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Today we are excited to announce the release of Dremio 4.8! This month’s release delivers multiple features such as external query, a new authorization service API, AWS Edition enhancements and more. This blog post highlights the following updates: External query Default reflections Runtime filtering GA Documented JMX metrics and provided sample exporters Ability to customize projects in Dremio AWS Edition Support for Dremio AWS Edition deployments without public IP addresses Read full article >>>

Once an outsider category, cloud computing now powers every industry. Look no further than this year’s Forbes Cloud 100 list, the annual ranking of the world’s top private cloud companies, where this year's standouts are keeping businesses surviving—and thriving—from real estate to retail, data to design. Produced for the fifth consecutive year in partnership with Bessemer Venture Partners and Salesforce Ventures, the Cloud 100 recognizes standouts in tech’s hottest category from small startups to private-equity-backed giants, from Silicon Valley to Australia and Hong Kong. The companies on the list are selected for their growth, sales, valuation and culture, as well as a reputation score derived in consultation with 43 CEO judges and executives from their public-cloud-company peers. This year’s new No. 1 has set a record for shortest time running atop the list. Database leader Snowflake takes the top slot, up from No. 2 last year and just hours before graduating from the list by g...

Our analyses confirm that data is in far worse shape than most managers realize — and than we feared — and carry enormous implications for managers everywhere: On average, 47% of newly-created data records have at least one critical (e.g., work-impacting) error.  A full quarter of the scores in our sample are below 30% and half are below 57%. In today’s business world, work and data are inextricably tied to one another. No manager can claim that his area is functioning properly in the face of data quality issues. It is hard to see how businesses can survive, never mind thrive, under such conditions. Only 3% of the DQ scores in our study can be rated “acceptable” using the loosest-possible standard.  We often ask managers (both in these classes and in consulting engagements) how good their data needs to be. While a fine-grained answer depends on their uses of the data, how much an error costs them, and other company- and department-specific considerations, none has ever thought...