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Microsoft veteran Bob Muglia: Relational knowledge graphs will transform business

'We're at the start of a whole new era' with knowledge graphs, says Microsoft veteran Bob Muglia, akin to the arrival of the modern data stack in 2013.

May 7, 2022 by Tiernan Ray

Volume, velocity, and variety: Understanding the three V's of big data

For those struggling to understand big data, there are three key concepts that can help: volume, velocity, and variety. These three vectors describe how big data is so very different from old school data management.

March 21, 2018 by David Gewirtz

Meet Estée Lauder's chief analytics officer: 'Data hoarding doesn't solve the problem'

The Estée Lauder Companies has created a chief analytics officer position as part of its senior leadership team. Learn about this important role and its impact on digital transformation efforts. From data science to culture, it's more complicated than you might think.

July 30, 2021 by Michael Krigsman

Workers waste half their time as they struggle with data

As data grows in complexity, data workers waste time searching for and preparing data instead of gaining insights according to a new report.

July 9, 2019 by Eileen Brown

Westpac uses data to get Know Me to know you

Westpac has adopted an analytics approach to customise and personalise services for its 9 million customers.

February 24, 2014 by Aimee Chanthadavong

Descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics: How are they different?

Understanding the difference between descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics can set you on the right path to finding a viable and productive solution for your business—but beware of potential pitfalls.

June 3, 2019 by James Sanders

Tableau integrates Einstein Analytics, becomes the analytics bridge in Salesforce ecosystem

Einstein Analytics will become Tableau CRM as Salesforce and Tableau outline the integration roadmap for 2021 and beyond.

October 6, 2020 by Larry Dignan

Pivotal Greenplum is alive and kicking

Greenplum is probably the best-kept secret in the analytic database world. While Pivotal was busily building its Cloud Foundry business, its Greenplum business has continued to thrive. The new release steps up the multi-workload capabilities that differentiate Greenplum. The next question is when will Pivotal launch a managed Greenplum cloud service?

September 14, 2017 by Tony Baer (dbInsight)

RDBMS vs. NoSQL: How do you pick?

An earnest argument for NoSQL...from an RDBMS veteran of IBM and Oracle.

September 18, 2013 by Andrew Brust

Snowflake, BlackRock forge partnership, connect Aladdin platform with Snowflake Data Cloud

The move brings third party data sources to BlackRock's Aladdin platform and gives Snowflake an inroad to a key market.

February 22, 2021 by Larry Dignan