With a La Niña watch issued for the summer, businesses operating in hurricane-prone regions face heightened concerns about the impending storm season. La Niña heavily impacts the wind shear and atmospheric conditions over the Atlantic, where most hurricanes form thanks to its warm waters. It’s rare to go a year without a hurricane hitting some part of […]
Signal vs. Noise: Balancing On-Call Hygiene for Data-Driven Teams
In the real-time software world, 24×7 uptime is critical for core software where millions of transactions occur every second. In 2018, Amazon’s Prime Day event experienced a 13-minute outage that, according to some estimates, may have cost the company up to $99 million in lost sales. Reliability is paramount when the business depends on it […]
Why Selecting the Appropriate Data Governance Operating Model Is Crucial
To embark on data governance in an enterprise that spans divisions and diverse stakeholders, a well-defined operating model plays a vital role in achieving expected business benefits. Data mesh is a new concept that encourages data democratization within an organization in a decentralized way by promoting data products. Unlike the vintage architecture, which is centralized, data mesh […]
Managing Software Entitlements and Billing: How Usage Data Supports Streamlined Processes
At some point in your life, you’ve probably joined a gym. In doing so, you had to decide what type of membership was right for your fitness goals and at the right price point for your budget. Maybe it was an all-access pass, billed monthly or annually, with unlimited use of the facility, including the […]
Why the Slowdown of Kryder’s Law Spells Urgency for Sustainable Archival Storage
Kryder’s Law, named after Mark Kryder – the former SVP of research at Seagate Technology – is an observation comparable to Moore’s Law but specifically related to the area of magnetic disk storage. It posits that the density of information stored on magnetic disks is increasing exponentially, doubling approximately every 18 months. Kryder’s Law, much like Moore’s […]
Why It’s Time to Rethink Generative AI in the Enterprise
If you’ve been keeping an eye on the evolution of generative AI (GenAI) technology recently, you’re likely familiar with its core concepts: how GenAI models function, the art of crafting prompts, and the types of data GenAI models rely on. While these fundamental components within GenAI remain constant, the way they’re applied is transforming. The […]
How to Ensure Data Quality and Consistency in Master Data Management
In the digital age, organizations increasingly rely on data for strategic decision-making, making the management of this data more critical than ever. This reliance has spurred a significant shift across industries, driven by advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), which thrive on comprehensive, high-quality data. This evolution underscores the importance of master […]
Unveiling the ROI Dilemma: How Data Blind Spots Impact Asset Owners’ Bottom Line
In today’s fast-moving investment world, corporate and insurance asset owners are operating in the dark, hindered by the absence of a standardized industry benchmark for an overall asset performance assessment. Asset owners usually have many other responsibilities beyond managing portfolio strategies, affecting their ability to allocate time to comprehensively evaluate and optimize the performance of […]
Future-Proof Your Cyber Risk Management with These Top Trends in 2024 (Part II)
As shared in part one of this installment, the global marketplace faces an increasingly destructive cyber risk landscape each year, and 2024 is set to confirm this trend. The cost of data breaches alone is expected to reach $5 trillion, a growth of 11% from 2023. As technology advances, attackers continue to develop new, more sophisticated methods […]
Four New Apache Cassandra 5.0 Features to Be Excited About
With the recent beta release of Apache Cassandra 5.0, now is a great time for teams to give it a spin and discover 5.0’s most interesting and anticipated new capabilities. As I’ve poked around with the new beta, here are four features introduced with open-source Cassandra 5.0 that developer teams should be excited about: 1. Vector […]