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Alyssa Schroer Alyssa Schroer
Updated on August 28, 2025

34 Big Data in Healthcare Examples and Applications

Companies are turning to big data to reimagine every aspect of healthcare.

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Artturi Jalli Artturi Jalli
Updated on August 28, 2025

What Is HBase?

HBase is a non-relational database management system for real-time data processing that runs on top of the Hadoop distributed file system

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Brooke Becher Brooke Becher
Updated on August 20, 2025

13 Types of Databases to Know

Not all databases are built alike. These data storage systems vary based on the type of information it’s storing as well as a user’s intent.

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Alyssa Schroer Alyssa Schroer
Updated on August 20, 2025

6 Sports Analytics Companies to Know

These companies are using data to change the game.

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Abdishakur Hassan Abdishakur Hassan
Updated on August 19, 2025

What Is PostgreSQL?

PostgreSQL is an open-source relational database management system that uses SQL to store and manage data. It supports scalability along with advanced data types and features.

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Artturi Jalli Artturi Jalli
Updated on August 18, 2025

What Is Cassandra?

Cassandra is an open-source, distributed NoSQL database that can manage large volumes of data across multiple servers with high scalability.

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Mae Rice Mae Rice
Updated on August 14, 2025

26 Big Data Insurance Companies to Know

Insurance companies are collecting data on how consumers drive, eat, and exercise — and personalizing policy prices accordingly.

Sandro Shubladze Sandro Shubladze
Updated on August 04, 2025

Outsmart the Competition With Scraped Data and Better AI

High-quality, fresh data is critical for AI performance. Fortunately, public data scraping offers a source for such data.

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Julia Zolotarev Julia Zolotarev
Updated on August 01, 2025

What Is a Non-Relational Database?

A non-relational database (or NoSQL database) is a data storage system that allows flexible, schema-less organization of information using formats like documents, key-value pairs, graphs or wide-column structures.

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Artem Oppermann Artem Oppermann
Updated on August 01, 2025

What Are Data Silos?

Data silos are isolated collections of data within an organization that are not easily accessible by other teams or systems, hindering collaboration and unified data analysis.

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