Author » Alex Woodie
Alex Woodie is the managing editor of BigDATAwire (formerly Datanami).
Informatica Goes All-In on AI Agents for Data Management
Informatica made a series of agentic AI announcements today at its annual user conference today in Las Vegas, including the introduction of AI Agent Engineering, a new offering that will enable customers to build their o Read more…
The Data Hat Trick: Three Winning Plays for AI-Ready Data
If you’ve ever watched a hockey game, you know that a hat trick—scoring three goals in a single game—is a major feat. It requires precision, teamwork, and a deep understanding of the game. When it comes to artifici Read more…
Anaconda Simplifies Open Source Python Stack with AI Platform Launch
Anaconda today unveiled the AI Platform, a new flagship offering that provides a standardized user experience that should be easier to administer. The company also tripled the number of Python libraries in the stack, and Read more…
SuperAnnotate and the Quest for Superior AI Training Data
If data is the source of AI, then it follows that the best data creates the best AI. But where does one find ultra high-quality data? According to the folks at SuperAnnotate, that type of data does not exist naturally. I Read more…
Neo4j Promises ‘No More ETL’ with Aura Graph Analytics
Neo4j this week launched Aura Graph Analytics, a new offering designed to lower the barrier to using powerful graph algorithms. Neo4j says Aura Graph Analytics is a serverless service that brings 65 graph algorithms to b Read more…
Vendors Rush to Adopt MCP, the USB-C Cord for AI Integration
When Anthropic unveiled Model Context Protocol (MCP) last fall, it didn’t make a whole lot of headlines. Nearly six months later, the new protocol is the talk of the town as one data infrastructure vendor after another Read more…
OpenSearch Gets Parallel Performance Boost Thanks to GPUs
Organizations adopting OpenSearch for big data search, analytics, and AI will see a 9.5x performance increase compared to a prior release of the product, the group behind the open source project say, including a 9.3x boo Read more…
How to Build a Lean AI Strategy with Data
Your organization is probably collecting more data than ever, eager to be ready for an AI-driven future. But instead of powering transformative initiatives, the data itself often becomes a bottleneck. Massive datasets ca Read more…
These Are the Top Challenges to GenAI Adoption According to AWS
Businesses are making big bets on generative AI this year, according to a new survey on the nascent technology from AWS. While the investments are sizable, non-trivial challenges remain that have the potential to hamstri Read more…
Data Mesh Creator Zhamak Dehghani Joins the Big Data Debrief
Zhamak Dehghani turned the world of data management on its head six years ago when she created the concept of the data mesh. We recently caught up with Dehghani on the Big Data Debrief to discuss whether the core ideas b Read more…
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