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.

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News 04 Apr 2024
Coalesce raises $50M to expand data transformation platform

The startup's new funding is a vote of confidence from investors given how difficult it has been for technology vendors to secure financing over the past two years. Continue Reading
News 04 Apr 2024
Aerospike raises $114M to fuel database innovation for GenAI

The vendor will use the funding to develop added vector search and storage capabilities as well as graph technology, both of which can be used to train generative AI models. Continue Reading

Definition 02 Apr 2024

data analytics (DA)

Data analytics (DA) is the process of examining data sets to find trends and draw conclusions about the information they contain. Continue Reading
News 01 Apr 2024

Vector search and storage key to AWS' database strategy

The tech giant is prioritizing vector search and storage, adding the capabilities to its data storage tools so customers can use them with language models to build AI applications. Continue Reading
News 27 Mar 2024

Domo to add prebuilt models, chat capabilities to AI suite

The BI vendor's latest innovations include conversational analytics capabilities and prebuilt models designed to help customers forecast outcomes and conduct sentiment analysis. Continue Reading
News 21 Mar 2024

Databricks acquisition of Lilac targets GenAI development

The data platform vendor's latest purchase expands its generative AI development capabilities by adding improved access to unstructured data that can be used to train models. Continue Reading
Definition 21 Mar 2024

digital thread

A digital thread is a data-driven communication framework that connects traditionally siloed elements in manufacturing processes and provides an integrated view of an asset throughout the manufacturing lifecycle. Continue Reading
News 19 Mar 2024

Confluent adds support for Apache Flink, unveils update

The streaming specialist has added a managed service for the popular open source compute layer so customers can use the tools of their choice to develop a data ecosystem. Continue Reading
News 19 Mar 2024

Redpanda serverless streaming option targets cost control

The real-time data management specialist's new serverless platform enables customers to pay only for the compute power they use, which helps predict and manage spending. Continue Reading
Definition 19 Mar 2024

data modeling

Data modeling is the process of creating a simplified visual diagram of a software system and the data elements it contains, using text and symbols to represent the data and how it flows. Continue Reading
News 11 Mar 2024

Alation platform update targets building a data culture

New business lineage and data discovery capabilities aimed at helping customers develop an enterprise-wide data culture are included in the data catalog specialist's latest update. Continue Reading
Definition 11 Mar 2024

Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code

Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) is a medical code set that enables physicians and other healthcare providers to describe and report the medical, surgical, and diagnostic procedures and services they perform to government and private payers, researchers and other interested parties. Continue Reading
Definition 07 Mar 2024

decision-making process

A decision-making process is a series of steps one or more individuals take to determine the best option or course of action to address a specific problem or situation. Continue Reading
News 05 Mar 2024

New Informatica governance suite automates data access

The vendor's new suite of AI-powered capabilities manage access to an enterprise's proprietary information to help ensure security and compliance while enabling analysis. Continue Reading
Definition 05 Mar 2024

EAI (enterprise application integration)

Enterprise application integration (EAI) is the process of connecting an organization's business applications, services, databases and other systems into an integrating framework that facilitates communications and interoperability. Continue Reading
News 05 Mar 2024

Snowflake signals AI commitment with Mistral AI partnership

Days after appointing a new CEO, the data cloud vendor showed a heightened focus on emerging technologies by aligning closely with a rising large language model developer. Continue Reading
Definition 04 Mar 2024

star schema

A star schema is a database organizational structure optimized for use in a data warehouse or business intelligence that uses a single large fact table to store transactional or measured data, and one or more smaller dimensional tables that store attributes about the data. Continue Reading
News 29 Feb 2024

Couchbase unveils vector search that extends to the edge

The vendor's new capabilities will enable users to feed and train AI models, and through an embeddable version of its database extend to edge devices for real-time insight. Continue Reading
News 28 Feb 2024

Alation broadens ecosystem with spate of new integrations

The data catalog specialist is adding integrations with Amazon DynamoDB, MongoDB and Apache Kafka -- among others -- to broaden the connectivity of its data ecosystem. Continue Reading
News 26 Feb 2024

Exasol gets jolt of AI with Espresso suite of capabilities

The analytics database vendor's trio of new AI capabilities, including the ability to pull in GenAI models, aims to improve the efficiency of decision-making. Continue Reading
News 13 Feb 2024

