Data integration

Most organizations draw data from multiple sources, including external ones. Data integration combines this data to create unified sets of information for tracking business performance and managing operations. Learn about data integration strategies to ensure information from multiple sources is consistent to meet users' data analysis needs across the organization.

August 24, 2022 24 Aug'22
Zilliz raises $60M for open source Milvus vector database

The leading commercial backer behind the open source Milvus database project is looking to advance the technology to build out a database for AI application workloads.
August 23, 2022 23 Aug'22
InfluxData eases event streaming data collection

The new Native Collectors service in the cloud is an attempt by the time series database vendor to let users connect to message broker services and event streaming data.
August 19, 2022 19 Aug'22
PlanetScale reaches to the edge with serverless driver

The vendor continues to build out its database-as-a-service platform and is now aiming to make it easier for developers to connect to edge services.
August 17, 2022 17 Aug'22
Arcion data pipeline updates for schema evolution

The vendor added new database support to its change data capture platform including for BigQuery and Imply, as well as features for schema update and data column transformations.

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Developing an effective data pipeline process is a key step for organizations to manage data sources, flow and quality. A data pipeline also ensures approved data access. Continue Reading
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10 big data challenges and how to address them

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Automation can solve a lot of data integration problems, but not all of them. Learn about the top five data integration challenges and what else to do to overcome them. Continue Reading
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