NeuroBlade Joins Presto Foundation: Pioneering Hardware Acceleration for Faster Data Analytics

NeuroBlade Joins Presto Foundation: Pioneering Hardware Acceleration for Faster Data Analytics

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NeuroBlade, known for its SQL Processing Unit (SPU) designed to accelerate data analytics, has joined the Presto Foundation. This partnership underscores NeuroBlade’s commitment to pushing the boundaries of open-source support for hardware acceleration, thereby enhancing Presto’s robust capabilities. By aligning with the Presto community’s drive to transcend traditional hardware limitations through sophisticated software optimizations, NeuroBlade…

Top 3 reasons why you should attend PrestoCon 2023: Halloween Edition 

Top 3 reasons why you should attend PrestoCon 2023: Halloween Edition 

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Two days of Presto, hands-on workshops, and Prestissimo…oh my!  Happy Halloween, Presto community!  Over the last few weeks, I’ve had people reach out to ask more about PrestoCon 2023, so I figured I’d write a blog to share my thoughts. First, a quick overview:  When: December 5-6th, 2023 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View,…

Recapping PrestoCon Day 2023 – Presto for the Data Lakehouse, Presto at scale

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Just a few weeks ago we hosted PrestoCon Day, our annual virtual community conference. Thank you to everyone who attended – it was an awesome day! We had a fantastic agenda with many Presto users sharing why they chose Presto and how they’re using it to power some pretty sizable workloads. Sign up for the…

Denodo Joins the Presto Foundation

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We are pleased to announce that Denodo Technologies has joined the Presto Foundation. The Denodo Platform is a popular data management platform based on the concept of data virtualization and logical data models, which includes capabilities for data integration, privacy, governance, and data cataloging. Denodo is often used to implement logical and distributed data architectures…

IBM joins the Presto Foundation through acquisition of Ahana

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Today we’re thrilled to share that IBM has acquired Ahana, the venture-backed SaaS for Presto startup company, and we want to write more about our belief in Open Source and why IBM and Ahana are joining forces for the benefit of Presto. We believe that this is an exciting time for the Presto project. We’re…

A recap of PrestoCon 2022 – Bringing Data Lakehouse Analytics to Life (plus a special video recap)

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Last month the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, reverberated with “all things Presto,” at our PrestoCon 2022 conference. Back for the third time—and the first time post-pandemic—PrestoCon was ground zero for training, knowledge sharing, and inspiration about the open-source Presto for data analytics and lakehouses, as well as for the vibrant Presto community….

Presto Foundation and PrestoDB: Our Commitment to the Presto Open Source Community

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We recently wrapped up an amazing PrestoCon Day attended by over 600 people from across the globe. The technical discussions and the panel was a clear indication of the growing community. We showcased a number of features contributed by various companies that continue to advance the mission of Presto open source, reiterating our commitment to…

PrestoCon and Growing Industry Consortium – Intel and Upsolver Join Presto Foundation

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Presto Foundation joined the Linux Foundation over a year ago, and has been focused on growing the Presto open source project and community. We encourage industry involvement with an open charter, clear guiding principles, and community-oriented goals. We recently hosted PrestoCon 2020, our first annual community conference, which was widely attended and well represented by…

Announcing PrestoCon 2020: Advancing the Big Data Ecosystem with Presto

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On March 24, 2020 in San Mateo, the Presto Foundation, in partnership with The Linux Foundation, will be hosting the organization’s first-ever PrestoCon. The event, one of the first Presto-focused full-day conferences ever held, will feature speakers from Uber, Facebook, and Twitter, as well as tech talks from other major Presto contributors and enthusiasts. Presto,…

Join Us! Growing the Presto Foundation in 2020 and Beyond

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The Presto Foundation (PF) was established in September 2019 as an openly governed and vendor-neutral body dedicated to scaling and diversifying the Presto community. Hosted by the Linux Foundation, PF and its Governing Board are in a unique position to make Presto the fastest and the most reliable SQL engine for massively distributed data processing….

Presto now hosted under the Linux Foundation

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We are excited to announce today, in partnership with Alibaba, Facebook, Twitter, and Uber, the launch of the Presto Foundation, a non-profit organization under the umbrella of the Linux Foundation. Hosting by the Linux Foundation opens up the Presto community to a broader ecosystem of users and contributors. The Presto Foundation’s open and neutral governance…