Alation launches benchmark tool to assess data maturity

The data catalog specialist's new tool examines four key criteria, including literacy and governance, in assessing an organization's business intelligence culture. Continue Reading
Feature 08 Feb 2024

Effective integration key to creating trusted data

Pipelines and platforms capable of managing volume and combining information from disparate sources in real time are key to the agile decision-making needs of modern organizations. Continue Reading
Definition 08 Feb 2024

clinical decision support system (CDSS)

A clinical decision support system (CDSS) is an application that analyzes data to help healthcare providers make decisions and improve patient care. Continue Reading
News 06 Feb 2024

New Acceldata co-pilot targets efficiency, broader use

The data observability specialist's new generative AI-powered capabilities are designed to help experts be more efficient as well as enable non-technical users to work with data. Continue Reading
Definition 05 Feb 2024

personal health record (PHR)

A personal health record (PHR) is an electronic summary of health information that a patient maintains control of themselves, as opposed to their healthcare provider. Continue Reading
News 01 Feb 2024

Databricks acquisition of Einblick enhances GenAI portfolio

The data lakehouse pioneer's latest purchase adds NLP capabilities to the generative AI features at the core of its new Data Intelligence Platform. Continue Reading
News 31 Jan 2024

Rockset targets cost control with latest database update

The real-time database specialist added new compute power optimization and workload autoscaling capabilities to help customers better control their cloud computing costs. Continue Reading
News 31 Jan 2024

ThoughtSpot update adds feedback loop to help train GenAI

The vendor continues to focus on generative AI, updating its conversational interface with more in-depth analysis capabilities and adding new methods of improving LLM accuracy. Continue Reading
News 24 Jan 2024

SingleStore update adds new tools to fuel GenAI, analytics

The database vendor unveiled Pro Max, a rebranded version of its platform that includes new vector search and change data capture capabilities that enable AI and BI at scale. Continue Reading
Feature 23 Jan 2024

Databricks lakehouse a key tool for champion Texas Rangers

The Rangers relied on the data management vendor's tools to develop metrics that led to key personnel and strategic decisions that helped Texas win its first World Series. Continue Reading
Definition 22 Jan 2024

entity

An entity is a single thing with a distinct separate existence. It can be real or abstract. In many contexts, the term 'entity' is used to describe things or units that have no ready label or are difficult to classify under a single word. Continue Reading
News 19 Jan 2024

Qlik's Kyndi acquisition targets unstructured data, GenAI

The longtime analytics vendor's latest purchase adds support for unstructured data that can be combined with structured data to inform GenAI models and improve decision-making. Continue Reading
News 18 Jan 2024

Ascend.io, DBT integration targets cost control, efficiency

The partnership aims to address the difficulty of efficiently and inexpensively deploying and managing data models developed in DBT by automating previously manual processes. Continue Reading
News 17 Jan 2024

Pinecone unveils serverless vector database, targets costs

The vendor's new tool is designed to help customers control their cloud computing costs while developing and maintaining generative AI applications and models. Continue Reading
News 17 Jan 2024

Databricks launches platform for the telecom industry

The data lakehouse vendor's latest industry-specific set of tools is aimed at telecommunications providers that features a GenAI chatbot and customized analytics capabilities. Continue Reading
Definition 17 Jan 2024

SNOMED CT (Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine -- Clinical Terms)

SNOMED CT (Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine -- Clinical Terms) is a standardized, multilingual vocabulary of clinical terminology that is used by physicians and other health care providers for the electronic exchange of health information. Continue Reading
Feature 09 Jan 2024

Companies still grappling with building modern data platforms

Data platforms are crucial for managing and delivering data efficiently, but a recent survey from Enterprise Strategy Group showed that companies still struggle to implement them. Continue Reading
Feature 27 Dec 2023

Vector search now a critical component of GenAI development

The feature's ability to make unstructured data discoverable as well as locate similar data points among potentially billions make it ideal for helping train generative AI models. Continue Reading
News 20 Dec 2023

Qlik's Mozaic acquisition adds decentralized data management

The longtime analytics vendor continues to expand into data management, now adding capabilities that enable a decentralized approach and an emphasis on data products. Continue Reading
News 19 Dec 2023

Snowflake acquisition of Samooha adds data clean room tools

The data cloud vendor's purchase aims to give users a way to share data with partners and collaborate on decisions without compromising data privacy and security. Continue Reading
News 18 Dec 2023

