read More →Google can now search for datasets. First research, then the world?
Did you ever need data on a topic you wanted to research, and had a hard time finding it? Wish you could just Google it? Well, now you can do that.
Read More →Zen and the art of data structures: From self-tuning to self-designing data systems
Designing data systems is something few people understand, and it's very hard and costly. But that, too, could be automated, says new research from Harvard, and we're about to start seeing it in real life.
Read More →GDPR in real life: Transparency, innovation, and adoption across borders and organizations
Part two: Auditing data on premise and in the cloud, spurring innovation in machine learning and interpretable AI, and influencing organizations, consumers, and legislation all over the world, GDPR is here to stay.
Read More →GDPR in real life: Fear, uncertainty, and doubt
Part one: Why are most organizations still not ready for GDPR? And what are the implications and mechanisms of applying GDPR provisions for companies, individuals, and regulators?
Read More →DataStax Enterprise Graph 6.0: what’s new, and what’s coming?
DataStax Enterprise just released version 6.0, a major upgrade. We take an insider tour with Jonathan Lacefield, Senior Director of Product Management with DataStax, focusing on DSE Graph. Even though news on the new DSE release have been out for a while, one of the principles to go by in the tech world is “never […]
Read More →Controversy, thy name is Europe: Open credit scores, data-driven counter-forensics, and the regulation debate
Europe's biggest digital culture festival raises questions beyond the use of data.
Read More →The road to automation, the joy of work, and the ‘Jen problem’
How do we get to the point where technology is the infrastructure firms run on, and what happens when we do?
Read More →Conway’s Law and the future of healthcare data management: Genome, Blockchain, and GDPR
Maladies in healthcare data management are obvious, but what about solutions? From selling Genome data to using Blockchain and the effects of GDPR, would we rather stick to the devil we know?
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