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William McKnight

President at McKnight Consulting Group

Plano, United States

William McKnight is an internationally recognized authority in information management. His consulting work has included many of the Global 2000 and numerous midmarket companies. His clients have reaped tremendous ROI and turned data into a real corporate asset. Many have gone public with their success stories.

William is the #1 global influencer in master data management, #1 in data warehousing, #3 in data management, #7 in information management and #14 in information architecture.

He is president of McKnight Consulting Group, which provides clients with action plans, architectures, strategies, complete programs and vendor-neutral tool selection to manage information. MCG is #1001 on the 2018 Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing companies in the US and #743 on the 2017 list.

He is the author of the books "Integrating Hadoop", "Information Management: Strategies for Gaining a Competitive Advantage with Data"? and "90 Days to Success in Consulting".

William teaches Data Platforms, Data Maturity, NoSQL, Graph Databases, Business Intelligence, Data Quality, Project Management, Data Governance, Data Architecture, Data Modeling, Data Integration, Data Return on Investment, Agile Methodology, Big Data, Organizational Change Management and Master Data Management for the Data Warehousing Institute (since 1998) and other events globally. He is a frequent international keynote speaker.

William has hundreds of articles and 50+ white papers in publication and is a prolific sponsored blogger.

An Ernst&Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist and frequent best practices judge, William is a former Fortune 50 technology executive and database engineer. William has taught at Santa Clara University, UC-Berkeley and UC-Santa Cruz.

He has consulted in 14 countries.

Current Services Offered, Presentation Calendar, White Papers, Articles and Press Quotes can be found at mcknightcg .com.

Available For: Authoring, Consulting, Influencing, Speaking
Travels From: DFW
Speaking Topics: data, artificial intelligence, analytics

William McKnight Points
Academic 0
Author 1675
Influencer 340
Speaker 354
Entrepreneur 26
Total 2395

Points based upon Thinkers360 patent-pending algorithm.

Thought Leader Profile

Portfolio Mix

Company Information

Company Type: Company
Minimum Project Size: N/A
Average Hourly Rate: N/A
Number of Employees: 11-50
Company Founded Date: 2009
Media Experience: 20 years
Last Media Interview: 04/04/2023

Areas of Expertise

Agile 30.34
AI 30.09
Analytics 46.88
Big Data 77.16
Cloud 100
Customer Experience
Data Center 100
DevOps 36.31
Digital Disruption 32.86
Emerging Technology
Generative AI 30.05
IoT
Management 30.09

Industry Experience

Healthcare
Insurance
Other
Pharmaceuticals
Professional Services
Retail
Telecommunications
Utilities

Publications

148 Analyst Reports
McKnight Consulting Data and Pipeline Health Observability Report
McKnight Consulting Group
December 09, 2024
This McKnight Consulting Group report cuts through the noise, providing an in-depth analysis of the top data observability solutions.

Unlock this whitepaper to learn more about how to increase

Productivity with automation
Data quality across data pipelines
Trusted and compliant AI and analytics

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Tags: Analytics, Big Data, Cloud

Actian outshines on enterprise workload in latest TPCx-IoT Benchmark
Actian
December 01, 2024
Actian Zen delivers highest throughput and lowest ingest latency according to a third-party study.

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Tags: Analytics, Big Data, Cloud

Redpanda vs. Confluent: A Performance and TCO Benchmark Report
RedPanda
November 18, 2024
Read McKnight's benchmark on Redpanda vs. Confluent, with insights on performance, cost efficiency, and scalability.

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Tags: Analytics, Cloud

Actian outperforms major competitors in latest TPC-H benchmark
Actian
October 14, 2024
Actian Data Platform delivers superior productivity gains and cost-savings according to third-party study.

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Tags: Analytics, Big Data, Cloud

Data Stream Processing Ease of Use and TCO, McKnight Consulting Group (2024
Bytewax
October 14, 2024
Bytewax features a modern architecture that combines the performance of a Rust engine for distributed, parallel streaming with the ease of use of Python. The outcome is a stateful stream processor that rivals the functionality and performance of traditional Java-based tools like Flink, without any of the drawbacks. Enable all your Python teams to work with streaming!

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Tags: Analytics, Big Data, Cloud

Going Head-to-Head Against Flink: Benchmarking Ease of Use and Total Cost of Ownership
Bytewax
August 04, 2024
There is also little debate about the leading stateful stream processor in the market, which is Apache Flink. However, not all is well in the world of modern stream processing. The reason is that the Python implementation of Flink is flawed due to the neglected SDK: It is inefficient, slow to receive upgrades, and exceptionally lacking in user experience.

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Tags: Big Data, Cloud, Data Center

MCG Stream Processing Ease of Use and TCO
McKnight Consulting Group
July 28, 2024
A comparison of stream processing pipelines was conducted, comparing Bytewax and Flink. The study found that Flink had 8-25 times more memory utilization than Bytewax, consuming up to 3 GB per workload. Bytewax was found to be 4.6 times less TCO than Flink, based on the development, maintenance, and annual infrastructure costs of running these pipelines just 4 times each. These advantages will add up over time and project by project, making Bytewax a more cost-effective choice for data stream processing.

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Benchmark of data pipeline performance & cost
Airbyte
April 04, 2024
Database replication benchmark: Airbyte vs. Fivetran
McKnight Consulting Group made a deep benchmark analysis on database replication for Postgres, comparing Airbyte and Fivetran. The analysis focused on 3 elements: performances, costs, and ease of us. Discover which solution is the best in the market for database replication.

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High-Volume Data Replication: Evaluating Fivetran HVR and Qlik Replicate
Fivetran
March 01, 2024
Whether for operational or analytical purposes – databases are the backbone of how many businesses run; from collecting consumer behavior on your website to processing IOT data across your supply chain and so much more. Accessing and replicating massive volumes of database content is key to business success and the responsibility of managing this crucial element of your infrastructure falls to data leaders and their teams.

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Tags: Big Data, Cloud, Data Center

McKnight Consulting Group (MCG)’s 2nd Edition of the Data Integration Enterprise Contribution Ranking Report
Informatica
March 01, 2024
McKnight Consulting Group (MCG)’s 2nd Edition of the Data Integration Enterprise Contribution Ranking Report has been published. An Enterprise Contribution Ranking Report is the most detailed report on the market. It provides a comprehensive study on the offerings in significant enterprise data technology topics.

The study examines market preferences and priorities for data integration platforms including Data Transformation, Data Security and Access Control, Data Quality and Data Governance, Workflow Automation and Orchestration, Analytics, Automation, and AI. The reports also addresses Seamless Integration with BI and Analytics Tools, Data Cataloging and Metadata Management, Enterprise Scaling with Performance, Ecosystem Compatibility and Platform Versatility, as well as Financial Operations, Compliance, and Data Auditing. These are essential key areas for successful enterprise data integration implementations.

