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AI / Machine Learning
AI chips in the real world: Interoperability, constraints, cost, energy efficiency, and models
The answer to the question of how to make the best of AI hardware may…
Pinecone, a serverless vector database for machine learning, leaves stealth with $10M funding
Machine learning applications understand the world through vectors. Pinecone, a specialized cloud database for vectors,…
2021 technology trend review, part two: AI, knowledge graphs, and the COVID-19 effect
AI chips, MLOps, and ethics. Knowledge, and Graphs. COVID-19 as a mixed bag for technological…
Lightning-fast Python for 100x faster performance from Saturn Cloud, now available on Snowflake
Python, the most popular language for data science and machine learning, gets a huge boost…
Trailblaizing end-to-end AI application development for the edge: Blaize releases AI Studio
You might not know it by reading this news, but Blaize is an AI chip…
Getting there: Structured data, semantics, robotics, and the future of AI
Leveraging structure in data is key to making progress in AI, says AI prodigy Gary…
Data / Analytics / Data Science
K is for Knowledge: Application and data integration for better business, using metadata and knowledge graphs
Being disrupted by Big Tech is one of the greatest concerns for any business. Good…
Logz.io moves toward application observability in the cloud, raises questions on open source
Logz.io unveils its cloud offering for infrastructure monitoring based on open source platforms Elastic and…
Want to discover the knowledge graphs in your enterprise data? Siren just secured $10 Million to help do that
Siren promises the benefits of knowledge graphs, without the hassle of reinventing your existing data…
Redis Labs goes Google Cloud, Graph, and other interesting places
Redis becomes available on Google Cloud Platform today, and we take the opportunity to explore…
Unifying cloud storage and data warehouses: Delta Lake project hosted by the Linux Foundation
A mix of open source foundations and commercial adoption, the strategy adopted by Databricks for…
The web as a database: The biggest knowledge graph ever
Imagine you could get the entire web in a database, and structure it. Then you…
Choosing a Graph Database. The Year of the Graph Newsletter Vol. 4, July 2018
What is a graph database? Do you really need one, and if yes, how do…
GraphQL for databases: A layer for universal database access?
GraphQL is a query language mostly used to streamline access to REST APIs. Now, a…
On Graph query languages. The Year of the Graph Newsletter Vol. 3, June 2018
AWS Neptune goes GA, Microsoft Cosmos DB releases new features, the query language discussion heats…
Open or closed? On graph database access, query languages, community building, and TigerGraph
Having an entry path, as well as a strong community, is important for any solution,…
NBA analytics and RDF graphs: Game, data, and metadata evolution, and Occam’s razor
Three-point shooting, Steph Curry, and coming up with stories. If you feel like doing your…
Innovation
Confluent shows open source, paradigm shifts, cloud, and commercial success can all co-exist
Confluent just became a unicorn. We discuss why, what happens from now on, and how…
Start the reskilling revolution without me: Future of Work trends and soft data on soft skills
As work is being redefined by automation as well as changing economy and social norms,…
Beyond experts: Jobs, tasks, and skills for a data driven Future of Work
Understanding and keeping track of the relationship between jobs, tasks and skills is essential for…
Alibaba Blinks: Building an open source, data-driven cloud empire in real-time
Acquiring data Artisans, the vendor leading development of open source Apache Flink framework for real-time…
Real-time data processing just got more options: LinkedIn releases Apache Samza 1.0 streaming framework
Samza is now at near-parity with other Apache open-source streaming frameworks such as Flink and…
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…
Other Topics
Error – data not found: Precarious data and architectures of the future
Can data from organizations as prominent as NASA vanish into thin air? A grass-roots initiative…
How Trifacta is helping data wranglers in Hadoop, the cloud, and beyond
Trifacta is known for doing one thing, and doing it well: data wrangling. Because of…
Open for business: How public data in private places works for AWS, publishers and users
Most people know Amazon Web Services as the biggest player in the cloud, but not…
GODAN, feeding the world with open data
Would you be skeptical if someone told you that feeding the world with open data…
How i learned to stop worrying and love telling stories
I’ve got tech, data, and media, and i’m not afraid to use them. Here’s my…