Operational Database Management Systems
This section contains dedicated contributions from ODBMS.ORG’s Panel of Experts.
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Q1. You work at work Percona as Principal Support Engineer for MySQL, its forks and utilities. What are your responsibilities? My title is Principal Support Engineering Coordinator and my responsibility is to ensure that...
Q1. Previously, you worked at the Ford Motor Company as an Enterprise Architect. What did you learn there, that is useful to your current job? As an Enterprise Architect in ML Research, I gained...
Q1. You just announced that the MySQL Belgian Days 2025 event will be held before FOSDEM. What is FOSDEM? And why is it relevant to the MySQL Community? FOSDEM is a free event for software...