Data orchestration means trying to bring order and speed to a complex Big Data ecosystem, a conglomeration of storage systems like Amazon S3, Apache HDFS, or OpenStack Swift and computation frameworks and applications such as Apache Spark and Hadoop MapReduce. The data stack is fragmented and performance-challenged by a proliferation of data silos. The technology […]
IDERA Webinar: Do You Know Where Your Databases Are?
To view just the slides from this presentation, click HERE>> Original Air Date: October 15, 2019 This webinar is sponsored by: About the Webinar As organizations transition to using cloud solutions in their database configurations, the number of databases being created throughout the company may increase drastically. Add to that the random databases created by […]
IDERA Slides: Do You Know Where Your Databases Are?
Do you know where your databases are? from DATAVERSITY To view just the On Demand recording of this presentation, click HERE>> Original Air Date: October 15, 2019 This webinar is sponsored by: About the Webinar As organizations transition to using cloud solutions in their database configurations, the number of databases being created throughout the company […]
Case Study: Data Protection and HCI for Carrs Tool Data Architecture Upgrade
“Existing conditions” is a term for conditions that don’t last very long. Amazon changed the face of retail. Google democratized access to information. Facebook and pretty much every social media site has changed the way we interact with each other. Change came to Carrs Tool Steels, too. The U.K. supplier of tool steel and high-strength […]
How is Blockchain Changing the Face of Asset Management?
Click to learn more about author Gilad David Maayan. Today’s interconnected world allows companies to operate more easily, and at the same time exposes them to risks derived from their interdependence. As organizations strive to create new value and reduce risk, their systems need to adapt to the new interactions introduced by emerging technologies. Infusing […]
What is SIEM and Why is it So Important?
Click to learn more about author Gilad David Maayan. Cyber-attacks are becoming more common, with a serious IT breach making headlines every other day. Attackers constantly look to exploit any gap in IT systems, applications and hardware. One of the key security approaches to prevent and combat attacks is to identify and respond to security […]
Graph Databases: An Overview
The concept of graph databases traces back to Leonhard Euler. Euler was an 18th century Swiss mathematician who made several important discoveries in mathematics, such as infinitesimal calculus. In solving the “Seven Bridges of Königsberg” problem in 1736, Euler laid the foundations for graph theory. (He also got a fun shout-out in Hidden Figures when […]
Announcing MemSQL Helios: The World’s First SingleStore, System of Record Cloud Database
A recent announcement reports, “MemSQL is proud to announce two exciting new product releases today: MemSQL Helios, our on-demand, elastic cloud database-as-a-service, and MemSQL 7.0 Beta 2, the next major release of our database engine, featuring MemSQL SingleStore – a breakthrough new way of managing data – and new features to fully support Tier 1, […]
Modeling Misfit Types: Why Type Inheritance Is Not a Good Fit in Data Models
Click to learn more about author Thomas Frisendal. “Complete Consistence” Drives Temporality, … And What Else? In August I published a blog post called The Future History of Time in Data Models. The short version of that story is that if you aim for “Complete Consistence for Temporal Extensions”, you need to work on the […]
Harvest Data Lineage to Build Effective Data Governance
Being able to trace data from its origin to its destination is no longer a nice-to-have. It’s a must-have if you are to govern data — and of course you’ve got to govern data. Without metadata, data lineage can’t exist, and if data lineage can’t exist, neither can Data Governance. Metadata brings together assets and […]