McKnight Enterprise Contribution Ranking Reports offer a thorough analysis of enterprise data technology offerings, focusing on the value of product capabilities to the enterprise. The reports emphasize the importance of AI, including Generative AI, in future-proofing technology. Market leaders are evaluated based on their critical capabilities, which include both currently available features and upcoming realistic capabilities. Ratings are assigned to vendors based on expert-opinion assessments by analyst-practitioners, resulting in Advanced, Skilled, Partial, or Beginner capabilities ratings.

Vendors are also plotted on a quadrant based on Project Scope Complexity and Project Technical Environment Complexity. These reports are written by hands-on Data Engineers.

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Tags: Big Data, Cloud, Data Center

Data Fabric Field Test: SAP vs. DIY Hands-on Assessment and TCO Analysis of Deploying SAP Datasphere vs. Assembled Applications
SAP
March 01, 2024
Interest in building a data fabric is very high, and for good reason. By enabling real-time, trustworthy data across multiple clouds, you can expedite the migration of analytics to the cloud, guarantee security and governance, and quickly generate business value. A data fabric provides a semantic layer that enables a map of your metadata, unifying data based on its meaning, rather than just its location, and preserving the business context and logic of that data across the fabric.

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High-Volume Data Replication Evaluating Fivetran HVR and Qlik Replicate
Fivetran
March 01, 2024
Whether for operational or analytical purposes – databases are the backbone of how many businesses run; from collecting consumer behavior on your website to processing IOT data across your supply chain and so much more. Accessing and replicating massive volumes of database content is key to business success and the responsibility of managing this crucial element of your infrastructure falls to data leaders and their teams.

Ensuring your solution for database replication can keep up with your business is a pressing need for every data leader across every industry and company size. In this report, we investigate two major vendors in database replication and put them to the test in terms of speed and cost.

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Tags: Big Data, Cloud, Data Center

iPaaS Tools Evaluation: Security and Governance Report: Evaluating Workato and Boomi
Workato
January 11, 2024
We evaluated two leading iPaaS tools—Workato and Boomi—specifically across the top tasks a business would perform with the tools for governance and data security. Both Workato and Boomi offer robust features in these areas. Workato provides a user-friendly interface that allows businesses to easily manage user permissions and access controls, ensuring that sensitive data is only accessible to authorized individuals. Additionally, Workato offers advanced security measures such as encryption and multi-factor authentication to protect data from unauthorized access. On the other hand, Boomi provides a comprehensive set of tools for data

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Tags: Big Data, Data Center

MCG Data Pipeline Performance Testing
McKnight Consulting Group
January 10, 2024
To be agile and resilient in the modern world, an organization’s data infrastructure maturity must be in harmony with its business goals. Limited data capabilities could hinder or even derail all efforts. For a data management plan to be successful in an environment that is changing quickly, adaptability is also necessary.

Our scenario assessed the speed of syncing a 1TB data set between a source PostgreSQL database and a target Snowflake data warehouse. We tested total throughput, cost and total cost of ownership.

Airbyte is a data integration platform that offers a comprehensive catalog of connectors for structured data, including databases and files. Airbyte offers a cloud-hosted solution and a self-hosted one. It supports a large range of data sources and all major databases, and it can connect to over 50 destinations, including databases, data warehouses, data lakes, and vector databases.

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Tags: Big Data, Cloud, Data Center

Costs and Benefits of .NET Application Migration to the Cloud
Microsoft
January 04, 2024
Thousands of custom applications written using development frameworks such as ASP.NET are deployed by organizations, often running in on-premises environments. At the same time, organizations continue to move larger workloads to the cloud as part of their digital transformation strategies. While the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated these digital transformation initiatives, the competitive advantages realized by organizations have kept the momentum high as business models evolve in the era of AI. The cloud allows them to augment and transform their existing applications using modern developer platforms to increase customer engagement, streamline operations, lower costs, and enhance profitability.

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Vector Databases Compared
DataStax
December 05, 2023
The study found that Astra DB significantly outperformed Pinecone p2x8 in ingesting and indexing data, performing six times faster and with a low relative variance, making the ingest workflow more predictable. Astra DB also showed faster response times during active indexing and produced recall ranging from 90% to 94% versus Pinecone’s recall in the range of 75% to 87%. For larger datasets, Astra DB showed better recall and low variance, demonstrating accuracy and consistency. Finally, our testing and configuration pricing revealed that Pinecone’s TCO was 2.2 to 4.9 times greater than Astra DB, making it significantly more expensive to operate.

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TCO for Data Masking and TDM Solutions
delphix
October 12, 2023
The increasingly complex landscape of data management for enterprises has brought to light the need for tools to manage diverse platforms and provide overall management. These tools focus on efficient test data management; integration, lifecycle management, security, compliance, and storage optimization. We determined that for the equivalent usage (consisting of typical deployment, provisioning, and masking activities), IBM Optim would result in labor and infrastructure costs of $109,300 compared to $75,164 for Delphix over the first year (one setup), a difference of 31%.

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Cloud Data Warehouse vs. Cloud Data Lakehouse: A Snowflake vs. Starburst TCO and Performance Comparison
GigaOm
September 03, 2023
Recently, several architectural patterns have emerged that decentralize most components of the enterprise analytics architecture. Data lakes are a large part of that advancement.

A field test was devised to determine the differences between two popular enterprise data architectural patterns: a modern cloud data warehouse based on a Snowflake architecture and a modern data lakehouse with a Starburst-based architecture. The test was created with multiple components to determine the differences in performance and capability, as well as the amount of time and effort required to migrate to these systems from a legacy environment.

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Tags: Big Data, Cloud, Data Center

Video SDK Benchmark Comparison
zoom
August 12, 2023
This benchmark report provides insight into how well Zoom and Jitsi supports enterprise applications requiring real-time customer engagement. We capture time to value by assessing the steps involved in initial setup, scaled deployment, and production integration, and we assess TCO by evaluating both software and labor costs associated with a deployment. The benchmark can also be used to determine the implementation steps for each solution.

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Tags: Big Data, Cloud, Data Center

Edge Bare Metal Benchmark: Lumen vs AWS: An Exploration of Edge Cloud Services: From Bare Metal to Private Cloud
GigaOm
August 08, 2023
This report focuses on the latency of two top bare-metal server providers: Lumen Edge Cloud Services (Lumen) and Amazon Web Services (AWS). For our testing, we defined a high-performance model, mixing applications that can process 1,000 transactions per second and demand a maximum latency of 5ms or less, while the NGINX reverse proxy handles HTTP requests.

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Cloud Data Warehouse vs. Cloud Data Lakehouse: A Snowflake vs. Starburst TCO and Performance Comparison
Starburst
August 05, 2023
Recently, several architectural patterns have emerged that decentralize most components of the enterprise analytics architecture. Data lakes are a large part of that advancement.

A field test was devised to determine the differences between two popular enterprise data architectural patterns: a modern cloud data warehouse based on a Snowflake architecture and a modern data lakehouse with a Starburst-based architecture. The test was created with multiple components to determine the differences in performance and capability, as well as the amount of time and effort required to migrate to these systems from a legacy environment.

