October 2024

3 posts

robgibbon
15 October 2024

Apache Spark 4.0 beta release – try it now

Article Data Platform

Apache Spark is a popular framework for developing distributed, parallel data processing applications. Our solution for Apache Spark on Kubernetes has made significant progress in the past year since we launched, adding support for Apache Iceberg, a new GPU accelerated image using the NVIDIA Spark-RAPIDS plugin, and...

robgibbon
15 October 2024

Michelle Anne Tabirao
10 October 2024

Valkey is now included in Ubuntu

Article Data Platform

This inclusion in Ubuntu 24.10 and 24.04 LTS marks a significant step forward – enabling simpler availability and continuous supportability for Valkey, the open source, in-memory data store, in the Ubuntu ecosystem.

Michelle Anne Tabirao
10 October 2024

Giulia Lanzafame
3 October 2024

What is a vector database?

Article Data Platform

A vector database is a data storage system that organises information in the form of vectors, which are mathematical representations. These databases are designed to store, index, and query vector embeddings or numerical representations of unstructured data, including text documents, multimedia content, audio,...

Giulia Lanzafame
3 October 2024