It is estimated that between 80% and 90% of the world’s data is unstructured1, with text files and documents making up a significant portion. Every day, countless text-based documents, like contracts and insurance claims, are stored for safekeeping. Despite containing a wealth of insights, this vast trove of information often remains untapped, as the process of extracting relevant data from these documents is challenging, tedious and time-consuming.

Last year at Summit, we announced the public launch of the Snowflake Performance Index (SPI), an aggregate index for measuring real-world improvements in Snowflake performance experienced by customers over time.

Gartner predicts that generative AI will be a workforce partner for 90% of companies globally by 2025. However, Alexander Bant, Gartner Finance’s chief of research, expressed a contrasting view at the Gartner CFO & Finance Executive Conference in Sydney in February 2024. He noted, “The large majority of CFOs continue to be displeased with the performance of digital investments across their organization.”

Black box testing is a testing method where testers evaluate the quality of a system without knowledge of its internal structures. The system is a “black box”: they know what it does, but not how it achieves those results. In this article, we’ll learn more about black box testing in-depth, the common techniques used, and black box testing best practices.

In the current constantly evolving hybrid cloud enterprise business environment, reliable and efficient infrastructure services for consulting, implementation and operations are critical for organizations to thrive. Whether you're a small startup or a large enterprise, choosing the right infrastructure services provider can significantly impact your operations, scalability, and overall success. Here’s what to look for in an enterprise infrastructure services provider.

Making informed decisions on technology adoptions and ensuring the sustained growth and relevance of the organization in the market has never been more exciting than in the current times we live in. The Gartner hype cycle is a valuable tool in this pursuit with all its insights into the timing, adoption, and potential benefits of various technologies.

Learn how to use BigQuery DataFrames together with LLMs to generate synthetic data right inside of BigQuery.

The advent of digital technologies requires industries, including shipping services, to meet the demands of global e-commerce. Accurate tracking, efficient inventory management, and seamless deliveries are now essential components that define successful shipping providers. Shipping providers turn to advanced tools to navigate the complexities of contemporary logistics. These solutions help automate workflows, minimize delays, and optimize customer service.

Due to their ability to enable parallelism and asynchronous execution, threads have an essential role in efficiently utilizing multi-core processors. Without them, handling concurrent tasks in modern applications like real-time inference in IoT or Asynchronous I/O in AI/ML would neither be feasible nor imaginable. The arrival of virtual threads has further grown such possibilities by eliminating the sole dependency on operating system threads.

Cyber attacks are not going away. In fact, the increased frequency in the past couple of years is startling. There were 2,365 breaches in the U.S. in 2023 with 343.3M victims. This represented a 72% increase since 2021, which held the previous all-time record. And the numbers are only expected to grow. Organizations are rightly concerned about their own preparedness and ability to stay operational in the face of these threats.