All posts by Kendall Clark

A Vision for Voicebox
Kendall Clark
Mar 5, 2024, 8 minute read

Introducing Voicebox: the World’s First Conversational Data Platform. Anyone can ask any question of any data and get an accurate, timely, and trusted answer.

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Always Knowing What to Say Next
Kendall Clark
Mar 3, 2024, 2 minute read

LLMs are machines for telling people (and other machines) what to say do next. Making them a part of ongoing streams of conversation is the key to using AI successfully.

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Using RAG for Question Answering in Regulated Industries is a Bad Idea
Kendall Clark
Feb 24, 2024, 8 minute read

The current rage for RAG in LLMs and GenAI is a very dumb idea for regulated enterprises. DO NOT DO THIS.

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How AI Uses Stardog
Kendall ClarkEvren Sirin
Jul 24, 2023, 9 minute read

In our previous post we answered the question how Stardog uses AI by explaining our use of Hybrid AI with LLM to build, manage, and query knowledge graphs with ordinary language. The question today goes the other way around; how does AI use Stardog, that is, how does enterprise generative AI use an enterprise knowledge graph?

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How Stardog Uses AI
Kendall Clark
May 23, 2023, 6 minute read

Stardog was predicated on a long-term bet that data management and knowledge management were on a collision course, set out by Google, and that Knowledge Graph was the intersection point. From 2023’s perspective, it looks like our long-term bet was correct.

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What if a Semantic Layer Isn’t Just for Generic Biz Metrics Any More?
Kendall Clark
Mar 8, 2023, 4 minute read

The “metrics layer” is the oldest and foundational semantic layer use case. But there’s a new breed of semantic layer use cases that Stardog and its customers are pioneering.

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Where Does Business Logic Go?
Kendall Clark
Nov 11, 2022, 9 minute read

Let’s talk about business logic. Where should it live inside the enterprise?

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Semantic Layers: Four Characteristics that Define the Valuable New Approach
Kendall Clark
Nov 11, 2022, 11 minute read

The secret to data analytics success today is a democratized, self-service data platform, and that’s only possible when you leverage a semantic layer to shift from columns to concepts.

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Reflections on the 2022 Data & AI Summit
Kendall Clark
Jul 19, 2022, 5 minute read

A trip report reflecting on the highlights of the 2022 Data & AI Summit. We discuss Spark Connect, Delta Lake 2.0, Databricks Unity Data Catalog, and Partner Connect. Databricks has mapped out a path to the future, and Stardog is well-aligned with our partner Databricks’ worldview.

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Connected Enterprises Care about Meaning, Not about Data
Kendall Clark
Nov 17, 2020, 6 minute read

Announcing Stardog Cloud, the industry’s first cloud-native Enterprise Knowledge Graph platform. The key to thriving in the hybrid multicloud world is to build a reusable, resilient data fabric that can keep pace not only with well-understood, scoped projects but also to address unanticipated questions. That’s the real reason why Stardog goes everywhere the data is—on-prem and in the cloud.

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Stardog Joins the Enterprise Knowledge Graph Foundation
Kendall Clark
Sep 30, 2020, 3 minute read

We’re proud to announce that Stardog is joining the Enterprise Knowledge Graph Foundation as a founding vendor member. Read on if you want to learn who, what, and why.

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Create your Digital Twin with an Enterprise Knowledge Graph
Kendall Clark
Jul 27, 2020, 7 minute read

To succeed with a digital twin strategy, you need a machine-understandable model of the business. That’s where an Enterprise Knowledge Graph platform like Stardog comes into play.

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Announcing Stardog 7
Kendall Clark
Aug 4, 2019, 5 minute read

Today we’re happy to announce the GA release of Stardog 7, including new low-level storage engine based on RocksDB. Read on for the glorious details.

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The Secret to Digital Transformation
Kendall Clark
Apr 3, 2019, 7 minute read

There is a secret key to unlocking digital transformation’s business value. The secret isn’t in the data; the secret is the data.

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Open Public Data
Kendall Clark
Feb 1, 2019, 5 minute read

Stardog is a great way to implement the new OPEN Government Data Act. Let’s learn why and how.

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2018 in Review
Kendall Clark
Dec 24, 2018, 6 minute read

Time to look at our 2018 progress. What’s the state of Stardog for 2019?

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Unconnected Data is a Liability
Kendall Clark
Nov 13, 2018, 11 minute read

The biggest challenge for enterprise IT is connecting data because unconnected data is a liability.

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Manufacturing Knowledge
Kendall Clark
May 31, 2018, 5 minute read

Manufacturing and supply chain use cases love Stardog’s Knowledge Graph platform. Let’s dive in!

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Stardog 5 Released!
Kendall Clark
Jun 22, 2017, 2 minute read

We’re happy to announce Stardog 5 GA release, the world’s leading Knowledge Graph platform for the Enterprise.

