On Vector databases and GenAI. Q&A with Michael Gilfix
Q1. Do you believe GenAI is ready to be used in daily business? Why? In some ways, GenAI is already being used in daily business operations, but only for surface level tasks that contribute...
Category: Big Data, Analytical Data Platforms, AI and Data Science
On the Presto Open Source Project. Q&A with Tim Meehan
Q1. What is special about the Presto open source distributed query engine? I’ve been working on this project for over 6 years, and I’m still very engaged and excited by it. Ultimately, I think it...
On SingleStore native integration with Apache Iceberg. Q&A with Dave Eyler
Q1. You just announced a native integration with Apache Iceberg. What is Apache Iceberg and what is it useful for? Apache Iceberg is the most popular open-source format for storing massive data sets and...
On Open Source Vector Databases. Q&A with Ben Bromhead
Q1. Instaclustr, acquired by NetApp a couple years ago, is now Instaclustr by NetApp—what role does Instaclustr by NetApp serve? Instaclustr by NetApp helps organizations deliver applications at scale by operating and supporting their...
On the Open Source Valkey Project. Q&A with Madelyn Olson
Q1. What makes Redis so special and why is it so popular? Redis became ubiquitous in real-time applications because of its high performance and versatility while still being extremely simple to use. One of...
On Using Unstructured Data to Produce Useful and Meaningful insights. Q&A with Paul Speciale.
Q1. Large language models (LLMs) are the current shining stars and hold incredible potential and promise for business use, leveraging mainly structured (text-based) training data. Are these extravagant promises? We believe there is exceptional potential...
On Using Vector Search. Q&A with Tom Dyar and Dirk van Hyfte
Q1: You recently announced the addition of vector search to the InterSystems IRIS data platform. What are the benefits of this addition to the InterSystems IRIS data platform? Thomas Dyar: By integrating vector search into InterSystems IRIS, we can...
On Generative AI Investments. Q&A with René Haag
Q1. You published recently a study developed with HFS Research to help organizations understand the value they can derive from their generative AI (GenAI) investments. What are the main take aways from this study? Like...
Understanding How Your Data is Stored, Compressed, and Accessed Can Accelerate Data Query Performance
By Gavin Halliday, HPCC Systems Businesses are using big data platforms to glean valuable business intelligence from the enormous amounts of data they generate. The size of that business data grows exponentially, making it...
On Databases and Data platforms for the Edge/Iot. Q&A with David Rolfe
Q1. The database/ data platform market is undergoing a consolidation. What is your take on this? A number of factors are working together. At one point the 451 Group was tracking around 130 separate...