Yashin, to kick things off, could you share what inspired you to transition from a career in academia and engineering to founding Pvotal Technologies? Growing up, I thought a lack of proper education was the root of many societal issues and inefficiencies. Idealistically, I entered academia thinking I could become a professor who would nurture the issues leading to a wavering generation of...

In this digital world, data is an important asset; however, organizations are searching for storage solutions that will help them manage big data’s volume, latency, resiliency, and data access requirements. Traditionally, companies used existing tech stacks that delivered the same capabilities as a warehouse or lake but had adjustments in handling massive amounts of semi-structured data....

Companies are dealing with overwhelming amounts of data, and this data must be governed, compliant, and secure, especially when working in the financial, healthcare, and insurance sectors. As the complexity of data environments increases, traditional data governance approaches largely fail to address these challenges adequately and lead to the emergence of what many researchers refer to as Data...

It must be noted that the existence of lakehouse architectures has brought some substantial changes in the data architecture landscape. In this evolution process, organizations are still struggling on how to handle complex and diverse data management, to which the answer is the lakehouse model. Lakehouses can be viewed as a better integration of data lakes and data warehouses to provide...

Artificial intelligence has already had a positive effect on several industries, but unfortunately, this popularity and success have caused some wrongdoers to attempt to capitalize on the AI boom in unethical and illegitimate ways. One such practice is known as “AI washing,” and it is arguably one of the biggest threats to the continued growth of AI. AI washing is most easily...

The holiday season is just around the corner, bringing with it Black Friday, the year’s largest shopping event. While this period offers exciting opportunities for both retailers and shoppers, it also brings increased risks. Shoppers eagerly anticipate discounts, but hackers and fraudsters see the surge in online and in-store traffic as an opportunity to strike. Blockchain technology,...