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Tags: Big Data, Cloud, Data Center

Actian Beats Snowflake and BigQuery in GigaOm TPC-H Benchmark Test
Actian
July 07, 2023
In the benchmark, the Actian Data Platform outperformed both Snowflake and BigQuery in 20 of the 22 queries, clearly illustrating Actian’s powerful decision support capabilities. Leveraging decades of data management experience, the Actian platform provides data warehouse technology that uses in-memory computing along with optimized data storage, vector processing, and query execution that exploits powerful CPU features. These capabilities significantly improve the speed and efficiency of real-time analytics.

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Tags: Big Data, Cloud, Data Center

Transaction Processing & Price-Performance Testing: Distributed SQL Databases Using Cloud Managed Services Evaluation: Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL, CockroachDB Dedicated & YugabyteDB Managed
GigaOm
July 07, 2023
To evaluate distributed databases, we conducted a Transactional Field Test derived from the industry-standard TPC Benchmark C (TPC-C). We compared fully-managed as-a-service offerings of cloud-distributed databases:

Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
CockroachDB Dedicated
YugabyteDB Managed

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Tags: Big Data, Cloud, Data Center

Cloud Analytics Top Data base Performance Testing report: Exasol outstrips Snowflake and another major cloud data warehouse for performance and price-performance
Exasol
July 07, 2023
You should never have to sacrifice budget control to improve the performance of your analytics database.

Exasol’s no-compromise analytics database takes care of this for you, delivering significant productivity gains, cost-savings and flexibility, without any trade-offs. Don’t just take our word for it, read the latest report conducted by McKnight Consulting Group, on Cloud Analytics Database Performance testing against Exasol, Snowflake, and another major cloud data warehouse (April 2023).

The report proves that Exasol wins on:

Query response times:
3.6x faster than Snowflake
20x faster than the unnamed data warehouse
Price-performance:
Snowflake is nearly 17x more expensive than Exasol
Unnamed data warehouse is over 20x more expensive

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Tags: Big Data, Cloud, Data Center

Digital Analytics and Measurement Tools Evaluation: Google Analytics 4 and Snowplow
Snowplow
July 02, 2023
We performed a field test to assess how Snowplow compares to GA4 for a retail organization that realizes the mandate for digital analytics. To make the test as fair as possible, we used both Google Analytics and Snowplow in vanilla e-commerce implementations. This means that for both solutions, we used the out-of-the-box e-commerce events.

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Tags: Big Data, Cloud, Data Center

26 Article/Blogs
Using Embedded Databases for IoT
Information Week
December 27, 2024
The edge computing landscape has undergone significant expansion. This growth has been matched by an increase in innovative architectural options, enabling organizations to optimize edge deployments for performance, scalability and security.

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Using Embedded Databases for IoT
Information Week
December 16, 2024
Embedded databases are becoming increasingly important for IoT applications due to their ability to handle the growing volume of data generated by connected devices. The future of embedded databases in IoT is bright.

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Tags: Analytics, Big Data, Cloud

Unlocking Data Potential: The Advantage of Multi-Model Databases
Information Week
July 24, 2024
By recognizing the potential of multi-model databases, we can revolutionize our approach to data management and unseal more potential in data.

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Tags: Big Data, Cloud, Data Center

McKnight Consulting Group 2024 Data Integration Market Study is Published
McKnight Consulting Group
March 15, 2024
McKnight Consulting Group (MCG)’s 2nd Edition of the Data Integration Enterprise Contribution Ranking Report has been published. An Enterprise Contribution Ranking Report is the most detailed report on the market. They provide a comprehensive study on the offerings in significant enterprise data technology topics.

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About the Enterprise Contribution Ranking Report
McKnight Consulting Group
March 13, 2024
McKnight Enterprise Contribution Ranking Reports provide a comprehensive study on the offerings in significant enterprise data technology topics.

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Enterprise Data Integration: Now More than Ever
Information Week
March 01, 2024
Data integration stands as the ultimate business ally for modern-day business. Organizations boosting productivity and making better decisions make great use of data integration to optimally place the key asset of data.

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Introducing Airbyte Data Integration and Custom Connectors
Linkedln
January 10, 2024
In today's rapidly changing business environment, an organization's data infrastructure must align with its goals. Efficient access, integration, governance, and management of data are crucial for realizing the full potential of the enterprise. However, companies often struggle with data management and integration due to outdated tools or an ineffective implementation.

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What to Know About the Differences in Analytic Architecture Patterns
Information Week
November 14, 2023
Enterprise data architects should take into consideration the data lakehouse, data mesh, and data fabric when constructing the analytic environment today. Here are the main ideas these patterns offer.

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Showing ROI for Your Analytics Project
Information Week
November 14, 2023
Analytics is no longer an option and no longer a discrete function in the enterprise. If it’s to be measured, it would be in the return on investment increase of the applications.

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3 Tips to Recognize Hidden Costs of the Cloud
Information Week
November 14, 2023
Cloud usage and demand has spiked, but businesses must be wary of hidden cloud “gotchas” when it comes to modernizing and scaling their cloud infrastructure.

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Analytics Program and Project Justification During Cautious Spending
Actian
November 05, 2023
Analytics Program and Project Justification During Cautious Spending

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Exploring the Contemporary Place of Graph Databases
Information Week
August 16, 2023
Graph technology has come a long way and has numerous applications in any enterprise. Here’s advice on how you can determine why, how, and where to apply graph databases today.

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Building a Marketplace to Help Businesses Quickly Transform AI Initiatives to Reality (2 of 2)
Linkedln
June 08, 2023
This is Part 2. Part 1 can be found here. In Part 1 I talked about the need for an AI Marketplace, The Challenges of Creating High-Quality Training Data and The Benefits of a One-Stop-Shop for All AI Training Data Needs.

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What to Know About the Differences in Analytic Architecture Patterns
Information Week
June 05, 2023
Enterprise data architects should take into consideration the data lakehouse, data mesh, and data fabric when constructing the analytic environment today. Here are the main ideas these patterns offer.

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Dell Container Storage Modules for Kubernetes Environments
McKnight Consulting Group
November 11, 2022
Changes in the development and deployment of applications are driving the storage business to adapt significantly as well. Applications are migrating to containerized environments that allow developers to package their code into self-contained units that can be easily deployed and run on any server. As a result, containers and Kubernetes are gaining popularity. Adoption of Kubernetes has grown to the point that it is currently the most widely used container orchestration platform.

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Informatica Intelligent Data Cloud 2022
McKnight Consulting Group
November 11, 2022
Informatica continues to reengineer components of its portfolio to be cloud-native and to bundle components into its iPaaS Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC). Informatica is really at the dead center of the digital transformation movement through data and continues to thrill with new product developments, partnerships and global customer stories. Several items caught my eye this year at Informatica World.​

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MLOps: Applying DevOps to Competitive Advantage
Information Week
August 16, 2022
Developers and data scientists can work together using MLOps through a shared methodology to make sure that machine learning initiatives are in line with wider software delivery and, even more broadly, IT-business alignment.

