2022 was an eventful year for the data industry. As global companies became sharply focused on getting the most out of their data assets, the companies that provided the infrastructure for the data stack took crucial steps to evolve their offerings. Snowflake and Databricks submitted multiple industry-specific offerings as well as new feature sets, while Teradata made a move to take on both. Questions about privacy in the metaverse also drew attention.

Here are VentureBeat’s top five data stories of 2022:

Teradata takes on Snowflake and Databricks with a cloud-native platform

In August, Teradata introduced two new offerings, VantageCloud Lake and ClearScape Analytics, to enhance…