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Eric Avidon

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Covers:  While the majority of my experience is as a sportswriter, as a journalist I feel I can cover anything.
Doesn't Cover: None.
News Writer at TechTarget by day, dad and husband by night. I used be a sports writer, and now I'm rediscovering how wonderful it is to simply be a fan.

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In more than two decades reporting on first the financial sector and then sports, I've gotten to live my dream. I covered speeches by Alan Greenspan and Colin Powell, the Red Sox for eight years, Boston College football for 12, the World Series, Derek Jeter’s final game, and much, much more. I watched a young woman utterly crush a game-winning home run in the 12th inning of what had been a scoreless playoff game and weep as she rounded the bases, then interviewed her as tears still streamed dow…

Eric Avidon’s Journalist Portfolio

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Red Sox Beat: Champions!

Red Sox Beat: Champions!

The rancid stench of failure hung low over Fenway Park at this time a year ago. But down in the Florida sunsh…

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On Campus: Court professor

On Campus: Court professor

One after another, Leigh Dyer stood a whole two feet from the basket, shooting. Over and over. Day after day …

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Boston College's offensive performance in season opener against UMass validates heightened expect...

Boston College's offensive performance in season opener against UMass validates heightened expect...

Given the opposition, it wasn't proof that these Eagles have more firepower than last year, but it certainly …

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Boston College 35, Florida State 3: Eagles continue stunning turnaround with rout of once-mighty ...

Boston College 35, Florida State 3: Eagles continue stunning turnaround with rout of once-mighty ...

On Friday night, hosting talented but struggling Florida State, Boston College made an emphatic statement abo…

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Center of attention: Millis native Jon Baker now a leader at Boston College

Center of attention: Millis native Jon Baker now a leader at Boston College

For Jon Baker, the role came before he was really ready for it. Back when he was a freshman, the Millis nativ…

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College Football Nation: Resurrection in Death Valley

College Football Nation: Resurrection in Death Valley

They know something down here. The rest of us, well, sometimes we forget. We watch from afar, so we don't see…

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Unstructured data needed, but often untapped, for agentic AI

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By Eric Avidon 
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Unstructured data is critical in the age of AI. However, just as when most enterprise data initiatives focused on building analytics tools such as reports and dashboards, unstructured data is underutilized now that organizations are building agents and other AI applications capable of autonomously generating insights and executing business processes.
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Neo4j's GraphAware acquisition targets new customer segment

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By Eric Avidon 
| SearchDataManagement
Graph technology specialist Neo4j is taking aim at a new market with the acquisition of GraphAware, an intelligence analysis vendor whose platform caters to government agencies. Financial terms of the deal between the longtime partners, which was revealed on June 3 and is expected to close during the third quarter of 2026 following regulatory approval, were not disclosed.
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Microsoft boosts Fabric to make it a foundation for AI

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By Eric Avidon 
| SearchDataManagement
Microsoft is making Fabric a foundation for agentic AI. First launched in 2023, Fabric brought together seven previously disparate Microsoft data management and analytics capabilities, such as Data Factory and Power BI, and infused them with generative AI through early iterations of its Copilots.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Covering the stock market for a trade publication.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes.

How is social media changing news?

Social media is disseminating news to more people, but it's also creating irresponsibility with the rush to publish before facts are known.

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