Alteryx to be acquired by private equity firms for $4.4 billion

Following slow revenue growth in recent quarters, the data management vendor will become a private company and be afforded time to restructure. Continue Reading
Feature 18 Dec 2023

Infusion of generative AI into analytics a work in progress

Many vendors have introduced tools that integrate LLM technology with their platforms, but most are still refining the tools to ensure their accuracy and security. Continue Reading
News 08 Dec 2023

Databricks intros suite to aid generative AI development

The data lakehouse vendor's new set of tools includes vector search and aims to enable users to develop data pipelines that train language models with proprietary data. Continue Reading
News 06 Dec 2023

New MongoDB tools enable generative AI development

The independent database vendor added vector search and workload management tools that work together to enable developers to build and run cutting-edge analytics applications. Continue Reading
Tip 30 Nov 2023

ESG data collection: Beginning steps and best practices

Sustainability initiatives won't succeed without quality data. Following an ESG data collection framework and best practices ensures program and reporting success. Continue Reading
News 29 Nov 2023

New AWS tools simplify access, management of data at scale

The tech giant revealed serverless tools that eliminate limitations on workload size as well as integrations that simplify access to data within the Amazon Web Services ecosystem. Continue Reading
News 28 Nov 2023

Starburst update adds new GenAI, streaming data features

Galaxy, the cloud-based version of the vendor's platform, now includes text-to-code translation capabilities as well as automated governance and real-time ingestion tools. Continue Reading
Definition 21 Nov 2023

customer profiling

Customer profiling is the detailed and systematic process of constructing a clear portrait of a company's ideal customer by gathering and analyzing information about their demographic, psychographic and behavioral attributes. Continue Reading
Feature 21 Nov 2023

American Airlines lowers data management costs with Intel

As the airline giant moves more of its data workloads to the cloud, tools from Intel's Granulate are making platforms such as Microsoft's Azure Data Lake more efficient. Continue Reading
News 20 Nov 2023

Acquia takes on web content accessibility with Monsido buy

Acquia adds generative AI and accessibility checker tools to its digital experience platform; partnerships avail close integrations of A/B testing and content personalization tools. Continue Reading
News 17 Nov 2023

Databricks puts AI at core of new Data Intelligence Platform

The vendor's new platform, now in beta testing, combines its existing lakehouse with AI to better enable users to manage and prepare data for model training and analytics. Continue Reading
News 15 Nov 2023

IBI launches new full-featured data management platform

The data management and BI specialist has released Data Intelligence, an AI-driven suite that includes data quality and data integration capabilities in an integrated environment. Continue Reading
News 15 Nov 2023

Microsoft launches Fabric, adds Copilot for the new platform

The suite unites Power BI, Azure Synapse Analytics and Data Factory in an integrated environment to better enable data management and analysis, including developing AI models. Continue Reading
News 08 Nov 2023

Monte Carlo unveils data observability for vector databases

The vendor's new integration with vector database specialist Pinecone is designed to enable users to ensure quality of the data they use to train generative AI models. Continue Reading
News 03 Nov 2023

Generative AI capabilities highlight latest Denodo update

The data virtualization specialist's platform update includes natural language processing capabilities that reduce repetitive tasks as well as some complexities of data management. Continue Reading
Definition 01 Nov 2023

digital

Digital describes electronic technology that generates, stores and processes data in terms of positive and nonpositive states. Continue Reading
News 25 Oct 2023

Alation adds trio of partnerships to improve data insight

The data catalog vendor's connectors to Monte Carlo, Sigma Computing and ThoughtSpot aim to make it easier for users to get insights from data to inform decisions and actions. Continue Reading
News 23 Oct 2023

Databricks' $100m acquisition of Arcion adds data ingestion

The data lakehouse specialist's latest purchase adds native data ingestion capabilities that will help users stream data in real time to inform AI and machine learning models. Continue Reading
News 19 Oct 2023

GoodData launches new platform for AI, ML and BI workflows

The vendor's FlexHouse Analytics Lake provides a single environment for normally disparate data assets to simplify AI, analytics and machine learning development and analysis. Continue Reading
News 17 Oct 2023

Alluxio launches orchestration layer optimized for AI, ML

The data orchestration specialist introduced Enterprise AI, a new version of its platform optimized for AI and machine learning models with improved performance and greater scale. Continue Reading
News 17 Oct 2023

SingleStore unveils features aimed at enabling real-time AI

The database vendor's new vector search capabilities, compute layer and integrations are all designed to enable customers to build and deploy real-time generative AI models. Continue Reading
News 03 Oct 2023

