Recently, Google announced the general availability of Bigtable federated queries with BigQuery allowing customers to query data residing in Bigtable via BigQuery faster. Moreover, the querying is without moving or copying the data in all Google Cloud regions with increased federated query concurrency limits, closing the longstanding gap between operational data and analytics. By Steef-Jan […]
Archives for 2022
10 Creative Ways to Slice IT Costs
How can IT leaders cut costs when inflation spikes the price of everything? Here are some innovative ideas that might help with overstrained IT budgets — without giving up the very things they need to operate.
A Digital Transformation Team Is Only as Good as the Sum of its Parts
Redefining the notion of teamwork in a post-pandemic world.
Google Outage Impacts Search, Maps
Google experienced a 30-minute outage this week as Google search users were delivered a 500 server error instead of the results they were looking for. Google Maps and Google Images were also reportedly impacted by the incident.
Quick Study: Humanizing and Dehumanizing the Digital Experience
In business’s drive to digital transformation and efficiency, humanizing the digital experience is vital. Here a curated collection of InformationWeek articles that highlight progress made and work to be done.
Hiring with AI: Get It Right from the Start
As organizations increasingly adopt artificial intelligence in hiring, it’s essential that they understand how to use the technology to reduce bias rather than exacerbate it.
Microsoft is a Leader in 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud AI Developer Services
Gartner has recognized Microsoft as a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud AI Developer Services, with Microsoft placed furthest in “Completeness of Vision”. Gartner defines the market as “cloud-hosted or containerized services that enable development teams and business users who are not data science experts to use AI models via APIs, software […]
Security for next generation telecommunication networks
Almost two years ago, the National Defense Science Board invited me to participate in the Summer Study 2020 Panel, “Protecting the Global Information Infrastructure.” They requested that I brief them on the evolution of the global communications infrastructure connecting all nations. The U.S., like other nations, both cooperates and competes in the commercial telecom market, […]
Two Minutes With ServiceNow VP; Great Expectations Co-Founder
ServiceNow’s Marcus Torres talks low code and the shortage of engineers. Great Expectation’s Ben Castleton discusses data quality.
Can Data Collection Persist Amid Post-Roe Privacy Questions?
Companies may have to reshape how data is interacted with and monetized as legal upheaval and uncertainty about data privacy take hold.