Matt Asay, Author at TechRepublic

Matt Asay

Bio

Matt Asay is a veteran technology columnist who has written for CNET, ReadWrite, and other tech media. Asay has also held a variety of executive roles with leading mobile and big data software companies.

Latest from Matt Asay

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Big Data

Data democratization tips for your business

The data talent pool is not keeping up with data project demand. With these tips, learn to combat the shortage with business data democratization.

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Big Data

Best practices for data center migration

If you're planning a large-scale data center migration, use this guide to plan for a successful move.

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Big Data

Top 5 data migration trends

Review the top data migration trends that could impact your organization in 2023 to ensure you're in the know.

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CXO

Fix tech staffing with rightsizing, not layoffs

With the latest downturn in the tech industry, analysts urge for rightsizing rather than laying off IT staff.

Cloud

Taming troubleshooting at the cloud-native ‘connectivity layer’

Diagnosing the health of connections between modern API-driven applications is a beast. Isovalent and Grafana Labs are working to give platform teams simpler options.

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Big Data

Best practices for data preparation in machine learning

These best practices are designed to help your data preparation initiatives in machine learning.

Big Data

A guide to the 10 most common data modeling mistakes

Data models are used to represent real-world entities, but they often have limitations. Avoid these common data modeling mistakes to keep data integrity.

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Software

How open source is disrupting video and making it friendlier for developers

After decades of proprietary stovepipes for media players and back-end video infrastructure, a new open source abstraction from Mux may liberate developers.

Big Data

Helpful strategies for improving data quality in data lakes

Ingesting large volumes of disparate data can yield a rich source of information — but it's also a recipe for data chaos. Use these tips to improve data quality as your data lake grows.

Big Data

Benefits of working with open source data quality solutions

From verifying the quality of incoming data to improving the quality of existing data, open-source data quality solutions can benefit your organization.

PURPOSE Every department, regardless of size, needs to employ and account for depreciation — particularly if that department manages assets such as laptops, servers, and production machinery. How else are you going to know when it’s time to purchase new equipment? With the help of this worksheet from TechRepublic Premium, you’ll be able to calculate ...

PURPOSE Collaboration tools exist within a wide range of services, from voice calls to version control systems and everything in between. But for average enterprise businesses, the tools that make work-life exponentially easier are the basics: Voice. Video. Screen sharing. LDAP integration. Web and mobile apps. Third-party integration. Your business might be able to get ...

PURPOSE Some of the most important tools in business are used for collaboration. Without these types of solutions, your staff would struggle to remain as productive as needed. TechRepublic Premium dug into some of the top collaboration tools on the market as a comparison to help you know which offers the tools you need and ...

Matt Asay

Data democratization tips for your business

Best practices for data center migration

Top 5 data migration trends

Fix tech staffing with rightsizing, not layoffs

Taming troubleshooting at the cloud-native ‘connectivity layer’

Best practices for data preparation in machine learning

A guide to the 10 most common data modeling mistakes

How open source is disrupting video and making it friendlier for developers

Helpful strategies for improving data quality in data lakes

Benefits of working with open source data quality solutions

Computer hardware depreciation calculator

Comparison chart: Enterprise collaboration tools

Comparison guide: Top enterprise collaboration tools

Hiring Kit: Database engineer