On Vector Databases. Q&A with Akmal Chaudhri
Q1. You’re planning to write a new book exploring vector databases—what is it about this particular moment in data technology that makes you want to dive deep into this subject now? We’re at a...
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On High-dimensional computational geometry and databases. Q&A with Vissarion Fisikopoulos
Q1. MySQL’s spatial query optimizer must handle complex geometric predicates efficiently. Can you walk us through the key challenges in optimizing spatial queries—particularly for operations like spatial joins and nearest-neighbor searches? How do computational geometry...
On Teaching MySQL. Q&A with Michael Scott Brown
Q1. From your experience managing the Database System Technology Masters program and teaching at diverse institutions ranging from community colleges to Division I universities, how have you seen the role of MySQL evolve in database...
Celebrating 20 Years of ODBMS.org: Charting the Evolution of Data
September 8, 2025 – San Francisco, CA, Seoul, South Korea, Frankfurt, Germany: ODBMS.org, the influential online resource for the data management community, is proud to announce its 20th anniversary. For two decades, the platform...
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 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...
Zilliz Cloud Ascends to New Heights: A Quantum Leap in Speed, Performance, and Developer Satisfaction with the Ultimate Vector Database Experience
The new Cardinal Search Engine for Zilliz Cloud delivers a 10x+ Performance Boost January 30, 2024 09:00 ET| Source: Zilliz Inc. REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Jan. 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Zilliz Inc., a trailblazer in...
The Business Value of Running Databases on Kubernetes
By Sergey Pronin, Group Product Manager at Percona Introduction In today’s fast-paced business landscape, data management plays a crucial role in ensuring operational efficiency and strategic decision-making. With the rise of cloud computing, businesses...
On why a vector database is essential to scale generative AI apps. Q&A with James Corcoran, Chief Growth Officer, KX
If generative AI represents significant business potential for an organization’s future, existing databases will hold that company back. Q1: Vector databases are a hot topic, do we really need another category of DB to...
On Data Infrastructure at LinkedIn. Q&A with Kartik Paramasivam
This is all real. Trillions of events are processed every day by stream processing applications at LinkedIn. Q1. You are VP – Data Infrastructure at LinkedIn. What are your responsibilities at LinkedIn? And what...