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Stardog 5 RC1 Released
Kendall Clark
May 31, 2017, 2 minute read

Stardog 5 RC1 includes cutting-edge machine learning and a new monitoring system.

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The Benefits of Learning
Pedro OliveiraKendall Clark
May 31, 2017, 3 minute read

We’ve integrated machine learning in Stardog 5. And now you’ll learn the rest of the story.

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Stardog 5 Beta Released
Kendall Clark
May 8, 2017, 2 minute read

Stardog 5 beta is out and ready to turn your data into an Enterprise Knowledge Graph.

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9 Reasons Stardog 5 is Awesome
Kendall Clark
Apr 26, 2017, 11 minute read

We’re prepping Stardog 5 beta for release. If data silos rule everything around you, then you need to build a Knowledge Graph with Stardog 5.

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Discourse about Stardog
Kendall Clark
Feb 7, 2017, 2 minute read

We’re moving the Stardog community support forum from Google to Discourse, and we’re adding comments to this blog.

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Reviewing 2016, Previewing 2017
Kendall Clark
Jan 10, 2017, 6 minute read

Year-end reviews, and year-beginning previews, offer us an opportunity for sober reflection on the three fundamental questions of any cooperative, rational human endeavor: What do we know? What should we do? What can we hope?

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Stardog 4.2—Docs on Lockdown!
Kendall Clark
Sep 21, 2016, 2 minute read

We’re happy to announce the release of Stardog 4.2, our first major release since closing our first funding round in July. Complete release notes are available. Let’s review the highlights.

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Stardog Raises a Seed Round
Kendall Clark
Jul 27, 2016, 5 minute read

Our mission is to unify all enterprise data in a single, coherent graph managed by Stardog. After 18 months of great revenue growth, we decided to raise capital. You won’t believe what happened next…

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Unifying Unstructured Data
Kendall ClarkJess Balint
Jul 26, 2016, 4 minute read

Our mission is to unify all enterprise data in a single, coherent graph managed by Stardog, which includes, crucially at some organizations, unstructured data. Let’s preview upcoming Stardog features to make unstructured data unification much easier.

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A Preview of Stardog 4
Kendall Clark
Jul 15, 2015, 3 minute read

Let’s preview the big changes coming in Stardog 4. Watch this space for the release soon.

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Simpler Graphs in Stardog 3
Kendall Clark
Apr 23, 2015, 4 minute read

A reason many graph databases don’t offer reasoning is that it is difficult to engineer correctly. Most vendors simply don’t have the skill or expertise required to do it right.

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Stardog 3.0 Released
Kendall Clark
Mar 23, 2015, 2 minute read

Today we’re happy to announce the release of Stardog 3.0.

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A Preview of Stardog 3
Kendall ClarkEvren SirinMike GroveFernando HernandezEdgar RodriguezPavel Klinov
Jan 22, 2015, 10 minute read

Stardog 3 is the result of more than 10,000 commits and it’s headed this way. Let’s preview the goodness.

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Scalability Improvements in Stardog 2.1
Kendall Clark
Jan 10, 2014, 5 minute read

The upcoming Stardog 2.1 release improves query scalability by about 3 orders of magnitude and can handle 50 billion triples on a $10,000 server.

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Stardog 1.2
Kendall Clark
Apr 22, 2013, 3 minute read

Earlier today we released Stardog 1.2 which you can download for evaluation right now.

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Stardog: What's Coming Next?
Kendall Clark
Sep 27, 2012, 4 minute read

Stardog is on the move; we got Stardog 1.0 out the door without anyone dying; we’ve got customers; people are using it; and we released Stardog Community, too.

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Stardog 1.0
Kendall Clark
Jun 18, 2012, 2 minute read

Today I’m happy to announce the release of Stardog 1.0, the fastest, smartest, and easiest to use RDF database on the planet. Stardog fills a hole in the Semantic Technology (and NoSQL database) market for an RDF database that is fast, zero config, lightweight, and feature-rich.

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Stardog 0.9 Release
Kendall Clark
Feb 23, 2012, 2 minute read

We’re happy to announce the release of Stardog 0.9, the first feature-complete version of Stardog.

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Stardog Performance: SP2B Benchmark
Kendall Clark
May 31, 2011, 3 minute read

As you may already know, we’re working hard on Stardog, our upcoming RDF database. It’s presently in closed alpha testing (55 testers), at version 0.5.3, and progressing rapidly.

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Invitation to Stardog Beta
Kendall Clark
Jan 10, 2011, 2 minute read

Stardog is a fast, lightweight RDF database. Today we’re announcing limited access to our beta testing program, in preparation for the 1.0 release. If you’re interested in beta-testing Stardog, drop me an email.

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The RDF Database Market
Kendall Clark
Sep 23, 2010, 7 minute read

Update: Stardog is our entry into the commercial RDF database market. There’s plenty of talk about the purely technical aspects of RDF databases but considerably less talk about the RDF database market as a commercial software business.

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