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Life in 2050: How Will AI Shape the Future?
Information Week
August 16, 2022
While artificial intelligence is already changing our world, it’s really only just begun. Here’s my vision of what life might be like in 2050.

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Yellowbrick Data
Gigaom
December 21, 2021
We covered Yellowbrick as part of the GigaOm Radar for Data Warehouses v2.0, as well as in the “Enterprise Analytic Solutions 2021…

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Tags: Analytics, Big Data, Management

SecureWorks 2021 State of the Threat: A Year in Review
McKnight Consulting Group
November 11, 2021
As a data professional, I am acutely aware that I am dealing with the crown jewels of the organization. Data is extremely valuable as an asset to company strategy and the essential ingredient for operations. That value, unfortunately, extends to nefarious players within and outside the organization. It behooves the data professional to be aware of the threats and to be an active partner in its security.

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High Performance Application Security Testing
Gigaom
November 01, 2021

Data, web, and application security have evolved dramatically over the past few years. Just as new threats abound, the architecture of applications—how we build and deploy them—has changed. We’ve traded monolithic applications for microservices running in containers and communicating via application programming interfaces (APIs)—and all of it deployed through automated continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines. The frameworks we have established to build and deploy applications are optimized for time to market—yet security remains of utmost importance.


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Enterprise Analytic Solutions 2021 v4.0
Gigaom
September 03, 2021
Enterprises from every industry and at every scale are working to leverage data to achieve their strategic objectives—whether those are to become more profitable, effective, risk tolerant, prepared, sustainable, and/or adaptable in an ever-changing world. An enterprise’s data maturity must grow at pace with the business and its needs to achieve agility and resilience—otherwise it will be hamstrung or tripped up by limited data capabilities. A mature analytic data management strategy includes the ability to adapt.

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Need a Scale-Out Database?
Gigaom
March 26, 2021
NoSQL databases have seen a lot of growth in the past several years. The realities of the pandemic have exposed how important it is to have a reliable, agile technology infrastructure in place with proven software like the open source Apache Cassandra — which is crucial for business continuity, low latency, and being able to effectively support increased data traffic. Demand for data at all companies will only increase in the coming years, and the reality is, much of this is unexposed cost that may create an unsustainable burden for many organizations.

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Tags: AI, Cloud, Data Center

6 Characteristics of Machine Learning Organizational Maturity
TDWI
December 09, 2020
The distribution of companies across maturity levels in most anything is always highly skewed toward the low end. It is no different for machine learning, but this shouldn't matter to any organization aspiring to sustained success. The key to that success is to become a mature machine learning operator (MMLO).

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The Importance of Data Maturity Modeling
TDWI
December 09, 2020
Company performance is highly correlated to data maturity, so focus on making plans to get to the next level in your data maturity model.

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2 Books
Integrating Hadoop
Technics
August 23, 2016
Integrating Hadoop leverages the discipline of data integration and applies it to the Hadoop open-source software framework for storing data on clusters of commodity hardware. It is packed with the need-to-know for managers, architects, designers, and developers responsible for populating Hadoop in the enterprise, allowing you to harness big data and do it in such a way that the solution:
Complies with (and even extends) enterprise standards
Integrates seamlessly with the existing information infrastructure
Fills a critical role within enterprise architecture.
Integrating Hadoop covers the gamut of the setup, architecture and possibilities for Hadoop in the organization, including:
Supporting an enterprise information strategy
Organizing for a successful Hadoop rollout
Loading and extracting of data in Hadoop
Managing Hadoop data once it's in the cluster
Utilizing Spark, streaming data, and master data in Hadoop processes - examples are provided to reinforce concepts.

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Information Management: Strategies for Gaining a Competitive Advantage with Data (The Savvy Manager's Guides)
Morgan Kaufman
January 09, 2014
Information Management: Gaining a Competitive Advantage with Data is about making smart decisions to make the most of company information. Expert author William McKnight develops the value proposition for information in the enterprise and succinctly outlines the numerous forms of data storage. Information Management will enlighten you, challenge your preconceived notions, and help activate information in the enterprise. Get the big picture on managing data so that your team can make smart decisions by understanding how everything from workload allocation to data stores fits together.

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Tags: Analytics, Big Data, Digital Disruption

14 Citations
State of the Data Lakehouse in the AI Era
Dremio
January 13, 2025
New “State of the Data Lakehouse in the AI Era” Report Shows Data Lakehouses Accelerating AI Readiness for 85% of Firms

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Tags: Analytics, Big Data, Cloud

2025 Cloud and FinOps Predictions - Part 2
APM Digest
January 13, 2025
As part of APMdigest's 2025 Predictions Series, industry experts offer predictions on how Cloud, FinOps and related technologies will evolve and impact business in 2025. Part 2 covers repatriation and more.

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Tags: Analytics, Big Data, Cloud

Performance demos at Oracle CloudWorld: MySQL HeatWave Lakehouse vs. Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery, and Databricks
Oracle
July 07, 2023
MySQL HeatWave Lakehouse delivered an industry first by enabling customers to query data in object storage as fast as querying data inside the database.

How about seeing live how the performance of MySQL HeatWave Lakehouse compares to Snowflake, Amazon Redshift, Google BigQuery, and Databricks? McKnight Consulting Group will be running demos on the AMD booth at Oracle CloudWorld (booth #16) at the following times:

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Total cost of ownership: NATS vs Kafka
Airbyte
July 07, 2023
During RethinkConn 2022, Jean-Noel Moyne, Synadia’s Field CTO, presented a lightning talk Comparing & Contrasting NATS to Kafka. This has been the most popular video on the event’s YouTube playlist and led to a growing number of requests from our community for more content on this topic.

The consistent feedback we receive from customers and the community is the appreciation for NATS overall simplicity. This manifests in the ease and power of developing NATS applications as well as the operability of a NATS deployment.

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5 challenges IT faces using open source data management
TechTarget
July 07, 2023
There are a variety of open source challenges for data management software, including lack of real-time BI access, miscalculating costs and underestimating the resources required.

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Big Data Benchmark Showdown: Talend Vs. Informatica
TechTarget
May 05, 2022
Talend has acknowledged Informatica's objections to a recent big data integration benchmark test. The company has issued an invitation to Informatica to participate in creating a new benchmark test. Will Informatica agree to the challenge?

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Couchbase IPO brings NoSQL database to the stock market
Couchbase
April 01, 2022
Couchbase makes a move into the public markets with a Nasdaq listing as it continues to develop its NoSQL database technology that runs on premises and in the cloud.

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Independent Benchmark Demonstrates First Trillion-edge Knowledge Graph – Stardog Recognized for Providing Sub-Second Query Times on Hybrid, Multicloud Data
Stardog
April 01, 2022
New McKnight Consulting Group report proves the significant operational and performance gains users can achieve using Stardog’s massive knowledge graph

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Business Intelligence Journal | Vol 26, No 1
TDWI
April 01, 2022
senior editor Hugh Watson set out to better understand the daily challenges of advanced analytics (and how to respond to them) by interviewing four consultants, managers, and professionals. They identified the most important and interesting problems. You’re sure to recognize these problems in your own environment and, like Hugh, gain new perspective on the solutions.

