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insightsoftware's Open Business Data Fabric

Imagine you're in finance, juggling with data scattered across countless applications. Combining information from various sources for tasks like budgeting, forecasting, and regulatory unnecessarily hard. The traditional data warehouse approach promises a solution, but it comes with a hefty price tag. It's slow, expensive to maintain and requires constant IT involvement. Data Fabric offers a more promising approach. It connects to various data sources in real time, eliminating outdated information and providing a unified view for applications and BI tools.

Databricks Follows Cloudera by Adopting Iceberg, While Snowflake Mulls Open Source Approach

A constant flow of breaking news from the data lakehouse space is making notable tech headlines this week. On Tuesday, Databricks announced that it will acquire Tabular, a data management company founded by the creators of Apache Iceberg, Ryan Blue, Daniel Weeks, and Jason Reidfor. The deal was for an unconfirmed sum, but some reports suggest that amount to be between $1B and $2B (and allegedly outbidding Snowflake).

Astera's Guide to Marketing Data Integration and Governance

Customer data provides a treasure trove of insights into their behavior and preferences. Marketers must leverage this information to drive strategic decisions and optimize marketing campaigns. Analysts must consolidate fragmented data across various systems to use customer data effectively. With proper data integration and governance, marketers can effectively transform their data assets into insights that inform their decision-making.

86% of IT leaders say data streaming is a priority for IT investment in 2024

Confluent survey: 90% of respondents say data streaming platforms can lead to more product and service innovation in AI and ML development. 86% of respondents cite data streaming as a strategic or important priority for IT investments in 2024. For 91% of respondents, data streaming platforms are critical or important for achieving data-related goals.

Celebrating Innovation and Excellence: Announcing Snowflake's Data Drivers

Snowflake announced the global winners of the sixth annual Data Drivers Awards, the premier data awards that honor Snowflake customers who are leading their organizations and transforming their industries with the AI Data Cloud. This year’s winners of the Data Drivers Awards include data leaders from across global organizations, including Caterpillar, Bentley, Mitsubishi Corporation, Zoom and more.