Latest from Matt Asay
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Data lakes are an epic fail, but this open source project might change that
Data lakes are problematic because they centralize data but don’t make it accessible. Open source project Dremio may have a solution.
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Basho's database downfall highlights danger of bringing too-niche tech to market
Basho built a great database, Riak, but its demise has far less to do with bad investors than with bad timing for narrow tech.
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Amazon: Here's why the one-size-fits-all relational database model is dead
As good as the relational database has been, developers need to embrace a diversity of databases to get their work done today.
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Why it's your fault your data scientists keep quitting
Data scientists are richly paid but poorly understood—recipe for churn.
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Why Oracle's missteps have led to PostgreSQL's 'moment' in the database market
PostgreSQL has been on the rise for a decade, thanks to its solid database engineering and the issues of one of its main rivals.
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Why big data success hinges on developer accessibility
Cloudera’s latest quarter suggests that big companies are finally spending big on big data, but also that the tech isn't accessible enough to developers and business pros.
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For evidence of big data success, look no further than machine learning
To win big in the future, big data vendors don't need to take on the old guard. Instead, they must create new applications that require next-generation infrastructure.
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85% of big data projects fail, but your developers can help yours succeed
Big data has been a big disappointment, but there's a way to ensure yours won't be.
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Oracle CEO Hurd thinks the database market is about features. He's dead wrong.
Oracle's CEO thinks he's immune from NoSQL and cloud challengers because he's got more features. That's a poor strategy for the future.
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Here's one key to managing geolocation data at scale
ESRI manages huge quantities of data, and has learned a key trick to dealing with disparate geo data.