Reviews

Running agents with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

AgentCore delivers an enterprise-grade infrastructure and operations layer for deploying and managing AI agents at scale, with a few wrinkles.

By Martin Heller

Mar 12, 202620 mins

Amazon Web ServicesGenerative AIIaaS

Review: Google Cloud AI lights up machine learning

Google Cloud AI and Machine Learning Platform is missing some pieces, and much is still in beta, but its scope and quality are second to none.

By Martin Heller

Nov 9, 2020 27 mins

Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Technology Industry

The best open source software of 2020

InfoWorld picks the year’s best open source software for software development, cloud computing, data analytics, and machine learning

By Ian Pointer, Martin Heller, James Borck, Peter Wayner, Andrew C. Oliver and Steven Nuu00f1ez

Oct 5, 2020 19 mins

Analytics Cloud Computing Open Source

Amazon Braket: Get started with quantum computing

Amazon’s quantum computing service is currently good for learning about quantum computing and developing NISQ-regime quantum algorithms, but stay tuned

By Martin Heller

Sep 7, 2020 9 mins

Amazon Web Services Cloud Computing Quantum Computing

Review: AWS Bottlerocket vs. Google Container-Optimized OS

Container-Optimized OS offers tremendous advantages for container workloads on Google Cloud Platform, but Bottlerocket is a better choice everywhere else

By Steven Nuu00f1ez

Aug 17, 2020 12 mins

Amazon Web Services Cloud Computing Technology Industry

Deeplearning4j: Deep learning and ETL for the JVM

Aimed at integrating models with Java applications, Deeplearning4j offers a stack of components for building JVM-based applications that incorporate AI

By Martin Heller

Jul 20, 2020 11 mins

Java Machine Learning Open Source

Redis 6: A high-speed database, cache, and message broker

Redis is a powerful blend of speed, resilience, scalability, and flexibility, and Redis Enterprise takes it even further.

By Martin Heller

Jun 22, 2020 13 mins

Databases Machine Learning Software Development

Review: Amazon SageMaker plays catch-up

With Studio, Autopilot, and other additions, Amazon SageMaker is now competitive with the machine learning environments available in other clouds

By Martin Heller

Apr 1, 2020 9 mins

Amazon Web Services Analytics Machine Learning

A hands-on look at quantum computing

While we wait for the quantum cloud services, let’s explore the Microsoft Quantum Development Kit and IBM Q and Qiskit SDKs

By Martin Heller

Mar 18, 2020 7 mins

Analytics Cloud Computing Development Tools

Review: Nvidia’s RAPIDS brings Python analytics to the GPU

An end-to-end data science ecosystem, open source RAPIDS gives you Python dataframes, graphs, and machine learning on Nvidia GPU hardware

By Steven Nuu00f1ez

Mar 11, 2020 12 mins

Data Science Machine Learning Python

CockroachDB review: Distributed SQL shifts into high gear

CockroachDB 19.2.2 impresses with lower latency, higher throughput, greater scalability, and new fully managed CockroachCloud service

By Martin Heller

Jan 16, 2020 12 mins

Cloud Computing Databases SQL

Scylla review: Apache Cassandra supercharged

A rewrite of Cassandra in C++, Scylla runs much faster and cheaper than the Java-based original

By Martin Heller

Dec 18, 2019 10 mins

Databases Software Development

FaunaDB review: Fast NoSQL database for global scale

Low latency, strong consistency, and high scalability make FaunaDB an excellent choice for greenfield web or mobile apps

By Martin Heller

Dec 12, 2019 12 mins

Databases Software Development Web Development

DSE Graph review: Graph database does double duty

DSE Graph provides high-performance OLTP and OLAP graph operations, right alongside the DataStax Enterprise column store

By Martin Heller

Nov 14, 2019 9 mins

Analytics Databases

Greenplum 6 review: Jack of all trades, master of some

Substantial rev of the open source, MPP data warehouse offers high concurrency, embedded analytics, and data science capabilities

By Steven Nuu00f1ez

Nov 7, 2019 9 mins

Analytics Databases Machine Learning

Qubole review: Self-service big data analytics

Cloud-native data platform puts Spark, Presto, Hive, and Airflow at your fingertips, while controlling your cloud spending

By Martin Heller

Oct 31, 2019 12 mins

Analytics Libraries and Frameworks Machine Learning

Rockset review: Real-time SQL for operational data

One-of-a-kind database for operational analytics analyzes gigabytes to terabytes of recent, real-time, and streaming data in milliseconds

