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Reading and Writing Parquet Files in SQL Server

  • Edward Pollack
  • Published date: 2024-11-19 23:49:17 UTC

When analytic data is stored directly in SQL Server, a clustered columnstore index is an ideal place for that data to reside. It is column-based, highly compressed, and supports a wide variety of optimizations for both reads and writes. When analytic data is …

House Republicans Target McBride With Capitol Bathroom Bill

  • The New York Times
  • Published date: 2024-11-19 23:31:54 UTC

When Representative-elect Sarah McBride, a Delaware Democrat, won her race for the House this month, becoming the first openly transgender person elected to Congress, she knew she would face attacks from hard-right Republicans over her identity. She just didn…

Spectro Cloud nabs $75M for its Kubernetes management platform

  • Maria Deutscher
  • Published date: 2024-11-19 23:23:42 UTC

Kubernetes tooling provider Spectro Cloud Inc. has raised $75 million in fresh funding to enhance its technology. The startup disclosed in its funding announcement today that Goldman Sachs led the investment. A number of existing backers contributed as well. …

Russian Phobos ransomware operator faces cybercrime charges

  • Pierluigi Paganini
  • Published date: 2024-11-19 22:36:29 UTC

Russian Phobos ransomware operator Evgenii Ptitsyn, accused of managing attacks, was extradited from South Korea to the US to face cybercrime charges. Russian Phobos ransomware operator Evgenii Ptitsyn, suspected of playing a key role in the ransomware operat…

News 11/20/24

  • Mr. HIStalk
  • Published date: 2024-11-19 22:33:38 UTC

Top News HHS OIG rates HHS’s information security program as ...

DT Midstream Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock

  • DT Midstream, Inc.
  • Published date: 2024-11-19 22:26:00 UTC

DETROIT, Nov. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DT Midstream, Inc. (NYSE: DTM) announced that it has commenced an underwritten public offering of $300 million of shares of common stock. In connection with this offering, the Company expects to grant the underwriter…

Securing the RAG ingestion pipeline: Filtering mechanisms

  • Laura Verghote
  • Published date: 2024-11-19 21:51:24 UTC

Retrieval-Augmented Generative (RAG) applications enhance the responses retrieved from large language models (LLMs) by integrating external data such as downloaded files, web scrapings, and user-contributed data pools. This integration improves the models’ pe…

Meaningful digital transformation

  • Atsuko Okuda & Shamika N Sirimanne
  • Published date: 2024-11-19 21:00:00 UTC

<p>The relentless pace of technological advancement is nothing short of breathtaking. Quantum computers, soon to compute 47 years faster than today's supercomputers, are nearly a reality. ChatGPT, once a novelty, has seamlessly integrated into daily life. Dro…