Operational Database Management Systems
This section contains dedicated contributions from ODBMS.ORG’s Panel of Experts.
Q1. You just announced a native integration with Apache Iceberg. What is Apache Iceberg and what is it useful for? Apache Iceberg is the most popular open-source format for storing massive data sets and...
Q1. Instaclustr, acquired by NetApp a couple years ago, is now Instaclustr by NetApp—what role does Instaclustr by NetApp serve? Instaclustr by NetApp helps organizations deliver applications at scale by operating and supporting their...
Q1. What makes Redis so special and why is it so popular? Redis became ubiquitous in real-time applications because of its high performance and versatility while still being extremely simple to use. One of...
Q1. Large language models (LLMs) are the current shining stars and hold incredible potential and promise for business use, leveraging mainly structured (text-based) training data. Are these extravagant promises? We believe there is exceptional potential...
Q1. What is StarRocks? StarRocks is the only open-source SQL query engine able to run the most demanding data warehouse workloads directly on the data lakehouse, without ingesting into a proprietary data warehouse for...
Q1. What is the common definition of distributed file systems and object storage? A distributed file system (DFS) and object storage system is “distributed” over multiple servers and/or locations. This allows users and applications...
Q1: You recently announced the addition of vector search to the InterSystems IRIS data platform. What are the benefits of this addition to the InterSystems IRIS data platform? Thomas Dyar: By integrating vector search into InterSystems IRIS, we can...
Q1. You published recently a study developed with HFS Research to help organizations understand the value they can derive from their generative AI (GenAI) investments. What are the main take aways from this study? Like...
By Gavin Halliday, HPCC Systems Businesses are using big data platforms to glean valuable business intelligence from the enormous amounts of data they generate. The size of that business data grows exponentially, making it...
“Part of why I wrote Time is Now was to demystify this technology. Steve Jobs once compared the invention of the PC to a bicycle. I’ve always found that fascinating. With AI, we also...