This article was originally published on The New Stack on June 10, 2024. Retrieval augmented generation (RAG) has emerged as a leading pattern to combat hallucinations and other inaccuracies that affect large language model content generation. However, RAG needs the right data architecture around it to scale effectively and efficiently.

While cloud computing adoption continues to accelerate due to its tremendous value, it has also become clear that edge computing is better suited for a variety of use cases. Organizations are realizing the benefits of processing data closer to its source, leading to reduced latency, security and compliance benefits, and more efficient bandwidth utilization as well as supporting scenarios where networking has challenging constraints.

Modern edge computing is transforming industries including manufacturing, healthcare, transportation, defense, retail, energy, and much more—pushing data management to far-reaching data sources to enable connected, low latency operations and enhanced decision making. These new use cases shift workloads to the left—requiring real-time data streaming and processing at the edge, right where the data is generated.

In today’s data-driven world, businesses rely heavily on their dashboards to make informed decisions. However, traditional dashboards often lack the intuitive interface needed to truly harness the power of data. But what if you could simply talk to your data and get instant insights? In the latest version of Cloudera Data Visualization, we’re introducing a new AI visual that helps users leverage the power of Large Language Models (LLMs) to “talk” to their data..

From announcing the release of Managed Data Lake Service and Native App development to customer sessions with BlackRock and Honeywell.

Until recently, customers didn't have an easy way to send data from Confluent’s data streaming platform to Amazon OpenSearch. They had to either write custom code using AWS Lambda as an intermediary, refactor the HTTP Sink connector, or self-manage an old Elasticsearch connector version. Earlier this year, we announced the fully managed OpenSearch Sink connector, providing a seamless way to sink data from Confluent to Amazon OpenSearch.

Confluent is thrilled to be named Microsoft’s 2024 OSS on Azure Global Partner of the Year. As a three-time Partner of the Year award winner, this recognition reflects our commitment to delivering outstanding open source-based applications and infrastructure solutions on Microsoft Azure.