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...
Category: Big Data, Analytical Data Platforms, AI and Data Science
Big Data, Analytical Data Platforms, AI and Data Science
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...
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...
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 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...