The data revolution brought a boom in the field of analytics, however, not every path goes to data science. Although some international markets continue to be dominated by the wildly desirable profession of data science, a broader analytics world is opening its own doors to an impressive range of careers with a similar degree of […]
Harnessing the Power of Nested Materialized Views and exploring Cascading Refresh
Amazon Redshift materialized views enables you to significantly improve performance of complex queries. Materialized views store precomputed query results that future similar queries can utilize, offering a powerful solution for data warehouse environments where applications often need to execute resource-intensive queries against large tables. This optimization technique enhances query speed and efficiency by allowing many […]
Survey: Software Development to Shift From Humans to AI
BOSTON, July 8, 2025 — Software engineering platform Jellyfish published the 2025 State of Engineering Management report, which measures the impact of AI coding tools on engineering work — from day-to-day workflows to large-scale organizational priorities. The sixth annual report provides an update on how engineering teams are adopting AI, which coding tools they’re deploying, how […]
How agentic AI is transforming the very foundations of business strategy
Jiojio/Getty Images Business is on a never-ending quest to boost efficiency, cut costs, and increase productivity. Some of the earliest known businesses — ancient Mesopotamian traders — inspired the invention of writing. (Record keeping — now that’s a competitive advantage!) Similar needs have existed in every economic period. The big difference now is that AI technology […]
How Data Analytics Improves Lead Management and Sales Results
Since we started Smart Data Collective, we’ve seen the role of data analytics grow in nearly every area of business. You can now track every lead interaction, score potential buyers, and forecast conversions with a high level of precision. It is surprising that most companies still analyze only 37% of their available data. You might […]
What’s New in Fiori Automation: Accelerate SAP Fiori App Data Management in SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud
No-Code Automation with Precisely’s Automate Studio The SAP S/4 HANA Public Cloud is designed for speed and agility and SAP Fiori delivers a sleek, modern experience to support that vision. But for many teams, working with SAP data still feels frustratingly slow and tediously manual. Updating journal entries, correcting master data, or adjusting cost centers […]
Scaling the Knowledge Graph Behind Wikipedia
(Image courtesy Wikipedia) As the fifth most popular website on the Internet, keeping Wikipedia running smoothly is no small feat. The free encyclopedia hosts more than 65 million articles in 340 different languages, and serves 1.5 billion unique device visits per month. Behind the site’s front-end Web servers are a host of databases serving up […]
Data Intelligence in Action: 100+ Data and AI Use Cases from Databricks Customers
Whether it’s streamlined ingestion, unified governance or AI agent evaluation, the suite of solutions available on the Data Intelligence Platform enables businesses worldwide to drive transformative, real-world results from data and AI. This impact was on full display at Data + AI Summit. Hundreds of customers, including 7-Eleven, Fox Sports and Rivian, detailed how they […]
Cohere Embed 4: Reducing Memory Footprint with No Loss in Search Quality
Discover how Cohere Embed 4 enables a 3x reduction in embedding size with no loss in search quality. Learn how to cut memory use and costs in Elasticsearch or OpenSearch with real-world hybrid search results. Shrinking your vector embeddings can save memory and money – but will it hurt your search quality? In this post, […]
Finding the Best Crypto Services for Prime Brokers: Key Features and Top Providers
In the high-stakes world of institutional crypto trading, having access to reliable crypto services for prime brokers is no longer optional — it’s critical. Prime brokers require more than just a simple wallet or an exchange account. They need advanced infrastructure for custody, liquidity, execution, compliance, and reporting — all tailored to handle massive volume, […]