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Speed up queries with the cost-based optimizer in Amazon Athena

AWS Big Data

In our testing, the dataset was stored in Amazon S3 in non-compressed Parquet format and the AWS Glue Data Catalog was used to store metadata for databases and tables. Testing on the TPC-DS benchmark showed an 11% improvement in overall query performance when using CBO compared to without it. Pathik Shah is a Sr.

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3 certification tips for IT leaders looking to get ahead

CIO Business Intelligence

Typically, CIOs consider certifications as a means for training up IT staff on vital skills around key initiatives such as cybersecurity, data analytics, AI, or the cloud. Mehta earned a Certified Information Security Auditor certification in 2002 when, he says, “there were only 1,600 such certified professionals globally.”

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Public cloud vs. private cloud vs. hybrid cloud: What’s the difference?

IBM Big Data Hub

Internet companies like Amazon led the charge with the introduction of Amazon Web Services (AWS) in 2002, which offered businesses cloud-based storage and computing services, and the launch of Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) in 2006, which allowed users to rent virtual computers to run their own applications.

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How The Cloud Made ‘Data-Driven Culture’ Possible | Part 1

BizAcuity

2002: Microsoft launches the.NET initiative. AWS rolls out SageMaker, designed to build, train, test and deploy machine learning (ML) models. Due to the unimaginable scale in which data could be accumulated in this decade, data management and AI will take the front seat in innovation. 1998: Google comes into existence.