The amount of digital data we create every day is staggering in scale. In 2020, we created, captured, copied, and consumed an estimated 64.2 zettabytes of digital data, according to Statista.
In late January, Mastercard announced a $5 million donation to Howard University to establish the Center for Applied Data Science and Analytics (CADSA), which will serve as a hub for social impact research at the university.
Just like with an electrical grid, the next wave of analytical workloads will “plug in” to whatever compute/storage grid that makes the most sense at the time, whether it be location, pricing, regulations and more.
Data analytics firm Starburst said on Wednesday it had more than doubled its valuation to $3.35 billion after a funding round led by venture capital firm Alkeon Capital.