On MySQL Ecosystem. Q&A with Vinicius Grippa
Q1. You have 18 years of experience in mission-critical database design. What are the main lessons you have learned in all these years? Test, test, and test one more time! When I started at...
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On Large Language Models (LLMs) and Databases. Q&A with Madeleine Corneli
Q1. You believe in collaboration, working closely with engineering, data science, marketing, and customers. How does it work in practice? What are the challenges you face in bringing different stakeholders together? Collaboration across technical...
Progress Publishers Day: Publishing in the Age of AI. May 1, 2025. Time: 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Westin Grand Central, New York, NY
As the publishing industry evolves, artificial intelligence is reshaping how content is created, managed, and delivered. This event brings together industry leaders, technology experts, and partners to explore the transformative role of AI and...
On HeatWave MySQL: Query Execution, Performance, Benchmarks, and Vector type. Q&A with Kaan Kara.
Q1. You are working as a lead developer mainly responsible for query execution in HeatWave MySQL. What are the challenges that you try to solve? HeatWave is an in-memory data processing engine, so for...
On AI, Storage Systems and Scalability. Q&A with Paul Speciale
Q1. In the year ahead, you anticipated a resurgence of data architectures that support two key IT priorities: 1) accelerating AI-driven initiatives, and 2) strengthening end-to-end cyber-resiliency to counter the persistent rise in ransomware attacks....
On Processing and Analyzing large datasets of Financial data. Q&A with Michaela Woods
Q1. What is your role at KX and what are your current projects? As a Developer Advocate at KX, my primary focus is on kdb+, along with creating technical content, developing training courses for...
On Generative AI and AI Data Platforms. Q&A with Philip Miller
Q1. Generative AI has become one of the most heavily invested-in technologies in recent years. Which use cases can generative AI address that will deliver tangible business value? Generative AI has indeed become one...
On Data Migration. Q&A with Eric Hanson
Q1. What are the typical challenges when performing data migration? Performing data migration requires you to decide what to migrate, build tables in the target system with the right schema, do initial movement of...
On HeatWave, MySQL database and GenAI. Q&A with Nitin Kunal
Q1. You are one of the founding engineers of HeatWave. Can you tell us what are you current projects? I am indeed one of the founding engineers of the HeatWave project, having written its first header file and designed and developed...
On Graph Databases, Gen AI and the Cloud. Q&A with Jim Webber
Q1. The demand for graph databases is being regarded as essential infrastructure for AI systems. Why? Large Language Models (LLMs) are incredibly powerful for AI systems, but businesses have to balance the models’ creativity...