One drawback of working for so long in the data industry is that I often misjudge what people think about when they think about data. Particularly, I've observed a common misunderstanding about ...

We are living in an extractive data economy. Every day, people generate a firehose of new data on hundreds of apps and services. These data are often sold by data brokers indiscriminately, embedded ...

As the great management expert W. Edwards Deming once said, “Without data, you’re just another person with an opinion.” Obviously, data is all the rage today; it’s what makes the flashiest technology ...

Data is growing at an exponential rate, with Deloitte predicting it will reach 175 zetabytes by 2025—the equivalent of one billion one-terabyte hard drives. Our expanding data stores are helping ...

Over a coffee, an executive at a major database vendor recently admitted, "Database migration tools haven't really delivered on their promise." Most practitioners would agree. After decades of ...

Big data can help make Americans healthier, and the Trump Administration has stated—in its recently released Make America Healthy Again report and elsewhere—that building a national big-data platform ...

Nathan Eddy works as an independent filmmaker and journalist based in Berlin, specializing in architecture, business technology and healthcare IT. He is a graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill ...

“This looks like a rock concert, but for data people,” said Conviction CEO Sarah Guo at the opening keynote of Snowflake Summit 2025, hosted in San Francisco. A crowd of 20,000 erupted in cheers as ...

Artificial intelligence has already demonstrated a wide range of useful applications, such as helping digital creators streamline their work. But, based on my experience as a business owner, I’ve ...

Data form the backbone of the scientific method, but it can be impenetrable. In the penultimate episode of this six-part Working Scientist podcast series about art-science collaborations, Julie Gould ...

There’s a way to reduce both the climate and water harms of data centers: Build them in places with lots of wind and solar ...