Andrew J. Brust

New York

Founder of Blue Badge Insights -- strategy and advisory for data analytics players. Data & Analytics guy for @TheNewStack, Microsoft tech influencer.

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Starburst Adds AI to Its Federated Data Lakehouse Platforms

1 month ago | thenewstack.io | Andrew J. Brust

Starburst, the company behind the open source Trino query engine, and the Starburst Galaxy/Starburst Enterprise platforms that use it, announced on Monday the addition of several AI features to these platforms, in private preview.
GigaOm Radar for Data Lakes and Lakehouses

Mar 26, 2025 | gigaom.com | Andrew J. Brust

Table of Contents Executive Summary Market Categories and User SegmentsDecision Criteria ComparisonGigaOm RadarSolution InsightsAnalyst’s OutlookMethodologyAbout Andrew BrustAbout GigaOmCopyright 1.
GigaOm Radar for Data Access Governance

Mar 10, 2025 | gigaom.com | Andrew J. Brust |Jelani Harper

Table of Contents Executive Summary Market Categories and Deployment TypesDecision Criteria ComparisonGigaOm RadarSolution InsightsAnalyst’s OutlookMethodologyAbout Andrew BrustAbout GigaOmCopyright 1.
GigaOm Key Criteria for Evaluating Data Access Governance Solutions

Feb 11, 2025 | gigaom.com | Andrew J. Brust |Jelani Harper

Table of Contents Executive Summary Data Access Governance Sector BriefDecision Criteria AnalysisAnalyst’s OutlookMethodologyAbout Andrew BrustAbout GigaOmCopyright 1.
Database Trends: A 2024 Review and a Look Ahead

Jan 2, 2025 | thenewstack.io | Andrew J. Brust

For databases, 2024 was a year for both classic capabilities and new features to take priority at enterprises everywhere. As the pressure increased for organizations to operate in a data-driven fashion, new and evolving data protection regulations all over the world necessitated better governance, usage, and organization of that data.
Ignite 2024: Microsoft Debuts SQL Server 2025, Integrates Azure SQL into Fabric

Nov 19, 2024 | thenewstack.io | Andrew J. Brust

Microsoft’s annual Ignite conference kicked off in Chicago today, and at its Day one keynote, the company made a slew of data and analytics-related announcements. The major ones center around Microsoft Fabric, the company’s end-to-end cloud data analytics platform, as well as SQL Server, its stalwart, veteran on-premises database platform. The announcements bookend each other and one somewhat mirrors the other, almost literally (more on that in a bit).
GigaOm Radar for Data Warehouses

Nov 18, 2024 | gigaom.com | Andrew J. Brust

Table of Contents Executive Summary Market Categories and User SegmentsDecision Criteria ComparisonGigaOm RadarSolution InsightsAnalyst’s OutlookMethodologyAbout Andrew BrustAbout GigaOmCopyright 1. Executive Summary Data warehouses store and process data to provide meaningful business insight.
Snowflake Consolidates Platform, Expands AI

Nov 12, 2024 | thenewstack.io | Andrew J. Brust

At its Build virtual event for developers today, Snowflake announced a number of new capabilities in its platform that will consolidate AI tech from two recent acquisitions, and further deliver on a number of capabilities announced at its Snowflake Summit event in June. More broadly speaking, Snowflake is reconciling the analytics, governance, security, extensibility, application, collaboration, generative AI, and machine learning (ML) capabilities across its platform.
GigaOm Sonar for AI Governance

Oct 23, 2024 | gigaom.com | Andrew J. Brust

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GigaOm Radar for Data Catalogs

Oct 22, 2024 | gigaom.com | Andrew J. Brust |Jelani Harper

Table of Contents Executive Summary Market Categories and User SegmentsDecision Criteria ComparisonGigaOm RadarSolution InsightsAnalyst’s OutlookMethodologyAbout Andrew BrustAbout GigaOmCopyright 1.