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As I described here, Power BI can send SQL queries in parallel in DirectQuery mode and you can see from the Timeline column there is some parallelism happening here – the last two SQL queries ...

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Sam Altman rejects viral claims that ChatGPT uses gallons of water per query, but says AI’s total energy demand is a fair concern.

Stop "data ping-pong" and unify silos for continuous, real-time intelligence with a new way to design and operate data infrastructure.

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Standard Excel lookups are perfectionists that fail on typos or extra spaces. While you could hack a solution using nested XLOOKUP, TRIM, and LOWER functions, it's brittle and hard to maintain. Power ...

The deal positions Snowflake to compete with Databricks in AI while giving OpenAI enterprise distribution beyond Microsoft’s ecosystem.

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

Researchers call this context rot: as an AI system processes more information, irrelevant details clutter its working memory. The result can be less accurate responses, higher costs, and a gradual ...