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Alluxio has published a Presto Optimization Handbook, downloadable here; Presto being a distributed query engine for data analytics. For customers using Trino (formerly PrestoSQL), check out The Trino Optimization Handbook here

Data storage virtualizer Alluxio has produced a 14-page eBook called “The Ultimate Guide to Saving Data Egress Costs in the Cloud“. It suggests five ways to somewhat reduce egress costs; they won’t go away.

Alluxio, the developer of the open source data platform that simplifies the management of large-scale analytics and AI/ML applications, has announced its inclusion as one of Forbes’ “Best Startup Employers” of 2023.

Alluxio, the developer of the open source data platform that simplifies the management of large-scale analytics and AI/ML applications, is honored to announce its inclusion as one of Forbes’ “Best Startup Employers” of 2023

Get started with deploying Alluxio as the caching layer for Trino and learn how to use Alluxio caching with the Iceberg connector and MinIO file storage.

Welcome to insideBIGDATA’s “Heard on the Street” round-up column! In this regular feature, we highlight thought-leadership commentaries from members of the big data ecosystem.

The team here at insideBIGDATA is deeply entrenched in keeping the pulse of the big data ecosystem of companies from around the globe. We’re in close contact with the movers and shakers making waves in the technology areas of big data, data science, machine learning, AI and deep learning.

In becoming the largest privately held freight transportation company in North America, Estes Express Lines Inc. created a lot of data silos. Following years of acquisitions, diversification and geographic expansion, by 2021 the data fragmentation picture across the company was “pretty bad,” said Bob Cournoyer, senior director of data strategy, business intelligence and analytics.

Since we last covered Alluxio in April 2021, the data orchestration platform vendor has added significant capabilities that help position it as cloud native. (We first covered the company in November 2019).