By Martin Heller

Oct 17, 2019 9 mins

Analytics Databases SQL

Rockset review: Real-time SQL for operational data

One-of-a-kind database for operational analytics analyzes gigabytes to terabytes of recent, real-time, and streaming data in milliseconds

By Martin Heller

Oct 17, 2019 9 mins

Analytics Databases SQL

Review: Elasticsearch 7 soars with SQL, search optimizations

Across-the-board upgrade beefs up query capabilities, boosts cluster performance, and simplifies cluster configuration

By Rick Grehan

Oct 2, 2019 12 mins

Analytics Databases Open Source

Review: Elasticsearch 7 soars with SQL, search optimizations

Across-the-board upgrade beefs up query capabilities, boosts cluster performance, and simplifies cluster configuration

By Rick Grehan

Oct 2, 2019 12 mins

Analytics Databases Open Source

Snowflake review: A data warehouse made better in the cloud

A fast, no-fuss data warehouse as a service, Snowflake scales dynamically to give you the performance you need exactly when you need it

By Martin Heller

Sep 5, 2019 8 mins

Analytics Cloud Computing SQL

Couchbase review: A smart NoSQL database

Flexible, distributed document database offers an easy query language, mobile synch, independently scalable services, and strong consistency within a cluster

By Martin Heller

Aug 13, 2019 10 mins

Careers Databases Development Tools

Couchbase review: A smart NoSQL database

Flexible, distributed document database offers an easy query language, mobile synch, independently scalable services, and strong consistency within a cluster

By Martin Heller

Aug 12, 2019 10 mins

Databases Software Development

The best machine learning and deep learning libraries

TensorFlow, Spark MLlib, Scikit-learn, PyTorch, MXNet, and Keras shine for building and training machine learning and deep learning models.

By Martin Heller

Jul 15, 2019 15 mins

Data Science Machine Learning Open Source

TensorFlow 2 review: Easier machine learning

Now more platform than toolkit, TensorFlow has made strides in everything from ease of use to distributed training and deployment

By Martin Heller

Jul 1, 2019 9 mins

Data Science Development Tools IT Skills and Training

Amazon Neptune review: A scalable graph database for OLTP

Amazon’s graph database service offers ACID properties, immediate consistency, and auto-scaling storage for billions of relationships

By Martin Heller

May 13, 2019 11 mins

Amazon Web Services Cloud Computing Databases

Review: UiPath aces robotic process automation

UiPath Enterprise RPA Platform is a remarkably complete toolkit for process automation that is also remarkably easy to use

By James Borck

May 6, 2019 9 mins

Application Integration Artificial Intelligence Software Development

Review: Kinetica analyzes billions of rows in real time

GPU database is not only hugely scalable, but integrates graph analysis, location intelligence, and machine learning with standard SQL

By Martin Heller

Apr 30, 2019 10 mins

Databases Machine Learning SQL

AnzoGraph: A graph database for deep analytics

AnzoGraph is a fast, horizontally scalable, OLAP graph database that brings a wealth of analytics capabilities to large graphs

By Martin Heller

Apr 15, 2019 8 mins

Analytics Databases Software Development

Review: OmniSci GPU database lifts huge data sets

GPU acceleration of database, rendering, and visualization enables interactive exploration of data sets with billions of rows

By Martin Heller

Apr 1, 2019 9 mins

Analytics Databases SQL

Das Keyboard 5Q lights up for developers

High-end keyboard is designed to keep developers and IT pros in the loop with key LEDs that double as notifications

By Serdar Yegulalp

Mar 20, 2019 6 mins

Software Development Technology Industry

Review: Google Cloud AutoML is truly automated machine learning

Google’s AutoML lets you create customized deep learning models without any knowledge of data science or programming

By Martin Heller

Mar 5, 2019 10 mins

Data Science Machine Learning Technology Industry

Review: Google Cloud AutoML is truly automated machine learning

Google’s AutoML lets you create customized deep learning models without any knowledge of data science or programming

By Martin Heller

Mar 4, 2019 10 mins

Data Science Machine Learning Technology Industry

Cloud IDE review: AWS Cloud9 vs. Eclipse Che vs. Eclipse Theia

You don’t have to develop locally to get full IDE support. We compare three great tools that let you edit and debug code from a browser