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Cloudera Data Warehouse Demonstrates Best-in-Class Cloud-Native Price-Performance
Dataversity
September 01, 2021
Cloud data warehouses allow users to run analytic workloads with greater agility, better isolation and scale, and lower administrative overhead than ever before. With the ability to quickly provision on-demand and the lower fixed and administrative costs, the costs of operating a cloud data warehouse are driven mostly by the price-performance of the specific data warehouse platform. With pay-as-you-go pricing, platforms that deliver high-performance benefit users not only through faster results but also through direct cost savings.

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Data Architecture and Artificial Intelligence: How Do They Work Together?
Dataversity
September 01, 2020
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly gaining ground as core business competency. Today’s machine learning (ML) or deep learning (DL) algorithms promise to revolutionize business models and processes, restructure workforces, and transform data infrastructures to enhance process efficiency and improve decision-making throughout the enterprise. Gone are the days of data silos and manual algorithms.

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Top Business Intelligence and Data Analytics Influencers on Social Media
BI and Analytics Conference
September 01, 2020
Over the past few years, most companies have moved towards business intelligence (BI) and data analytics in order to make more intelligent and informed business decisions. Today, organizations of all sizes realize that business intelligence and analytics are no longer an option but a necessity if they hope to survive and stay competitive. It is no wonder that Marketwatch predicts the global market for business intelligence to rise to more than $147 billion by 2025.

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TDWI Launches New Online Resource, Upside.com
TDWI
May 05, 2016
TDWI, a division of 1105 Media, Inc., has launched a new online media property, Upside.com, to deliver timely, relevant, actionable information about how to transform data into intelligence, insight, and impact within any enterprise.

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Proving MDM’s Business Case Still a Challenge, Says Survey
IT Business Edge
May 05, 2016
You’d think master data management would be an easy sell in a world where everyone wants an accurate “360-degree” view of the customer. And certainly, that’s a leading driver of adoption.

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5 Coursewares
Master Data Management for Data Stewards
ELearningCurve
January 06, 2023
Master Data Management (MDM) is complex and challenging, but it pays great dividends when done well. The complexities of managing identities, managing hierarchies, and resolving conflicts among disparate data sources make MDM an ambitious undertaking. Add to these complexities the multi-faceted nature of MDM - with human, organizational, architectural, and technological implications - and it becomes clear that knowledge is an essential component of MDM success.

Since Data Stewards play a critical role in master data management, each steward needs a foundation of concepts, principles, terminology, and methodology of this important information management discipline. This online training course provides an overview of the field of master data management with the goal of building strong fundamental knowledge.

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MDM Fundamentals: Architecture and Implementation
ELearningCurve
January 06, 2023
Proliferation of heterogeneous systems creates a pressing need for data sharing and data consistency. When many different systems collect data about master entities – customers, products, suppliers, employees, accounts, etc. – you can be certain that you’ll find inconsistencies, conflicts, and confusion. At best, conflict and confusion leads to waste and inefficiency in business process. More severe consequences include damaged credibility and reputation when errors and inconsistencies are visible to customers, suppliers, and employees. Today’s complex business and information systems must synchronize master data. That is the role and purpose of Master Data Management (MDM) systems.

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Data Parsing, Matching and De-duplication
ELearningCurve
January 06, 2023

Data parsing, standardization, matching, and de-duplication are the cornerstones of successful Master Data Management (MDM). They are also critical parts of successful data quality programs, and are key steps in building data warehouses as well as any data integration and consolidation initiatives. You could say that today few organizations can function effectively without implementing data parsing and matching processes often in many data domains.

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Introduction to NoSQL
ELearningCurve
January 06, 2023
In this informative class, learn about the emerging class of NoSQL technologies for managing operational big data. This includes key-value, column stores, document stores and graph databases. Learn about the ideal workloads for NoSQL in enterprises and where NoSQL adds value to an enterprise information strategy. Learn how to get the projects started or dropping the “not in production” label.

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Big Data Fundamentals
ELearningCurve
January 06, 2023


Data is everywhere today. In recent years we’ve experienced an exponential increase in availability of data—an increase that is widely known as “big data.” Today’s data sources reach far beyond traditional transaction systems. They include smartphones, social media, sensor and machine data, consumer wearables, smart devices such as utility meters, and much more. Data volume is only one of the big data challenges. Data variety and velocity—many types of structured and unstructured data arriving at high speed—compound the complexities of working with big data.

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1 Executive
McKnight Associates, Inc.
Conversion Services International
May 09, 2015
William founded and grew McKnight Associates, Inc. during 1998-2005 to placement in the Inc. 500, the Dallas 100 (twice) and the Collin (county) 60. He sold the company to a public firm in 2005.

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1 Group
Pacific Northwest BI Summit
Humphrey Strategic Communications
June 06, 2019
Pacific Northwest BI & Analytics Summit, an annual weekend retreat that assembles the top industry thought leaders, vendors and media in an informal setting to discuss the latest trends and developments, as well as forecast the future.

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1 Industry Award
Ernst&Young Southwest Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist
Ernst & Young
May 01, 2015
Ernst&Young Southwest Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist is an award that recognizes the accomplishments of entrepreneurs in the Southwest region. The award honors businesses that have achieved remarkable success by demonstrating strategic vision, financial performance, innovation, and community and industry impact.

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2 Influencer Awards
Top 50 Global Thought Leaders and Influencers on Big Data 2024
Thinkers360
December 01, 2024
Here’s the Thinkers360 annual leaderboard for our top 50 global thought leaders and influencers on Big Data for 2024. Congratulations to all our Big Data influencers who participated!

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DataIQ most influential people in data
DataIQ
April 04, 2024
The first and only fully-curated power list of the most influential data and analytics practitioners. Since 2014, DataIQ has been tracking the rise of chief data officers, chief analytics officers, data scientists, data governance experts and the leaders of key vendors and service providers. Inclusion in the DataIQ 100 is a notable badge of honour that is widely referenced by the individuals who make the cut.

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4 Keynotes
The Latest Data Trends and Predictions for 2025
Dremio
November 25, 2024
Top Data Trends

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The Evolution of the Data Platform and What It Means to Data Warehousing
Astera
May 25, 2021
Business landscapes are in hyperdrive. Data volumes are exploding, modern sources are rapidly taking over old legacy systems, and organizations are continually seeking advanced analytics solutions to deliver unparalleled customer experiences and tap into new revenue streams. Amidst all the data chaos, you need an agile, well-knitted, responsive data warehouse architecture that provides information clarity, tackles complexity, and delivers accurate, trusted insights at lightspeed for game-changing decision making.

