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Presto is an open source distributed SQL query engine for running interactive analytic queries against data sources of all sizes ranging from gigabytes to petabytes. Due to its unique advantages, Presto has quickly become a…

In my previous post, I gave a brief history of big data evolution and reviewed the inevitable compromises one must make when choosing a big data tool. In this article, I’m happy to unveil how we…

The Big Data Evolution I’ve held leadership positions in tech companies for over 20 years. Like many others, I’ve seen how data rose dramatically in scale and importance. Unfortunately, data management has become increasingly more complex in…

Improving JOINs in Presto by an order of magnitude By using dynamic filtering via run-time predicate pushdown, we can significantly optimize highly-selective inner-joins. Introduction Varada is a fast SQL analytics platform for data lakes on…

Varada is great for BI on the cloud Varada is a platform for fast data analytics on cloud data lakes. Which is a long way to say how much we love and help BI on…

Community, noun: “A feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attributes, interests, and goals” The fun picture you see here was taken at the first lecture of the First international Presto summit…