Talking Data
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Open source support was central to 2018 data deals
Mergers and acquisitions unsettled the big data status quo in 2018. Open source support made these couplings a bit different than those of the past, Talking Data podcasters said. Continue Reading
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Microsoft data platform gets new cloud, on-prem features
Microsoft released a second preview of SQL Server 2019 and said users can now run applications in either on-premises SQL Server systems or its Azure SQL Database cloud service. Continue Reading
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Microsoft Azure SQL Database and Oracle 19c start to rev
A new Microsoft Azure SQL Database Managed Instance service seeks to span the gap between cloud and on-premises systems. Meanwhile, Oracle also has cloud plans of the data kind. Continue Reading
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Oracle Cloud IaaS security gets superhero status from Ellison
TechTarget editors discuss security updates to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and company leader Larry Ellison's vivid depiction of cloud-borne cyberthreats and bots to counter them. Continue Reading
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Talking Data: AI advances and the MIT Startup Exchange
The Talking Data podcast team discusses some of the MIT startups that are making advances in AI and natural language processing. Continue Reading
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Computer vision technology helps Trulia link buyers to homes
In this podcast, Trulia's vice president of engineering discusses the importance of computer vision applications to the website's overall goal of helping buyers find homes. Continue Reading
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Starburst finds new worlds to conquer with SQL query engine
Relational databases may have hit a wall of late, but the SQL query engine seems poised for wider growth. Starburst, a retro startup of sorts, is among those looking to take it wider still. Continue Reading
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Kubernetes container orchestration gets big data star turn
The new thing in big data is Kubernetes container orchestration. While it's still early, there are signs of activity, which are cited in this edition of the Talking Data podcast. Continue Reading
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IT, others focus efforts as GDPR implementation date looms
The EU's General Data Protection Regulation is meant to bring better data privacy to bear in the age of big data. How GDPR implementation will proceed remains to be seen. Continue Reading
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Google TPUs open up on cloud; LinkedIn intros Hadoop Dynamometer
In big data news, we find Google TPUs, or Tensor Processing Units, offered as a cloud service, while LinkedIn is open sourcing a Hadoop test simulator called Dynamometer. Continue Reading
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Talking Data: Is there a difference between AI and analytics?
Any AI definition should include things like predictive analytics, according to some users, even though those practices are straightforward and have been around for decades. Continue Reading
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Analytics uses drive need for speed in working with big data
Today, analytics work is about speed. That means rapidly building clusters and transforming and querying data. Learn how users are streamlining digital business. Continue Reading
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Experienced users point the way on implementing machine learning
In this podcast, we look back at some of our most interesting interviews with end users sharing how they found success implementing machine learning projects. Continue Reading
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Tableau targets data preparation software with Project Maestro
As Tableau and other high-level applications look to automate more functionality, stand-alone data preparation tools have to evolve to stay relevant in the analytics ecosystem. Continue Reading
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Power BI updates drive Microsoft's latest hybrid cloud efforts
At PASS Summit 2017, Microsoft Azure's strides were measured in steps. These include Power BI updates that bring cloud reporting services down to earth. Continue Reading
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Machine learning and analytics among key Oracle security moves
The Equifax Struts breakdown forms the backdrop for the Oracle machine learning and analytics moves considered in this Talking Data podcast. Continue Reading
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Talking Data: How to make data science and analytics pay
Businesses are still looking for ways to unleash the full benefits of data science and analytics. This podcast looks at ways some companies are finding success. Continue Reading
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Big data vendors, users see Hadoop stack from different sides
In this Talking Data podcast, TechTarget editors discuss Hadoop's future, IBM's decision to resell the Hortonworks distribution of the open source technology and other big data issues. Continue Reading
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Inside consumer tech companies' push for enterprise business analytics
Cloud computing trends are pushing consumer tech companies like Amazon and Google to market enterprise analytics software. This podcast examines those trends. Continue Reading
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Deft preprocessing marks deep learning techniques for data preparation
Deep learning techniques for data preparation include exploration of data sets and algorithms. This calls for more than a bit of art on the part of data engineers and scientists. Continue Reading