Opening a new dimension of agility, automation, and simplicity, Astera Software is introducing a next-gen data warehouse automation solution that allows businesses to go from data ingestion to BI & analytics in a matter of hours, all through a single platform.

Whether you want to build a new data warehouse or modernize a legacy architecture, we are bringing a solution that holds the key to unlock the agility and efficiency needed to drive your initiative.

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Information - The Next Natural Resource | William McKnight | TEDxUTD
YouTube
May 26, 2015
Big Data is ubiquitous and continuously growing. William reflects on the trends of Big Data and demonstrates that its not the question of how much information we have but how we use that information wisely.

William functions as Strategist, Lead Enterprise Information Architect, and Program Manager for sites worldwide utilizing the disciplines of data warehousing, master data management, business intelligence and big data. Many of his clients have gone public with their success stories.

He is author of the book “Information Management: Strategies for Gaining a Competitive Advantage with Data.”

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https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/14564
TEDx
April 12, 2005
Our theme is about looking deeper at ourselves, the world around us, and the problems we face. Topics of our event include: Public Health, Industrial Design, Virtual Reality, Big Data, Teenage Homelessness, The Self, and Theatre.

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12 Media Interviews
William McKnight: Listen to Your Data and Unlock Business Success
21st Century Entrepreneur
December 10, 2023
Learn from William McKnight, an expert in data management and analytics, about how to make better decisions based on data. William is the esteemed President of McKnight Consulting Group, specialising in data analysis and strategy projects. He is also a renowned author, speaker, and educator. Hear about insights for small to medium-sized businesses and strategies for leveraging artificial intelligence and ROI. Investing in yourself and deepening your knowledge base of enterprise data topics can be instrumental for the success of your business. From personal research & development, data warehousing, analytics, and integration to quality assurance - learn from one of the industry's leading experts! Tune in now, unlock the power of data-driven decision-making, and increase your knowledge base to drive data success in your business!

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The Future of Data Management
Data Privacy Detective
December 10, 2023
William McKnight, one of the most highly published analysts in information management, offers insights into the future of how big data and artificial intelligence are changing the world. The McKnight Consulting Group is a leading data strategy and implementation firm that helps businesses solve complex problems through the use of growing personal information databases.

Learn from this podcast who is watching us and how our personal data is collected, shared, and used. Discover new analytic uses by enterprises in master data management, how artificial intelligence mines our data to create a burgeoning array of products and services. Hear how AI and other critical technologies will change the world in the next ten years. And consider how this will affect our privacy and what we can do about it.

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189: From Data Chaos to Data Maturity – McKnight Consulting Group
Spotify
April 04, 2023
William McKnight, President at McKnight Consulting Group discusses the importance of data maturity in achieving digital transformation and the crucial role of data architects in helping organizations become data-driven.

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Gary Fowler and William McKnight: How To Combat Infobesity
YouTube
March 28, 2023
GSD Presents
How To Combat Infobesity with William McKnight


Guest:
William McKnight, Founder & President at McKnight Consulting Group

William McKnight has been recognized as the #1 global influencer in big data, cloud, and data center by Thinkers 360 and the #1 global influencer in master data management by Onalytica in 2022.
He is the Founder and President of McKnight Consulting Group, which advises many of the Global 2000 companies, including Pfizer, Verizon, UnitedHealth Group, Dell, Oracle, and Scotiabank, on ways to faster grow their businesses with big data.
They've been recognized as one of the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private companies in the US two times and their clients in 14+ countries have reaped tremendous ROI and turned data into a real corporate asset.

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AI Impact on Data Resources - Episode #89 w/William Mcknight
YouTube
March 20, 2023
Join me as I speak with William Mcknight, President of McKnight Consulting Group, about AI within data management.

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Privacy of Me - William McKnight Interview
YouTube
March 07, 2023
We discuss all things AI and ethics with William McKnight.

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My Career in Data Episode 22: William McKnight, President, McKnight Consulting Group
YouTube
March 01, 2023
Welcome back to a new episode of My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.

This week we're happy to chatting with William McKnight, the President and Founder of McKnight Consulting Group, about the importance of commitment and how his athletic pursuits have informed his perspective.

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Maximizing the Power of Enterprise Data with William McKnight
Terminal Value
January 10, 2023
Doug and William spoke about

Learn more at https://www.irawolfe.com

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Exploring Master Data Management With William McKnight
Tech Talks Daily
December 10, 2022
William McKnight has been recognized as the #1 global influencer in big data, cloud, and data center by Thinkers 360 and the #1 global influencer in master data management by Onalytica in 2022. He is the Founder and President of McKnight Consulting Group, which advises many of the Global 2000 companies, including Pfizer, Verizon, UnitedHealth Group, Dell, Oracle, and Scotiabank, on ways to grow their businesses with big data faster.

They've been recognized as one of the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private companies in the US two times and their clients in 14+ countries have reaped tremendous ROI and turned data into a real corporate asset. With over 30 years of experience, William is a highly sought-after speaker who has spoken on four continents for various organizations, including IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Bank of America, Orange South Africa, and SAP.

Listen in as we discuss personal data, who's watching you, and how they can use the data collected from you. We also discuss new analytic uses of master data management in the enterprise, how AI will significantly impact users and how organizations think about their data resources.

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Concise Leadership
Concise Leadership
December 10, 2021
Episode #31 Please join William McKnight as he discusses Being Responsible for Future Leaders and Watching People Grow! #salesleadership #podcast #leadership

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Pulsar Takes on Kafka with Uniform Architecture, Speed
The New Stack
June 06, 2021
The open source stream processing platform Pulsar has some notable architectural advantages over Kafka, which have helped to drive further support and adoption.

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What’s the Deal with Vertica TCO?
Opentext
June 06, 2021
Recently, a colleague of mine was trying to express why Vertica had such a low total cost of ownership (TCO). It’s not obvious. Our customers rave about the fast return on investment. We have a half dozen excellent case studies from third-parties showing Vertica’s ROI. But why?

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4 Miscellaneouss
ABAC vs RBAC
Immuta
June 13, 2023
The Advantage of Attribute-Based Access Control Report Debrief

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Disruptive Heroes, William McKnight
Bill Jensen
August 01, 2013
As part of the Disruptive Heroes series, William McKnight, information technology consultant, shares 1. My Favorite Disruptive Hero 2. My Favorite Disruptive Change 3. The Disruptive Change I Struggle With. See www.DisruptMovement.com for more

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William McKnight Interviews Simon Arkell
Humphrey Strategic Communications
August 01, 2013
2013 Pacific Northwest BI Summit, hosted by Scott Humphrey of Humphrey Strategic Communications.

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Peter Evans & William McKnight
Humphrey Strategic Communications
August 01, 2013
2013 Pacific Northwest BI Summit, hosted by Scott Humphrey of Humphrey Strategic Communications.

