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New research from Confluent sees IT leaders share their biggest AI implementation challenges

12th September 2024 - Skills shortages are the #1 challenge facing IT leaders looking to implement artificial intelligence in 2024. That's according to research from Confluent, released ahead of this year's BigData LDN event. The research, which surveyed over 500 UK IT leaders, explores the top challenges facing IT departments when it comes to adopting and implementing AI.

Databricks Data Lakehouse Versus a Data Warehouse: What's the Difference?

Businesses today rely heavily on data to inform decisions, predict trends, and optimize operations. However, more data volume and complexity has led to growing pressure to find scalable, cost-effective solutions for data storage while staying within IT budgets. Companies want to handle both structured and unstructured data efficiently, while supporting advanced data analysis and machine learning use cases.

Speedscale vs Coder: Ephemeral Developer Environments for Different Needs

Speedscale and Coder are two distinct tools that, while both aim to increase developer productivity, serve fundamentally different purposes. Both provide software development environments for enhancing productivity and collaboration in software development teams.

Resolving Java Heap Space OutOfMemoryError

Java is one of the most popular programming languages, known for its portability, scalability, and rich ecosystem. One of the critical components of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is the heap space, which plays a crucial role in memory management. While Java’s automatic memory management via garbage collection is powerful, it is not immune to problems. One such problem that developers frequently encounter is the dreaded OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space.

Using DreamFactory for High-Performance API Needs

As applications increasingly rely on APIs to drive critical functionalities, the demand for high-performance, scalable, and secure API management solutions has never been greater. DreamFactory, an on-premise API generation and management platform, is designed to meet these needs by providing robust features such as rate limiting, caching, SQL function integration, and multi-tier architecture.

Cloudera Launches Private Link Network for Secure, Internet-Free Cloud Connectivity

Imagine a world where your sensitive data moves effortlessly between clouds – secure, private, and far from the prying eyes of the public internet. Today, we’re making that world a reality with the launch of Cloudera Private Link Network. Organizations are continuously seeking ways to enhance their data security. One of the challenges is ensuring that data remains protected as it traverses different cloud environments.

15 Best API Monitoring Tools

Application programming interfaces (APIs) power countless applications and services in today’s world. However, the complexity and scale of modern API ecosystems often create a blind spot for developers and operations teams. API monitoring can solve a lot of these challenges. In this article, we discuss some core concepts and the benefits of API monitoring, along with key API metrics you should track.

How GenAI early adopters gain a competitive advantage in analytics

With generative AI, you have the opportunity to deliver a data strategy that helps business people answer their most pressing data questions—providing unprecedented value to your internal teams, partners, and customers. Hype around GenAI has overwhelmed people with too many use cases and too little focus on achievable value. That’s why we sponsored a first-of-its-kind survey with MIT SMR Connections, asking 1k global data and business leaders questions.

The Secret to Smarter Development with AI and Streamlined Shift Left

Shifting left to put more on developers? They you have to find the right balance between automation and simplicity. Otherwise, you'll end up with complexity that slows everything down instead of speeding it up. @David Morgenthaler says tools like static analysis and AI-driven tests are shaping the future of software quality: Watch the latest episode of Test Case Scenario to explore how automation can streamline processes without overcomplicating development. It’s working for @Indeed.