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NOSQL And NEWSQL: Two Takes On Distributed Database Architecture Many IT organizations have become familiar with database tradeoffs, often wrestling with the fundamental decision between relational and non-relational databases. Organizations that needed a highly available distributed database chose non-relational NoSQL, while those that needed strong consistency and transactions chose relational SQL. Non-relational databases introduced a…

Modern Data Management on a Modern Infrastructure Stack Organizations across industries continue down the digital transformation path. ESG research shows that while 19% of organizations view themselves as having already implemented and optimized several digital transformation initiatives, a majority (57%) of organizations are still on the path, with 18% still in the planning stages.1 Whether…

5 Questions to Ask a Vendor to Determine If Their Virtual Agents are Conversational As with any emerging category, there couldn’t be more ways to describe AI-based employee self-help: chatbots, virtual assistants, virtual employee assistants, virtual agents, virtual support agents…and the list goes on. This is a time when prospective buyers need clarity, but the…

Processing the Data Revolution In an industry like manufacturing that’s remained the backbone of economies all over the world for centuries, change has always been a constant. After all, transformation is at the heart of manufacturing, utilizing the resources and raw materials of the world to create objects that are more valuable than the sum…