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2 Panels
Integrating GenAI into Data Analytics Workflows | Live Panel Event
Youtube
December 10, 2024
Generative AI (GenAI) is reshaping the possibilities for enterprise data analytics, enabling organizations to uncover deeper insights, accelerate decision-making, and drive innovation. However, integrating GenAI into existing data analytics workflows requires careful consideration of its unique capabilities, challenges, and impacts. From addressing data preparation and model optimization to ensuring ethical deployment and operational efficiency, the journey to incorporating GenAI is as complex as it is transformative.

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How AI is Re-Shaping Cloud Data Management
Insight Jam
April 04, 2024
Our second of five panels! Join us Thursday April 4th to learn "How AI is Re-Shaping Cloud Data Management!"

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4 Quotes
Latest version of Vdura Data Platform aimed at enterprise AI
TechTarget
November 18, 2024
Vdura Data Platform version 11 focuses on a microservices-based architecture and composable hardware for performance and capacity, which includes utilizing HDDs.

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Ensuring Enterprise Data Privacy: 2024 & Beyond | Tips From 6 Data Experts
Astera
March 03, 2024
As we approach Data Privacy Day on January 28th, it’s crucial to recognize the significance of enterprise data privacy in our increasingly digital world.

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Who’s Who in Cloud? Influential Voices & Brands
Onalytica
September 03, 2023
This category highlights influencers who are Cloud experts, and are
signed up to Onalytica’s marketplace, MyOnalytica. We analyze their
topical influence on Twitter, LinkedIn as well as how much they are
referenced within blogs and online media.

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2022 Data Access & Analytics Trendbook
Immuta
September 03, 2023
We’ve compiled a range of expert outlooks on the state of data in an effort to understand what the near future may hold. From new technologies to emerging skill sets and beyond, the ideas collected in this Trendbook point towards a world centered around the importance of data.

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12 Speaking Engagements
Bringing Data and AI to Life Podcast
Informatica
December 01, 2024
Nick Dobbins, host and Field CTO at Informatica enjoyed the company of William McKnight in this fantastic new episode of Bringing Data and AI to Life. William, President of McKnight Consulting Group has made an impact in data management and when he speaks, people take note. His work has spanned consulting, leadership, and groundbreaking research in analytics and cloud technologies. And it’s work that hasn’t gone unrewarded – he’s picked up plenty of accolades, such as being ranked #1 globally in Big Data by Thinkers 360 and being listed on the DataIQ 100.

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Competitive Analytics Architectures: Comparing the Data Mesh, Data Fabric, Data Lakehouse, and Data Cloud
Dataversity
July 24, 2024
In this session, we’ll look at some Data Architecture practices that have emerged in the past few years and are being consciously worked into many enterprise data programs. These are keepers and it will be required that we move towards them, so it’s best to mindfully work them into the environment.

Data mesh is a subdividing of the enterprise Data Architecture into subsystems manageable by non-central teams. The data fabric is a metadata-driven always-on data and pipeline manager. The data lakehouse integrates the data warehouse and the data lake. The data cloud brings widespread data to bear in a single platform.

Learn more in this session and determine which, if any, will provide value to your architecture objectives.

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William McKnight: Listen to Your Data and Unlock Business Success
21st Century Entrepreneurship
November 07, 2023
Learn from William McKnight, an expert in data management and analytics, about how to make better decisions based on data. William is the esteemed President of McKnight Consulting Group, specialising in data analysis and strategy projects. He is also a renowned author, speaker, and educator. Hear about insights for small to medium-sized businesses and strategies for leveraging artificial intelligence and ROI. Investing in yourself and deepening your knowledge base of enterprise data topics can be instrumental for the success of your business. From personal research & development, data warehousing, analytics, and integration to quality assurance - learn from one of the industry’s leading experts! Tune in now, unlock the power of data-driven decision-making, and increase your knowledge base to drive data success in your business!

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The Pros and Cons of Big Data in the Healthcare Industry with William McKnight
That Tech Pod
August 08, 2023
Today Kevin and Laura talk to William McKnight about big data in healthcare, the pros and cons of companies knowing this much about us, being a corporate influencer and much more!

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CyberSide Chats An Interview With William McKnight
Cyberside Chats
June 14, 2023
While we are all appropriately focused on #AI, there are a number of issues that must be considered to maximize the value of AI. In this podcast, I spoke to William McKnight, of McKnight Consulting Group, about how companies should think about and organize #data to begin to maximize the value of AI.

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My Career in Data
Dataversity
March 02, 2023
Welcome back to a new episode of My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.
This week we're happy to chatting with William McKnight, the President and Founder of McKnight Consulting Group, about the importance of commitment and how his athletic pursuits have informed his perspective.

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Maximizing the Power of Enterprise Data
Terminal Value
February 08, 2023
Doug and William spoke about maximizing the value of enterprise data is essential for large companies to make better decisions, it involves organizing data from different systems and extracting insights from it. This process can be costly, requiring specialized tools and skilled personnel, but is necessary.
Business owners should pay attention to the analytics to gain insights and inform strategic decisions, and having the right strategy and vision is important to know what to look for and ask.

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Data Mindset podcast
That Data Mindset
August 08, 2021
In this episode of the #datamindset series, William McKnight shares his insight around his 22 plus years in working with data.

William is the President at McKnight Consulting Group, has worked in Data Strategy & Projects, Data Analytics is an Author, Speaker and Educator.

He further shares his passion for constantly analyzing the market to help companies plan and navigate their data journey through the development of an agile mindset.

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Data Architecture for the CEO
Data Leadership for Everyone
June 17, 2021
William has advised many of the world’s best-known organizations. His strategies form the information management plan for leading companies in various industries. He is a prolific author and a popular keynote speaker and trainer. He has performed dozens of benchmarks on leading database, data lake, streaming and data integration products. William is the #1 global influencer in data warehousing and master data management and he leads McKnight Consulting Group, which has twice placed on the Inc. 5000 list.

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William McKnight Interviews Kim Dossy
Pacific Northwest BI Summit
January 06, 2021
2013 Pacific Northwest BI Summit, hosted by Scott Humphrey of Humphrey Strategic Communications.

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The Pre-Requisites for Analytics to Happen
Super Data Science
August 08, 2018
This is what William McKnight, our guest for today, wants for all the business owners, leaders, and data scientists to take note of. Listen as we talk about how data is a big asset in a company, the five levels of data maturity inside a business, and the four quadrants or aspects that should be improved inside your business!

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TDWI Las Vegas 2013 World Conference Thursday Keynote: William McKnight
TDWI
May 19, 2013
Capitalizing on Chaos: Navigating Information Management Possibilities to Build Organizational Value

Increasing data volumes and data's high utility have led to an explosion of capabilities and possibilities in the past few years. While stalwart structures of our information, like the enterprise data warehouse, remain highly supported, it is widely acknowledged that no single solution will satisfy all enterprise data management needs. Many are confused by the value of Hadoop, data warehouse appliances, and stream processing, with their seemingly conflicting value propositions for current information management infrastructure. Although storage remains historically inexpensive, costs for keeping "all data for all time" are still escalating. The key to making the correct data storage selection is understanding your workloads—current, projected, and envisioned. This practical session will organize and explore the major categories of information stores available and help you make the best choices to keep information as an unparalleled corporate asset.

