On MySQL HeatWave. Q&A with Frederic Descamps
Q1. What is exactly MySQL HeatWave and how does it compared to the “vanilla” MySQL?MySQL HeatWave is the name of the MySQL Managed Service (DBaaS) by Oracle. Of course it’s available in OCI but...
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On Oracle MySQL: An Overview. Q&A with Heather Vancura
Q1. If you need to summarize in a nutshell, what happened to MySQL since Oracle’s acquisition of MySQL AB on 21 January 2010? Stewardship of a community is easy for new and emerging technology....
On Streaming Processing and Data Platforms. Q&A with David Rolfe
Q1. How is stream processing different from traditional data processing? “In the beginning”, there was only one computer, one CPU, and no network. The invention of networking and the PC led to client-server computing....
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...
On Query Performance in NLP/AI. Q&A with Dhruv Motwani
Interview conducted by Ramesh Chitor. Q1. Dhruv, Hello. It’s great to have you on this forum as a Subject Matter Expert. You have accomplished quite a bit in this area of Query Performance in...
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 The Database Market for Analytics. Q&A with Carl Olofson
Q1. What has impressed you most in the last months in the database market? I guess the popular answer would be the infusion of GenAI into the database sphere, but honestly, the degree of...
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...