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BI Tools: Best Business Intelligence Software

Business intelligence (BI) software tools enable companies to analyze events, trends and market changes to gain competitive advantage. These BI tools collect, manage and interpret...

MongoDB’s Mark Porter on Database Trends and the ‘Innovation Tax’

I spoke with Mark Porter, CTO, MongoDB, about trends in the database market, and how the so-called ‘Innovation Tax’ hinders the ability to produce...

Komprise’s Krishna Subramanian: Tips for Managing Unstructured Data

I spoke with Krishna Subramanian, COO at Komprise, about the potential benefits from optimal management of unstructured data. Among the topics we covered: Let's talk...

Sisense’s Ashley Kramer on Data Analytics in 2022

Ashley Kramer, Chief Product and Marketing Officer at Sisense, discusses her predictions for data in the year ahead, including how automation will turn prescriptive...

Data Management in 2022: DataOps, Talent Shortages, Storage Overload

In 2022, the burdens of enterprise data management will continue to expand, driven largely by rising data growth, as well as emerging trends ranging...

How Distributed Cloud Computing Drives IT Automation

Recently, I was the keynote speaker at the AppViewX digital event, “Simplify Application Delivery 2021.”  While there were many sub-themes to the event, the...

HGS’s Virgil Wong and Smart Cube’s Nitin Aggarwal: How to Leverage Data for Revenue

Two industry experts discuss why companies struggle with leveraging data analytics, and provide tips on choosing data sets to mine for revenue growth. The...

Apache Kafka Gains Adoption as Streaming Data Grows

Apache Kafka is a distributed event-streaming platform that enables companies to monitor and manage real time data feeds. This open source software launched in 2011,...

The Evolution of AI: How Enterprises Grow to AI 2.0

Decades ago, artificial intelligence arrived with huge expectations for significant increases in efficiency and productivity. However, despite billions spent on technology, project after project...

4 Reasons Transformer Models are Optimal for NLP

Since their initial development in the seminal AI research paper Attention Is All You Need, transformer-based architectures have completely redefined the field of Natural...