MySQL Legend 2024. Q&A with Shlomi Noach
Q1. Congratulations for your title of MySQL Legend 2024. What is your role now that you are a Legend and how do you support the MySQL community? I have been involved with the MySQL...
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On Deploying AI at the Enterprise Level. Q&A with Nadeem Asghar.
Q1. What are the main performance and scalability challenges when deploying AI at the enterprise level? Generating reliable business insights at “the speed of now” requires getting an assortment of bespoke or legacy business...
On OpenSearch 3.0 GA. Q&A with Carl Meadows
Q1. What is the OpenSearch Project about? OpenSearch is the trusted open source platform for AI-powered search, observability and analytics with built-in security, high performance, and a flexible architecture for modern data-driven applications. The...
On the Open Source Valkey Project: One Year Later. Q&A with Madelyn Olson
Q1. In March 2024, you and five other members of the open-source community got together to create Valkey within the Linux Foundation. Valkey was meant to be a community-driven project within the Linux Foundation...
On Database Performance. Q&A with Dirk Beerbohm
Q1. Database query performance is an important metric. In one of your recent blogs, you argued that this is not enough, “resulting in complicated implementations and high operational efforts.” What do you mean by...
On Security and AI Platforms. Q&A with Paul Speciale
Q1. GPUs, with their ability to process vast datasets in parallel have become the backbone of AI workloads. What are these GPU-accelerated architectures to accommodate complex models and massive datasets? Paul Speciale: GPU-accelerated architectures today...
On Agentic AI. Q&A with Ryan Siegler.
Q1. What Is Agentic AI? And why does it matter? Agentic AI refers to AI systems that can operate with a degree of autonomy. They can pursue goals, control workflow automation, and even make...
On MySQL Training Programs. Q&A with Scott Stroz
Q1. What is your role at Oracle? I am a Developer advocate for MySQL. Some of my duties include producing content through blog posts and short form videos. I also get to speak at...
On Databases, AI Agents and Security. Q&A with Dave Eyler.
Q1. In your opinion, what are the features and factors that are needed to make a database well-suited to the demands of enterprise AI? Enterprise AI is already complicated, and the last thing customers...
On AI-driven backup solutions. Q&A with Paul Speciale.
Q1. In today’s cyberthreat landscape, is a simple backup still enough? No, a simple backup approach is no longer sufficient. One or two decades ago, the focus was on improving backup speed to meet...