Every day, businesses depend on data to operate. Customer orders, quotes for new business, conversations around products, campaigns for marketing—pretty much every business process today is based on ...

One of the critical decisions facing companies embarking on big data projects is which database to use, and often that decision swings between SQL and NoSQL. SQL has the impressive track record, the ...

Why Data Mapping Is a Critical Exercise for Corporate Legal Departments Data mapping is the process of figuring out what information a company gathers, where it is kept and how it moves across the ...

You can’t have a successful data migration if you don’t map it out from the start. Learn what data mapping is and why it’s an important early step in data migration and transformation projects. Data ...

The first generation of Azure SQL Data Warehouse (SQL DW) was announced in 2015, and SQL DW "Gen 2" reached general availability in 2018. Today, at its Ignite confab on Orlando, Microsoft is ...

The ability to write parts of SQL queries in natural language will help developers speed up their work, analysts say. Google is previewing a new AI-driven feature in its BigQuery data warehouse that ...

The initial step in preparing for the onset of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) involves getting a full view of the entire information chain to ensure regulations are met. To be fully ...

Vizzuality launched an open-source data-mapping tool CartoDB this week, promising an easy and customizable way for users to display their geospatial data. CartoDB is being promoted as a more “flexible ...

The type of data the exists in the organization; Where that data is stored; Who the responsible party is for that data; and When the data is eligible for archival or deletion. A data map is usually ...

Prototyping is my favorite part of programming. I like building new stuff and getting things working. It’s no surprise, then, that I am a big fan of MongoDB and NoSQL in general. Don’t get me wrong: I ...