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Andrew Brust

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Data, analytics, and AI industry analyst. Founder/CEO, Blue Badge Insights. Lead analyst, data/analytics at GigaOm. Data/analytics reporter for The New Stack. Co-chair Visual Studio Live! Microsoft MVP. Microsoft Regional Director program member.

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Microsoft's Azure HorizonDB Takes on Aurora, AlloyDB New PostgreSQL service targets Amazon Aurora and Google AlloyDB with disaggregated architecture, AI-powered vector indexing and deep VS Code integration.

New in @thenewstack! It was a pleasure to speak with @darrylktaft on Microsoft’s new Azure HorizonDB for PostgreSQL:
bit.ly/3M47LWi
#MSIgnite #PostgreSQL #Azure #MVP

24.11.2025 16:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How InfluxDB 3 Brings Processing Directly Into the Database InfluxDB puts intelligence at the core with real-time, Python-based processing and a diskless storage architecture for better performance.

New in @thenewstack! 'How InfluxDB 3 Brings Processing Directly Into the Database' by BBI's Jelani Harper:
bit.ly/46Jg0yT
@thenewstack.io @InfluxDB #InfluxDB

18.09.2025 14:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How InfluxDB 3 Brings Processing Directly Into the Database InfluxDB puts intelligence at the core with real-time, Python-based processing and a diskless storage architecture for better performance.

New in @thenewstack! 'How InfluxDB 3 Brings Processing Directly Into the Database' by BBI's Jelani Harper:
bit.ly/46Jg0yT
@thenewstack.io @InfluxDB #InfluxDB

18.09.2025 14:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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You’ve probably read about this, but here’s my own pic of the mob scene at the US Open *after* I waded through the mob for an hour to get in.

The @USTA really screwed up.

This is only half of the crowd.

08.09.2025 02:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Webinar | Practical AI for Data Teams: Unlocking Team Productivity Ascend.io is the leader in Data Automation, empowering data teams to deliver production-ready data pipelines 10x faster by deploying automation and AI.

Where does AI actually work in the data stack? Join me and @ascend_io CEO Sean Knapp in a no-fluff webinar on what helps, what hinders, and how to tell the difference:
bit.ly/4mCjUz5
@gigaom #B2BTech #AI

02.09.2025 14:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Awards - SiliconANGLE Awards - SiliconANGLE

It was a great pleasure to judge theΒ AI and Data Platform categories in the 2025 TechForward Awards. Congratulations to everyone who was recognized!Β πŸ†

Thank you to @SiliconANGLE & theCUBE for organizing this program.
Winners and finalists here:Β siliconangle.com/awards/

02.09.2025 14:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Power of Streaming in Real-Time AI and Analytics During this webinar, experts from GigaOm and Cloudera will outline the current landscape of streaming architectures and share the critical requirements for maintaining agility to address changing…

Join me and Cloudera's David Dichmann in the webinar, 'The Power of Streaming in Real-Time AI and Analytics'!
We discuss the current landscape of streaming architectures and share the critical requirements for maintaining agility to address changing business needs:
bit.ly/4mXIiv0

28.08.2025 19:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Webinar | Practical AI for Data Teams: Unlocking Team Productivity

Where does AI actually work in the data stack? Join me and @ascend_io CEO Sean Knapp in a no-fluff webinar on what helps, what hinders, and how to tell the difference:
bit.ly/4mCjUz5
@gigaom #B2BTech #AI

28.08.2025 18:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Awards - SiliconANGLE Awards - SiliconANGLE

It was a great pleasure to judge theΒ AI and Data Platform categories in the 2025 TechForward Awards. Congratulations to everyone who was recognized!Β πŸ†
Thank you to @SiliconANGLE & theCUBE for organizing this program.
Winners and finalists here:Β siliconangle.com/awards/

28.08.2025 15:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Confluent’s Real-Time Agents Build on Kafka Streaming Data The new agent building and deployment resource features MCP tool invocation, secure endpoint connections, and replayability.

Today in @thenewstack! 'Confluent’s Real-Time Agents Build on Kafka Streaming Data' by BBI's Jelani Harper:
bit.ly/45VhyWd
@thenewstack.io @confluentinc @apachekafka

20.08.2025 19:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Where does AI actually work in the data stack? Join me and @ascend_io CEO Sean Knapp for a no-fluff webinar on what helps, what hinders, and how to tell the difference.
β€’ Real workflows
β€’ Common pitfalls
β€’ Smart frameworks
Sign up: ow.ly/CnO050WyOvh
@gigaom #B2BTech #AI

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12.08.2025 15:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Where does AI actually work in the data stack? Join me and @ascend_io CEO Sean Knapp for a no-fluff webinar on what helps, what hinders, and how to tell the difference.
β€’ Real workflows
β€’ Common pitfalls
β€’ Smart frameworks
Sign up: ow.ly/CnO050WyOvh
@gigaom #B2BTech #AI

