Vector Database 101: Resources and Events to Learn about Vector DBs in 2024
Tags: vectordatabase, beginners, opensource, tutorial
Published: 2024-01-18 19:32:01

## In this post, we will cover: 

- Vector Database 101
- LlamaIndex Integrates with Zilliz Cloud Pipelines
- Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card 
- Upcoming events

## 🧠 Vector Database 101 

Vector databases experienced a flood of interest in 2023. They play a critical role in the most popular LLM application: chatbots. Did you know that is only a small portion of what vector databases can be used for though? They can also be used for product recommendations, chemical analysis, reverse image search, and more.

Why? Because the primary use case of vector databases is to allow you to work with unstructured data. 

Learn about vector databases through these resources: 

📹 [Webinar Replay: Vector Database 101 Crash Course ](https://zilliz.com/event/vector-database-101-crash-course/success?utm_source=referral&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=2024-01-11_webinar_vector-db-crash-course&utm_content=devto) 
📖 [Learn series: Vector Database 101](https://zilliz.com/learn/introduction-to-unstructured-data?utm_source=referral&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=2024-01-18_linkedin-newsletter-repost_devto)
🗒️ [Top 5 Vector Database Videos of 2023](https://dev.to/zilliz/top-5-vector-database-videos-of-2023-26hc)


## LlamaIndex 🤝 Zilliz Cloud Pipelines

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[Zilliz Cloud Pipelines](https://zilliz.com/zilliz-cloud-pipelines?utm_source=referral&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=2024-01-18_product_zcp-campaign_zilliz&utm_content=devto) is a one-stop solution designed to simplify and streamline the transformation of unstructured data into optimized vector embeddings.

With a simple API call, you can… 

- Host rhetorical solutions
- Write working Dockerfiles
- Resolve conflicting dependencies
- Maintain a k8s cluster 

You can now use Zilliz Cloud Pipelines as a managed index in LlamaIndex 🤝! Here is the demo showing how: [Managed Index with Zilliz Cloud Pipelines - LlamaIndex 🦙 0.9.27](https://docs.llamaindex.ai/en/latest/examples/managed/zcpDemo.html#) 

## 💵 Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card 

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Whether you use open source Milvus or you’re a valued Zilliz Cloud customer, we’d love it if you shared your experience with others through a review on G2!🌟 As a token of our thanks, we are sending a $25 Amazon gift card to the first 50 published Zilliz reviews. 🤩 Milvus users that get their review published will be entered to win one of five gift cards.

[Get the details](https://zilliz.com/g2?utm_source=referral&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=2024-01-18_community_g2-review-campaign_zilliz&utm_content=devto)!

## Upcoming Events 

**Jan 25: Tutorial: Diving into Text Embedding Models** (_virtual_)


![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/2eg1t41g9knivzmba1k4.png)

Frank Liu, Head of AI/ML at Zilliz, will be diving into the theory behind long-form text embeddings in a short presentation and then he will give a tutorial on utilizing the "sentence-transformers" library in an actual application. 

🎥 Register [here](https://zilliz.com/event/tutorial-text-embedding-models?utm_source=referral&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=2024-01-25_webinar_text-embedding-models&utm_content=devto).

**Jan 30-31: Epic AI Dev Summit** (_virtual_) 

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Yujian Tang, Developer Advocate at Zilliz, will be speaking at Epic AI Dev Summit, a 2-day online conference! This conference is great for AI developers, data scientists, engineers, CTOs and tech team leads to learn how to introduce the newest technologies to your work. 

🎥 Get tickets [here](https://www.epicaidev.com/#tickets)!

**Feb 1: Delivering the Most Performant Vector Search with Zilliz Cloud Webinar** (_online_)

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James Luan, VP of Engineering at Zilliz, will explore the latest enhancements in Zilliz Cloud, the most performant managed vector database built atop open-source Milvus. Tailored for developers and technical professionals, this session will delve into the forefront of vector database innovation. This webinar is a must-attend for developers and AI professionals looking to deepen their understanding of vector database trends and advancements.

🎥 [Reserve your spot today](https://zilliz.com/event/zilliz-cloud-product-launch?utm_source=referral&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=2024-02-01_webinar_zilliz-product-launch&utm_content=devto) and be part of the future of vector database technology!

**Feb 15: Build Better Multimodal RAG Pipelines with FiftyOne, LlamaIndex, and Milvus Webinar** (_online_)

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/4079mp0yr6cm8pip9js5.png)

Jacob Marks will be sharing how to compare and evaluate multimodal retrieval techniques so that you can build a highly performant multimodal RAG pipeline with your data. The data-centric application we will be using is entirely free and open source, leveraging FiftyOne for data management and visualization, Milvus as a vector store, and LlamaIndex for LLM orchestration. 

🎥 Register [here](https://zilliz.com/event/multimodal-rag-pipelines?utm_source=referral&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=2024-02-15_webinar-voxel51-multimodal-rag-pipelines&utm_content=devto).

**Feb 20: Unstructured Data Meetup San Francisco** (_in-person_)

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Our February Unstructured Data Meetup in San Francisco will be at GitHub again and will have talks from Open AI, Arize, and a contributor to ANN-Benchmarks! Come by to learn about LLM System Evaluations and Observability from Jason Lopatecki, the CEO of Arize, and more. 

This event is co-sponsored by Zilliz and Arize.

👥 Save your spot by registering [here](https://lu.ma/7ao1dce0)!


See you soon!


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