Business information is mostly generated by systems or people. Data from systems is most likely to be structured. In its traditional format, this is most typified by data in relational databases that ...

Data can be classified as structured, semi-structured or unstructured – but what bearing do these classifications have on a company’s data-handling strategy? The short answer is that it is becoming ...

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MemSQL announced that its distributed in-memory database can now provide JSON analytics, to deliver a consolidated view of structured and semi-structured data, including standard enterprise and social ...

Big data refers to the massive volume of information that cannot be easily processed or analyzed using traditional methods, such as using standard databases and software. Big data comes from many ...

Enterprise data warehouses, or EDWs, are unified databases for all historical data across an enterprise, optimized for analytics. These days, organizations implementing data warehouses often consider ...

In our initial article we examined the lesser-discussed but quickly expanding use of generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) systems that leverage large language models (LLMs) to query data stored ...