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: Expert Articles
This section contains dedicated contributions from ODBMS.ORG’s Panel of Experts.
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...
On The Evolving Enterprise Fraud Landscape. Q&A with Sumit Bahl and Ramesh Chitor.
Moderated by Ramesh Chitor. Q1. How has the nature of enterprise fraud changed in the last five years? Enterprise fraud has become faster, smarter, and industrialized. What was once the domain of lone hackers...
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...
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...