New Boomi AI tool enables natural language data integration

The iPaaS vendor's new capabilities are aimed at increasing efficiency by enabling customers to build pipelines and manage data using natural language rather than code. Continue Reading
News 26 Sep 2023

MongoDB reveals new generative AI, vector search tools

After unveiling an integration with Google's LLM suite in June, the vendor moved a set of NLP tools into preview and introduced new data migration and vector search capabilities. Continue Reading
News 20 Sep 2023

Oracle unveils new suite for analytics, AI data management

The tech giant's new Fusion Data Intelligence Platform is aimed at fueling AI, BI and data management so customers can quickly take action based on analysis and insight. Continue Reading
Definition 15 Sep 2023

IT modernization

IT modernization is the process of updating an organization's information technology infrastructure, practices and systems to keep up with emerging technologies. Continue Reading
News 14 Sep 2023

Databricks lands $500M in new funding, now valued at $43B

The data lakehouse pioneer recently acquired MosaicML for $1.3 billion and could use the new capital to finance acquisitions and further investment in generative AI. Continue Reading
News 14 Sep 2023

Dremio launches updated SQL query acceleration capabilities

The data lakehouse specialist's new version of its SQL query acceleration tool, Reflections, includes automated recommendations and automatic data refresh capabilities. Continue Reading
News 13 Sep 2023

Denodo secures $336M equity investment to fuel growth

The data virtualization specialist plans to use the funds to drive expansion, including R&D efforts for generative AI and data governance as well as geographic growth. Continue Reading
News 12 Sep 2023

Einstein 1 Data Cloud fuels Salesforce's AI, analytics

The CRM giant's new metadata management layer is capable of processing more data than previous versions to better enable customers' artificial intelligence and analytics needs. Continue Reading
News 24 Aug 2023

Neo4j adds vector search to improve generative AI outputs

The graph database vendor aims to improve semantic search and generative AI applications by enabling customers to better access and use unstructured data such as text and images. Continue Reading
Definition 23 Aug 2023

data restore

Data restore is the process of copying backup data from secondary storage and restoring it to its original location or a new location. Continue Reading
Definition 08 Aug 2023

dimension

In data warehousing, a dimension is a collection of reference information that supports a measurable event, such as a customer transaction. Continue Reading
Definition 08 Aug 2023

disambiguation

Disambiguation is the process of determining a word's meaning -- or sense -- within its specific context. Continue Reading
Opinion 03 Aug 2023

Data management best practices key to generative AI success

Generative AI can create data, empower decision-makers and innovate competitive advantages. Organizations need strong data management practices to use it effectively. Continue Reading
News 03 Aug 2023

SnapLogic launches generative AI tool for data integration

The vendor released SnapGPT, a generative AI tool that lets data engineers more efficiently develop data pipelines by using natural language. An early user is Barnard College. Continue Reading
News 01 Aug 2023

Small language models emerge for domain-specific use cases

Because LLMs suffer from accuracy and security problems, some organizations are developing generative AI systems trained with their own company data to address specific use cases. Continue Reading
News 28 Jul 2023

Beyond generative AI, data quality a data management trend

Vendors and users have mostly focused on generative AI so far in 2023, but observability to ensure quality and governance also remain key to successful pipelines for analytics. Continue Reading
Definition 24 Jul 2023

snowflaking (snowflake schema)

In data warehousing, snowflaking is a form of dimensional modeling in which dimensions are stored in multiple related dimension tables. Continue Reading
Definition 24 Jul 2023

data virtualization

Data virtualization is an umbrella term used to describe an approach to data management that allows an application to retrieve and manipulate data without requiring technical details about the data. Continue Reading
Definition 21 Jul 2023

conformed dimension

In data warehousing, a conformed dimension is a dimension that has the same meaning to every fact with which it relates. Continue Reading
News 19 Jul 2023

Lakehouse architecture the best fit for modern data needs

While data warehouses and data lakes each excel at handling certain types of data, a hybrid of the two is the best means of handling the increasing complexity of data management. Continue Reading
News 18 Jul 2023

Confluent partner plan aids streaming data platform delivery

The vendor's Connect With Confluent program enables technology partners to deliver event data to end users in real time through integrations with Confluent Cloud. Continue Reading
News 07 Jul 2023

