Exploring The Benefits Of VR For Collaborative Work
  • October 3, 2023

Exploring the Benefits of VR for Collaborative Work

Since university, I've been very much interested in virtual reality. Since then, VR gear has been rather expensive and hard to come by. Nowadays, this is not the case. I was gifted with a Quest 1 by my wife and my investigation into VR began, mostly for entertainment. Work topics were only an afterthought,…

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National Intern Day: A Look At The Actian Summer Internship Experience
  • July 27, 2023

National Intern Day: A Look at the Actian Summer Internship Experience

Happy National Intern Day! As a returning intern who has spent two memorable summers at Actian, I am excited to share what sets Actian apart and how their internship program is truly exceptional.  One aspect of the program I absolutely adore is the in-person orientation. Unlike many remote companies, Actian offers a unique opportunity…

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A Look Inside The Actian Internship Program
  • May 16, 2023

A Look Inside the Actian Internship Program

The Actian internship program offers an engaging, unique, and educational opportunity for college students to learn, expand their skill sets, and make connections in the data analytics industry. The program started in 2020, but is already proving to be successful for dozens of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students, as well as students…

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Actian Employees Give Back For Earth Day
  • May 4, 2023

Actian Employees Give Back for Earth Day

As a company that strongly believes in making human connections and embracing corporate social responsibility, Actian supports employees who volunteer their time and talents to help their communities. Our staff members around the globe are using volunteer time off to inspire positive change by building stronger communities. For example, many of our employees recently…

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Steffen Kläbe Wins Best Paper At 2023 EDBT/ICDT Conference
  • April 19, 2023

Steffen Kläbe Wins Best Paper at 2023 EDBT/ICDT Conference

We’d like to recognize Steffen Kläbe, a Research Engineer at Actian in llmenau (Thuringia, Germany). He attended the 2023 joint conference by EDBT/ICDT in Greece, one of the top database conferences worldwide, where he presented two research papers. For his research on Patched Multi-Key Partitioning for Robust Query Performance he received an award for…

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Actian’s Hamburg, Germany Team Volunteers At Local Food Bank
  • April 11, 2023

Actian’s Hamburg, Germany Team Volunteers at Local Food Bank

At Actian, we believe that giving back to the community is an essential part of our corporate social responsibility. That's why the local team in Hamburg, Germany, was thrilled to have the opportunity to volunteer at a local food bank.   On the volunteer day, they were greeted by Deacon Franz Sauerteig and other volunteers.…

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Leadership At Actian: Expert Advice For Women In STEM
  • March 8, 2023

Leadership at Actian: Expert Advice for Women in STEM

Empowering women in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) is important year-round and can reap significant rewards for businesses and individual employees. These efforts are especially important today—International Women’s Day—and throughout March, which is Women’s History Month and Gender Equality Month. Actian has a rich history of supporting women in the many types of…

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What Makes An Innovative IT Leader? These Are The Top Skills To Hone
  • November 28, 2022

What Makes an Innovative IT Leader? These Are the Top Skills to Hone

Technology leaders face a plethora of new challenges as they attempt to deliver novel solutions and adapt to change more quickly. Obstacles include budget cuts due to inflation, technical skills shortages, and repercussions from rushing recent technology adoption, which can lead to security gaps, compatibility issues, poor performance, and much more. However, IT leaders…

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Becoming An Emotionally Intelligent Leader
  • November 18, 2022

Becoming an Emotionally Intelligent Leader

Leaders across every organization learned valuable lessons about leading their teams more thoughtfully during the pandemic. Here at Actian, we learned that being a flexible, adaptable, and empathetic leader goes a long way in building trust with our teams. The pandemic and resulting seismic shift in how we interact with our colleagues shed light…

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Actian Is A Timmy Awards Finalist
  • October 21, 2022

Actian is a Timmy Awards Finalist

Source: Timmy Award submission We have exciting news to share: Actian has been named a finalist in two categories for Tech in Motion’s 8th Annual Timmy Awards! We’ve been selected as top contenders in both the “Best Tech Enterprise Employer” and “Best Tech Work Culture” categories. Since the Timmy Awards launched in 2015, their…

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Intern Summer Snapshot #4
  • August 24, 2022

Intern Summer Snapshot #4

Written By: Madeline Heath, Marketing Intern The fourth week of August signals the final week of our 2022 summer internship session. Our interns have spent the last 11 weeks contributing in engineering, finance, technical course development, marketing, and people. For the fourth and final installment of our Intern Summer Series, we take an in-depth…

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Intern Summer Snapshot #3
  • August 18, 2022

Intern Summer Snapshot #3

With August in full swing, our 2022 summer internship is coming to a close. Our interns have spent the last 10 weeks contributing to different teams throughout Actian. For the third installment of our Intern Summer Series, we take an in depth look at what our interns, Madeline Heath and Gabrielle Kray, have been…

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Intern Summer Snapshot – #2
  • August 11, 2022

Intern Summer Snapshot – #2

For the month of August, we will be sharing a weekly post about our interns, their insights into the program, and how they’ve been developing their professional skills. For the second installment of our Intern Summer Series, we take an in depth look at what our interns, Andi Wagner, Ashwin Ramakrishna, and Josh Reyes…

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Intern Summer Snapshot – #1
  • August 4, 2022

Intern Summer Snapshot – #1

The first week of August kicks off our Intern Summer Series! For the month of August, we will share a weekly post about our interns, their insights into the 12-week virtual program, and how their internship has helped develop professional skills. First up, we have our wonderful Cloud Operations Analyst Intern, Henry McKinney, and…

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