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A deep dive into caching in Presto
Understand the caching mechanisms for the popular distributed SQL engine and how to use them to improve query speed and efficiency.
Kinetica offers its own LLM for SQL queries, citing security, privacy concerns
Kinetica's self-developed large language model, designed to enable SQL queries from natural language prompts in its relational database, targets security-sensitive customers including US government defense organizations.
4 key new features in PostgreSQL 16
Postgres 16 highlights include updates around privilege administration, logical replication, performance improvements, and comprehensive monitoring features. Here is a breakdown.
Teradata adds ask.ai generative AI assistant to VantageCloud Lake
Enterprises will be able to use the ask.ai natural language assistant to ask questions about their data from within Teradata’s multicloud analytics platform.
InfluxDB Clustered targets on-premises time-series database deployments
InfluxDB Clustered is an open source, distributed time-series database alternative to InfluxDB Enterprise that has been built on the company’s next-generation time-series engine that supports SQL queries.
Prisma.js: Code-first ORM in JavaScript
Get a hands-on tour of the leading JavaScript object-relational mapping tool, which you can use with MongoDB and traditional databases.
What SQL users should know about time series data
Four key considerations to keep in mind when you need a database designed for analytical queries of vast quantities of time series data.
10 ways generative AI upends the traditional database
Generative AI isn't just for chatbots. Here are 10 ways AI and machine learning are transforming how we store, structure, and query data.
Why Raft-native systems are the future of streaming data
While Apache Kafka is slowly introducing KRaft to simplify its approach to consistency, systems built on Raft show more promise for tomorrow’s hyper-gig workloads.
How to use GPT-4 with streaming data for real-time generative AI
For businesses and their customers, the answers to most questions rely on data that is locked away in enterprise systems. Here’s how to deliver that data to GPT model prompts in real time.
How Databricks is adding generative AI capabilities to its Delta Lake lakehouse
The Delta Lake updates aim at helping data professionals create generative AI capabilities for their enterprise with foundation models from MosaicML and Hugging Face, among others.
Databricks Delta Lake 3.0 to counter Apache Iceberg tables
The updates in Delta Lake 3.0 include a new universal table format, dubbed UniForm, a Delta Kernel, and liquid clustering to improve data read and write performance.
Snowflake updates target generative AI demand from enterprises
While Snowpark Container Services and an Nvidia partnership will help enterprises manage large language models, Streamlit and Git updates are squarely aimed at easing developers’ tasks.
6 key features of SingleStore Kai for MongoDB
SingleStore Kai for MongoDB brings real-time analytics to JSON documents by translating MongoDB queries onto SQL statements that are executed on SingleStoreDB. No changes to schema, data, or queries required.
Databricks’ $1.3 billion MosaicML acquisition to boost generative AI offerings
Databricks will add MosaicML's model-training capabilities to its lakehouse platform.
MongoDB Atlas updates focus on simplifying developer tasks
Updates include support for additional programming languages on AWS, easier installation of Atlas’ Kubernetes Operator, and a new Kotlin driver.
MongoDB adds vector search to Atlas database to help build AI apps
In addition to integrating Google Cloud’s Vertex AI foundation models, MongoDB is adding features aimed at making Atlas a complete developer data platform.
Update or migrate? Planning for MySQL 5.7 EOL
Come October 2023, MySQL 5.7 will no longer receive updates or security patches. It’s time to understand your options and plan for the path ahead.
Databricks takes on Snowflake, MongoDB with new Lakehouse Apps
Databricks has also updated its Marketplace to allow enterprises to share AI models while monetizing them, the company said.