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1 Steering Committee Membership
President of the Data Warehousing Institute Dallas chapter
TDWI
January 01, 1016
Represented the organization in my local community and promoted its values and mission. As President, I worked with a team of volunteers to organize and lead local events such as seminars, meetings, and social networking opportunities. Additionally, I was responsible for promoting TDWI’s educational activities, such as certification programs, and strengthening the local chapter by networking and developing relationships with vendors and other organizations.

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1 Training
Streaming data and message-oriented Middleware fundamentals /
Villanova
November 18, 2018
This video series provides an overview to the world of streaming data and message-oriented middleware. There are three clips in this series: Streaming Solutions for a Modern Enterprise Data Fabric; Performance and Scalability in Streaming; Major Players in Data Streaming.

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Tags: Analytics, Big Data, Cloud

2 Videos
William McKnight Interview with theCUBE | Teradata Possible 2023
theCUBE
October 11, 2023
theCUBE's Rob Strechay and Rebecca M. Knight interviewed William McKnight, President of McKnight Consulting Group, during Teradata Possible 2023 in Orlando. In this interview, they discussed:
- How organizations are embracing AI
- How leaders can educate their teams on AI
- LLMs and their place in the future of AI
- How to prepare yourself to embrace AI

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Demo: MySQL HeatWave Performance
Oracle
October 09, 2023
McKnight Consulting Group performed a 100 TB TPC-H benchmark of MySQL HeatWave vs. Snowflake, Amazon Redshift, Databricks, and Google BigQuery. Watch this demo video to see the query performance and price-performance comparison.

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18 Videos
Unlocking AI and Not Getting Left Behind with William McKnight of McKnight Consulting Group
Informatica
December 09, 2024
Nick Dobbins, host and Field CTO at Informatica enjoyed the company of William McKnight in this fantastic new episode of Bringing Data and AI to Life. William, President of McKnight Consulting Group has made an impact in data management and when he speaks, people take note. His work has spanned consulting, leadership, and groundbreaking research in analytics and cloud technologies. And it’s work that hasn’t gone unrewarded – he’s picked up plenty of accolades, like being ranked #1 globally in Big Data by Thinkers 360 and been listened on the DataIQ 100.

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Tags: Analytics, Big Data, Cloud

Top 50 Global Thought Leaders and Influencers on Cloud Computing 2024 - Thinkers360
Solutions Review
October 14, 2024
Top 50 Global Thought Leaders and Influencers on Cloud Computing 2024

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Demo: MySQL HeatWave Performance
MySQL
November 11, 2023
McKnight Consulting Group performed a 100 TB TPC-H benchmark of MySQL HeatWave vs. Snowflake, Amazon Redshift, Databricks, and Google BigQuery. Watch this demo video to see the query performance and price-performance comparison.

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William McKnight Interview with theCUBE | Teradata Possible 2023
The Cube
November 11, 2023
theCUBE's Rob Strechay and Rebecca M. Knight interviewed William McKnight, President of McKnight Consulting Group, during Teradata Possible 2023 in Orlando. In this interview, they discussed:
- How organizations are embracing AI
- How leaders can educate their teams on AI
- LLMs and their place in the future of AI
- How to prepare yourself to embrace AI

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Tags: Big Data, Cloud, Data Center

MDMDG 2023
IRMUK
October 14, 2023
William Mcknight, President, McKnight Consulting Group will present at the Master Data Management and Data Governance Conference Europe, 9 - 12 May 2023, London.

In his presentation, William will discuss how AI and data use are already revolutionizing how we live today, with applications in healthcare, transportation, education, and many more fields.

William will also project AI and data use into the future and make predictions about the technological advancements that will be commonplace in 25 years. In the next 25 years, we can expect to see revolutionary advancements in AI and data technologies leading to increased personal convenience, a different quality of life, an ever-evolving understanding of the world around us as well as the potential for new and unexpected risks. The near-term advancements that AI and data use are projected to bring about will undoubtedly alter the course of the world's future.

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Teradata Columnar with William McKnight
Teradata
July 07, 2023
Teradata has added Columnar capabilities ... perhaps the most significant enhancement in the last decade," says William McKnight from McKnight Consulting Group.

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Using Data in a Downturn Building Business Resiliency with Analytics with William McKnight
Actian
May 11, 2023
In today's rapidly changing business landscape, data has become a crucial asset for organizations seeking to thrive and avoid costly pitfalls. The headlines in 2023 have included the failures of major brands like Party City and Bed, Band and Beyond. Logistics issues that originated in recent years are still causing chaos for inventory levels.

With the looming threat of a recession, geopolitical instability, and rising inflation are causing uncertainty across the economy. Companies must leverage data to inform their decisions to navigate these potential headwinds effectively.

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How To Reduce Your Total Cost of Ownership for Cassandra
GigaOm
May 05, 2023
Everybody wants data without limits - infinite scale, zero-downtime and software velocity without going over budget. The weapon of choice is Apache Cassandra, but how do you control data costs and complexity without sacrificing performance? The answer to this is serverless Cassandra! No more nodes, no more servers, no more idle/wasted capacity.

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Using Automation to Build a Sustainable Data Warehousing Architecture
Astera
July 07, 2022
The complete Webinar on Using Automation to Build a Sustainable Data Warehousing Architecture.

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Peter Evans William McKnight
Strategic PR
July 07, 2022
Self-service BI use cases

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Information - The Next Natural Resource | William McKnight | TEDxUTD
Tedx
May 19, 2015
Big Data is ubiquitous and continuously growing. William reflects on the trends of Big Data and demonstrates that its not the question of how much information we have but how we use that information wisely.

William functions as Strategist, Lead Enterprise Information Architect, and Program Manager for sites worldwide utilizing the disciplines of data warehousing, master data management, business intelligence and big data. Many of his clients have gone public with their success stories.

He is author of the book “Information Management: Strategies for Gaining a Competitive Advantage with Data.”

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Tags: Cloud, Data Center, Big Data

Big Data with William McKnight
Teradata
August 28, 2014
William McKnight from McKnight Consulting Group defines big data - data that accumulates more rapidly -- structured and unstructured -- in order to get a lot of analytical value out of it. He also talks about MapReduce and Master Data Management.

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Finding Business Value in Information Management
TDWI
October 29, 2013
Interview with Julie Langenkamp-Muenkel of Information Management and William McKnight at the TDWI Las Vegas 2013 World Conference.

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Data Management Tips from William McKnight
TDWI
October 29, 2013
Visit http://tdwi.org for more information on business intelligence and data warehousing training and education.

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Disruptive Heroes, William McKnight
Bill Jensen
October 29, 2013
As part of the Disruptive Heroes series, William McKnight, information technology consultant, shares 1. My Favorite Disruptive Hero 2. My Favorite Disruptive Change 3. The Disruptive Change I Struggle With. See www.DisruptMovement.com for more

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