We examine the challenges organizations grapple with in the complexities of the modern data stack and look toward a sixth data platform, one assembled from modular, multivendor components. Dbt Labs ...

You, as a decision maker or implementer, are frequently bombarded with the message that the data in your organization is its lifeblood. In the modern digital age, that data has immense value to your ...

In 2021, Gartner dropped Metadata Management from their Magic Quadrant, replacing it with a Market Guide for Active Metadata Management. On the surface, this may seem like a minor change, but in ...

Metadata is a term for data that describes the attributes of another set of data. Metadata can determine much of what you encounter online, from the top search results returned in Google to the ...

Metadata management has become the practical dividing line between AI systems that scale and those that stall. As organizations push AI from experimentation into sustained production, the limiting ...

VPNs encrypt your traffic, but they aren't blind to your activity. Here's the metadata your provider can see—and how to spot ...

The word "metadata" achieved buzzword status in 2013. That's when whistleblower Edward Snowden leaked documents exposing a National Security Agency program that collected telephone metadata in bulk -- ...

A simple change to your ZFS setup can drastically improve everyday tasks like browsing directories and scanning media ...