Dremio names former Splunk executive new CEO

The former Splunk executive takes over as the data lakehouse vendor's leader, aiming to raise the company's profile to demonstrate its capabilities and compete for market share. Continue Reading
News 28 Jun 2023

Databricks introduces Delta Lake 3.0 to help unify data

As part of the open source community developing the data storage platform, the vendor unveiled the platform's latest iteration with data unification the main goal of the update. Continue Reading
News 22 Jun 2023

Qlik adds generative AI capabilities via OpenAI connectors

The vendor launched OpenAI Analytics Connector and OpenAI Connector for Application Automation so that users can import generative AI and LLM technology to their Qlik deployments. Continue Reading
News 22 Jun 2023

MongoDB unveils new AI, migration tools for database

The vendor, with its latest slate of new and updated capabilities, is adding generative AI with its partnership with Google Cloud and launching a new data migration tool. Continue Reading
News 20 Jun 2023

Starburst Galaxy update targets governance, data access

The vendor's latest update includes the public preview of Gravity, a centralized access and governance layer that enables users to better control and connect data across clouds. Continue Reading
News 16 Jun 2023

Dremio adds first generative AI-infused tool, intros others

The vendor's initial generative AI-infused tool is Text-to-SQL, which enables customers to work with data using natural language that automatically gets translated to code. Continue Reading
News 14 Jun 2023

Informatica adds data governance with Privitar acquisition

By acquiring the access control specialist, the data management vendor hopes to better enable users to ensure data security amid the growing complexity of their data operations. Continue Reading
News 07 Jun 2023

Ascend.io, Databricks integration improves data visibility

The update includes support for Databricks' Unity Catalog to enable joint customers to better organize and view datasets that can be used to inform data science and BI projects. Continue Reading
News 06 Jun 2023

Snowflake launches Government & Education Data Cloud

The industry-specific platform is the vendor's seventh and includes data sets and other pre-built capabilities to meet the needs of government agencies and educational institutions. Continue Reading
News 06 Jun 2023

Collibra update targets data quality, lineage and discovery

The data management vendor's Data Intelligence Cloud now includes pushdowns that enable work within Snowflake and Databricks and prebuilt workflows focused on data visibility. Continue Reading
News 06 Jun 2023

Tibco data virtualization, integration tools add visibility

No longer focused on analytics following a recent reorganization, the vendor updated its data management platforms with new multi-cloud and change data capture capabilities. Continue Reading
Feature 02 Jun 2023

Data mesh helping fuel Sloan Kettering's cancer research

The cancer hospital and research center began using tools from data management vendor Dremio two years ago to decentralize its data operations and improve speed-to-insight. Continue Reading
News 25 May 2023

Fivetran's new funding a hedge against economic uncertainty

The data integration vendor added $125 million in financing to not only fuel R&D but also ensure that operations remain smooth if there is a recession. Continue Reading
News 24 May 2023

Alteryx unveils generative AI engine, Analytics Cloud update

The longtime data management vendor developed a new AI engine that incorporates generative AI. It also unveiled new capabilities for the cloud-based version of its platform. Continue Reading
News 23 May 2023

Microsoft unveils AI boost for Power BI, new Fabric for data

The tech giant introduced a tool that will infuse its primary analytics platform with generative AI, as well as a new SaaS suite that combines Microsoft's data and analytics tools. Continue Reading
Feature 22 May 2023

Data stack benefits evolve with modernization

Modernizing data operations changes the way organizations use data stacks. Industry experts share definitions for the new form of data stacks, what it includes and its benefits. Continue Reading
News 18 May 2023

Confluent platform update targets streaming data quality

The vendor unveiled a tool designed to address concerns about the quality of continuous data as well as a feature that enables secure continuous data sharing. Continue Reading
Feature 17 May 2023

Peloton rides, runs, rows with AWS for data management

The connected fitness company has long used AWS tools. When its data volume surged during COVID-19, Redshift was critical -- and still is as the company attempts a fiscal comeback. Continue Reading
News 16 May 2023

Qlik completes purchase of Talend, boosts integration suite

With the acquisition, the longtime analytics vendor adds a data fabric approach and improved data quality and governance prowess to its burgeoning data integration platform. Continue Reading
Tip 15 May 2023

Mainframe databases teach an old dog new survival tricks

Long predicted to fade away in favor of more modern architectures, mainframes still play an integral role in corporate IT strategies, thanks to advances in database software. Continue Reading