By Martin Heller

Feb 26, 2019 7 mins

Amazon Web Services Development Tools Open Source

Cloud IDE shoot-out: AWS Cloud9 vs. Eclipse Che vs. Eclipse Theia

You don’t have to develop locally to get full IDE support. We compare three great tools that let you edit and debug code from a browser

By Martin Heller

Feb 25, 2019 7 mins

Amazon Web Services Development Tools Open Source

Review: Azure Machine Learning challenges Amazon SageMaker

Microsoft Azure’s plush, Python-based environment covers the full machine learning and deep learning development cycle

By Martin Heller

Feb 4, 2019 12 mins

Cloud Computing Machine Learning Technology Industry

TigerGraph review: A graph database designed for deep analytics

Highly parallelized and horizontally scalable, TigerGraph shines for use cases that require multi-hop analytic queries

By Martin Heller

Dec 30, 2018 11 mins

Analytics Careers Java

TigerGraph review: A graph database designed for deep analytics

Highly parallelized and horizontally scalable, TigerGraph shines for use cases that require multi-hop analytic queries

By Martin Heller

Dec 17, 2018 11 mins

Analytics Databases Software Development

Review: MXNet deep learning shines with Gluon

With the addition of the high-level Gluon API, Apache MXNet rivals TensorFlow and PyTorch for developing deep learning models

By Martin Heller

Nov 5, 2018 10 mins

Analytics Data Science Machine Learning

Review: Keras sails through deep learning

Keras sequential models make deep neural network modeling about as simple as it can be

By Martin Heller

Sep 17, 2018 13 mins

Analytics Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning

Review: MongoDB takes on the world

MongoDB 4.0 beefs up with global cloud clusters, multi-document ACID transactions, and HIPAA compliance

By Martin Heller

Sep 4, 2018 14 mins

Data Management Databases Development Tools

Review: MongoDB takes on the world

MongoDB 4.0 beefs up with global cloud clusters, multi-document ACID transactions, and HIPAA compliance

By Martin Heller

Sep 4, 2018 14 mins

Cloud Computing Databases Software Development

DataStax review: Cassandra made faster and easier

DataStax Enterprise 6 offers greater throughput than Cassandra, lower latency, and useful extras that make it easier to run

By Martin Heller

Aug 20, 2018 11 mins

Cloud Computing Databases Software Development

Review: 13 Python web frameworks compared

Python programmers have many excellent options for creating web apps and APIs; Django, Weppy, Bottle, and Flask lead the way

By Serdar Yegulalp

Aug 15, 2018 37 mins

Development Tools Python Web Development

PyTorch review: A deep learning framework built for speed

PyTorch 1.0 shines for rapid prototyping with dynamic neural networks, auto-differentiation, deep Python integration, and strong support for GPUs

By Martin Heller

Jul 16, 2018 15 mins

Analytics Machine Learning Python

YugaByte review: Planet-scale Cassandra and Redis

YugaByte DB combines distributed ACID transactions, multiregion deployment, and support for Cassandra and Redis APIs, with PostgreSQL on the way

By Martin Heller

Jul 2, 2018 11 mins

Cloud Computing Databases SQL

Why use Chef for automation and orchestration

Chef Automate provides a full suite of enterprise capabilities to automate hybrid infrastructure, from delivery to compliance

By Martin Heller

Jun 18, 2018 6 mins

Cloud Computing Devops Open Source

Why use SaltStack for automation and orchestration

SaltStack is a good choice for very large networks, thanks to its message queue networking and multi-master architecture

By Martin Heller

Jun 5, 2018 6 mins

Development Tools Devops Open Source

Why use SaltStack for automation and orchestration

SaltStack is a good choice for very large networks, thanks to its message queue networking and multi-master architecture

By Martin Heller

Jun 4, 2018 6 mins

Cloud Computing Devops Open Source

Why use Puppet for automation and orchestration

Puppet can scale automation broadly and deeply across traditional and cloud-native infrastructure, and help you keep it compliant

By Martin Heller

May 21, 2018 8 mins

Cloud Computing Devops Open Source

Review: Amazon SageMaker scales deep learning

AWS machine learning service offers easy scalability for training and inference, includes a good set of algorithms, and supports any others you supply

By Martin Heller

May 14, 2018 13 mins

Amazon Web Services Data Science Machine Learning