BigQuery Omni’s new cross-cloud materialized views lets you perform cross-cloud analytics.

Volume testing - also known as flood testing - examines the stability and response time of a system. Learn why it matters and how to get started.

The excitement (and drama) around AI continues to escalate. Why? Because the stakes are high. The race for competitive advantage by applying AI to new use cases is on! The launch of generative AI last year added fuel to the fire, and for good reason. Whereas the existing portfolio of AI tools had targeted the more technically minded like data scientists and engineers, new tools like ChatGPT handed the keys to the kingdom to anyone who could type a question.

This month’s newsletter is as stuffed as Santa’s bag, with exciting funding news, brand-new features, and knowledge-boosting events. Our Keboolian Santa even makes an appearance!

In iOS, geofencing is a location-based feature that enables us to define geographical boundaries and trigger actions, or alerts, when a device enters or exits those boundaries. This feature has become vital to all kinds of apps, enabling them to deliver personal, timely and contextual experiences.

Ruby on Rails has always been at the forefront of developer productivity, and building robust, highly interactive web applications has never been easier. Rails has been accurately described as the one-person framework. However, building your app is only half the battle. The other half is publishing it for others to use. Unfortunately, being able to deploy your application has always been an afterthought for most developers.

Organizations rely on accurate, real-time data to make informed decisions. Almost 64% state big data—and the ability to analyze it—is one of the most important investments to gain an edge over the competition. Through accurate calculations based on reliable data companies can make critically complex, real-time business decisions. Power BI is one of today’s go-to data visualization tools for data-driven businesses relying on precise, reliable, real-time data to generate valuable insights.

How Fivetran and Redkite combine to help retail enterprises understand, track and meet the needs of their customers.

Not long after graduating college, in the late 2010s, I had a data analysis job that scarred me for life. It involved reading through hundreds of documents—some of them handwritten—and meticulously, painstakingly entering data into spreadsheets. Who among us hasn’t been scarred by a similar experience? I remember thinking, as I spent mindless hours copy-pasting rows of text from one screen to another, that there had to be a better way. Mercifully, there is.

Since the release of ChatGPT last year, generative artificial intelligence has dominated headlines, conferences, and even my own workplace conversations. It’s been incredible to see how AI technology has so quickly changed workflows and the focus of companies. I’ve spent almost two decades working in tech, with 15 years of full stack developer experience.