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From big data to AI: Where are we now, and what is the road forward?
It took AI just a couple of years to go from undercurrent to mainstream. But despite rapid progress on many…
Business
Water data is the new oil: Using data to preserve water
Data and water do mix, apparently. Using data and analytics can lead to great benefits…
Data.world: The importance of linking data and people
Notepads, graphs, data lakes, collaboration, and data manifestos. Data.world has an interesting blend of philosophy…
Back to the future: Does graph database success hang on query language?
If the history of relational databases is any indication, what is going on in graph…
Is 5G the missing link for autonomous vehicles, smart cities, and a brave new world?
We may have hit peak 5G hype before 5G is actually available. But is 5G…
DataTorrent: Hard code around streaming data philosophy in 90 days
We give you streaming data applications in 90 days, no matter what. And we’ll do…
The Reskilling Revolution: Taking control of skills with Open Badges
In a rapidly shifting job market, being able to formalize skills is a requirement for…
Technical
Open source observability, meet data transformation: Grafana 7.0 promises to connect, unify, and visualize all your data
Grafana Labs sets the bar for open source observability with Grafana 7.0: more developer friendly,…
Open source database ScyllaDB 4.0 promises Apache Cassandra, Amazon DynamoDB drop-in replacement
ScyllaDB has made a name for itself as a fast drop-in replacement for Apache Cassandra.…
Knowledge Graphs power scientific research and business use cases. The Year of the Graph Newsletter Vol. 19, April / March 2020
Is there life after COVID-19? Of course there is, even though it may be quite…
Open source PostgreSQL on steroids: Swarm64 database acceleration software for performance improvement and analytics
Take the 4th most popular database in the world. Make it run 20 times faster,…