PolyBase, a data virtualization feature for SQL Server, allows users to seamlessly query data from various external sources directly using T-SQL (Transact-SQL) without the need for separate client ...

It’s hard to ignore the clamor inside and outside of government circles for agencies to harness data more effectively. One of underlying lessons revealed thus far by the ongoing pandemic has been the ...

Today’s enterprise challenges demand near real-time access to data. While that seems to be a must, the application ecosystem continues to present a growing array of data persistence options, such as ...

In this episode of eSpeaks, Jennifer Margles, Director of Product Management at BMC Software, discusses the transition from traditional job scheduling to the era of the autonomous enterprise. eSpeaks’ ...

The rising complexity of data and the solutions to manage it continue to transform the modern data landscape. Enterprises today are faced with integrating and analyzing a diverse mix of old and new ...

AI thrives on data but feeding it the right data is harder than it seems. As enterprises scale their AI initiatives, they face the challenge of managing diverse data pipelines, ensuring proximity to ...

Understanding the differences between data mesh, data fabric, and data virtualization can help organizations turn scattered data into a strategic advantage. Organizations are getting serious about ...

It goes without saying that mainframes are powerful. These computers can perform more operations per second than any other commercial system, which is why most banks (not to mention many government ...

To fulfill the promise of big data, you need to abstract data from its underpinnings -- at both the data and infrastructure layers Big data in the cloud has so many potential functional service layers ...

"Evolution is not a force but a process; not a cause but a law." John Morley, On Compromise, published in 1886. There comes a point in technology evolution when the question of adoption moves from ...