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Judging at the International Customer Experience Awards 2021

Ronald Rong, Senior Customer Success Manager
September 20, 2021

The International Customer Experience Awards (ICXA®) celebrates the incredible work done by Customer Experience (CX) professionals all over the world. Awards International – the world’s premier awards event organization with offices in the UK, United Arab Emirates, and Serbia – has been leading the charge on CX since they founded the first event of this...

First annual “Data Disruptors Awards” caps Vertica Unify 2021

Mike Perrow, Senior Product Marketing Writer/Editor
July 27, 2021

“Vertica has been powering the world’s data disruptors for a decade, including companies that have created new industries, and have had an impact on the environment, and on the health of humans and animals.” Those were the opening comments by Joy King, Vertica’s VP of Product and Go-to-Market Strategy, at Thursday morning’s opening session for...

DataGals Panel reveals common workplace biases, but also opportunities

Mike Perrow, Senior Product Marketing Writer/Editor
July 23, 2021

  Representing five different time zones, and committed to sharing their thoughts and guidance based on the success they’ve achieved in their careers, five women gathered live and online Thursday, July 22 to discuss their experiences in high tech. Here's how they appeared in this virtual panel discussion: Far left: Joy King, VP of Product...

Vertica Unify 2021 – Day 2 keynote spotlights a noble cause

Mike Perrow, Senior Product Marketing Writer/Editor
July 21, 2021

At Vertica Unify 2021, the focus this week has been on the techniques and best practices around data analytics. Naturally. There’s a lot of technology to cover in this space, and we’re delighted to have so many of the best and brightest minds in virtual attendance, helping us deliver, explain, and demonstrate these things. And,...

Vertica 11 announced at Unify 2021: Delivering on vision of Unified Analytics

Mike Perrow, Senior Product Marketing Writer/Editor
July 20, 2021

Introduced by Joy King, Vertica’s VP of Product & GTM Strategy, Colin Mahony, SVP and General Manager of Vertica, kicked off today’s Vertica Unify 2021 by explaining Vertica’s founding philosophy and sharing “some of the advancements we’ve made most recently, as well as the direction we’re going in future.” That included the announcement of Vertica...

Partners Showcase Solutions at Vertica Unify ’21

Jeff Healey, Sr Director, Vertica Product Marketing at Micro Focus
June 21, 2021

Registrations for Vertica Unify ’21 are rapidly climbing as we anticipate thousands of data experts to convene for the analytics event of the year. Vertica customers have long adopted a "best tool for the job" approach – and that goes beyond choosing Vertica to accelerate analytics and machine learning at scale. Success often requires our...

Join us in the Vertica Unify Developer Lounge: An interview with Vertica’s CTO Chuck Bear

Joy King, VP Product & GTM Strategy, Vertica
May 10, 2021

Every Vertica conference provides users and big data enthusiasts an opportunity to network with their peers in data analytics. But for attendees to find the exact Vertica engineer for questions and answers, there’s nothing like the popular Developer Lounge, which returns this year at Vertica Unify 2021. It’s the place for Vertica users to meet...

Be inspired by the best – DataGals Panel at Vertica Unify 2021

Joy King, VP Product & GTM Strategy, Vertica
April 27, 2021

Over the years, I’ve had the honor to work with a variety of women who have a passion for software development, product management, data science, and analytics. These are all very technical career paths, and as women, we know we’ll be in the minority, often the only woman in the room or on the team....

More than Just a New Name – Vertica Unify 2021 is Now Open to Free Registration

Joy King, VP Product & GTM Strategy, Vertica
March 31, 2021

Since the early 1990s, the term “Big Data” has been widely used, even as the definition has changed from gigabytes to petabytes and beyond. For Vertica, the focus is not just about data, or data clouds, or data lakes, but instead, it’s about the power and the potential of a unified analytics—driven world. Data will...
Who's awesome? BDC is awesome!

Top 10 Highlights from the Virtual Vertica BDC 2020

Jeff Healey, Sr Director, Vertica Product Marketing at Micro Focus
April 14, 2020

While it was a difficult decision to take the Vertica Big Data Conference 2020 virtual, the registration numbers, session reviews, and overall feedback confirmed that this was our most successful BDC ever! If you did not have a chance to register or missed any of the sessions, no worries. All sessions were recorded and PDFs...
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Vertica Engineers Go Deep at Vertica BDC – Last Chance to Register!

Paige, Vertica Open Source Relations Manager
March 30, 2020

I have had the privilege over the last few weeks to work with the Vertica engineering team as they developed, practiced and polished their presentations for the virtual Vertica Big Data Conference. Years back, I was an engineer, and spent the vast majority of my days alone in an office writing, compiling and testing code....

Uber, The Trade Desk, and Other Exciting Presenters at Virtual Vertica BDC 2020

Mike Perrow, Senior Product Marketing Writer/Editor
March 16, 2020

Ever wonder how Uber, the world’s largest ride-hailing service, manages communications and billing for hundreds of thousands of inquiries and rides per day? Or how ad-tech companies like The Trade Desk process those ad bidding wars in milliseconds, the ones that end with a display ad on your screen that’s eerily relevant to your web...