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11.08.2025 20:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Where does AI actually work in the data stack? Join me and @ascend_io CEO Sean Knapp for a no-fluff webinar on what helps, what hinders, and how to tell the difference.
β€’ Real workflows
β€’ Common pitfalls
β€’ Smart frameworks
Sign up: ow.ly/CnO050WyOvh
@gigaom #B2BTech #AI

05.08.2025 20:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Where does AI actually work in the data stack? Join me and @ascend_io CEO Sean Knapp for a no-fluff webinar on what helps, what hinders, and how to tell the difference.
β€’ Real workflows
β€’ Common pitfalls
β€’ Smart frameworks
Sign up here! ow.ly/CnO050WyOvh
@gigaom #B2BTech #AI

01.08.2025 20:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Power of Streaming in Real-Time AI and Analytics During this webinar, experts from GigaOm and Cloudera will outline the current landscape of streaming architectures and share the critical requirements for maintaining agility to address changing…

Join me and David Dichmann of @Cloudera for a deep dive into the streaming architectures powering modern data pipelines --
To register: bit.ly/459VHce
#AI #Analytics

30.07.2025 14:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Awards - SiliconANGLE Awards - SiliconANGLE

Honored to be one of the judges for the 2025 SiliconANGLE TechForward Awards:
bit.ly/3Ixl6ox
@SiliconANGLE & theCUBE
#TechAwards #EnterpriseTech #B2BTech #AI #Security #Cloud #DataPlatform

28.07.2025 20:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Power of Streaming in Real-Time AI and Analytics During this webinar, experts from GigaOm and Cloudera will outline the current landscape of streaming architectures and share the critical requirements for maintaining agility to address changing…

Join me and David Dichmann of @Cloudera for a deep dive into the streaming architectures powering modern data pipelines --
To register: bit.ly/459VHce

28.07.2025 16:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Awards - SiliconANGLE Awards - SiliconANGLE

Honored to be one of the judges for the 2025 SiliconANGLE TechForward Awards:
bit.ly/3Ixl6ox
www.linkedin.com/company/sili...
#TechAwards #EnterpriseTech #B2BTech #AI #Security #Cloud #DataPlatform

22.07.2025 16:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Awards - SiliconANGLE Awards - SiliconANGLE

Honored to be one of the judges for the 2025 SiliconANGLE TechForward Awards:
bit.ly/3Ixl6ox
#TechAwards #EnterpriseTech #B2BTech #AI #Security #Cloud #DataPlatform

17.07.2025 19:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Excited to be a part of this podcast! Speaking with @maryjofoley and Directions on Microsoft’s Andrew Snodgrass about the biggest AI and other features customers can expect in SQL Server 2025:
t.co/RFeYwM2q2y
#AI #MSTech #SQLServer #SQLServer2025

30.06.2025 15:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Excited to be a part of this podcast! Speaking with @maryjofoley and Directions on Microsoft’s Andrew Snodgrass about the biggest AI and other features customers can expect in SQL Server 2025:
t.co/RFeYwM2q2y
#AI #MSTech #SQLServer #SQLServer2025

27.06.2025 12:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Snowflake's Head of Applications and Developer Platform, Jeff Hollan, discussing agentic system development at #SnowflakeSummit

04.06.2025 16:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm at Snowflake's "Builder" keynote, the last of four such general sessions. #SnowflakeSummit

04.06.2025 16:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Snowflake Intelligence is new native agent for data insights that uses A-list LLMs, once again show in a demo by Dev Advocate Dash Desai. #SnowflakeSummit

03.06.2025 17:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Data agents Cortex Analyst and Cortex Search allow customers to build agentic apps, and are being integrated into Microsoft Teams. #SnowflakeSummit

03.06.2025 17:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Cortex AISQL announced at #SnowflakeSummit. Built-in GenAI functions. Uses the abstraction of joins and filters to layer LLMs into queries.

03.06.2025 17:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Christian Kleinerman announces Snowflake Postgres, based on acquisition of Crunchy Data. Beyond UniStore, this adds true OLTP to the Snowflake platform. #SnowflakeSummit

03.06.2025 17:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Dev advocate Dash Desai just showed Snowflake Openflow, dbt projects, and Cortex AI (chunking docs from SharePoint), all in one demo, at #SnowflakeSummit

03.06.2025 16:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Snowpipe Streaming being revamped and (sped up). Dbt projects in Snowflake being added. #SnowflakeSummit

03.06.2025 16:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Snowflake Openflow, built on Apache NiFi, becomes new ingest vehicle, and works on a change feed/CDC basis. #SnowflakeSummit

03.06.2025 16:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0