Data Center Management Articles
Leostream Corporation is unveiling Leostream Privileged Remote Access, a new service for managing and securing enterprise resources accessed by third-parties, including external contractors, service providers, and other non-employees.
Posted January 28, 2025
Atomicwork, a leading innovator in agentic service management solutions for enterprise IT, is announcing the completion of its Series A funding round, having raised $25 million.
Posted January 28, 2025
Commvault is debuting a new integration with the AI-native CrowdStrike Falcon cybersecurity platform that is designed to introduce another layer of enterprise security amid a rapidly evolving threat landscape.
Posted January 27, 2025
Jeff Vestal, principal customer enterprise architect at Elastic, joined DBTA's webinar, Beyond RAG basics: Strategies and best practices for implementing RAG, to explore best practices, patterns, and techniques for delivering superior RAG performance.
Posted January 27, 2025
Egnyte is announcing a series of new patents and product features—as well as a new generative AI (GenAI)-powered assistant—for securing and easing the management of mission-critical data.
Posted January 24, 2025
Qdrant is debuting its platform-independent GPU-accelerated vector indexing, solving indexing bottlenecks for large data use cases.
Posted January 24, 2025
ZuriQ is announcing that it has raised $4.2 million in an effort to commercialize its revolutionary new architecture designed to disrupt quantum computing's scaling limits.
Posted January 23, 2025
Progress is unveiling Progress Data Cloud, a centralized Data Platform as a service designed to improve data and AI operations in the cloud without the complexity of infrastructure management.
Posted January 23, 2025
LogicMonitor is announcing a strategic partnership with OpenAI that will enhance LogicMonitor's capacity to deliver more actionable data, intelligent automation, scalability, and efficiency for IT teams.
Posted January 22, 2025
OpenAI is partnering with Arm, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Oracle to form the Stargate Project—a new company which intends to invest $500 billion over the next four years building new AI infrastructure for OpenAI in the United States. According to an announcement by OpenAI, the project will begin deploying $100 billion immediately.
Posted January 22, 2025
A day in the life of a DBA (database administrator) can be quite hectic. The DBA is required to maintain production and test environments while at the same time keeping an eye on active application development projects, attending strategy and design meetings, helping to select and evaluate new products, and keeping legacy systems robust and stable, while ensuring access from new systems.
Posted January 22, 2025
Red Hat, Inc., a leading provider of open source solutions, announced general availability of Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Engine, a new edition of Red Hat OpenShift that provides a dedicated way for organizations to access the virtualization functionality already available within Red Hat OpenShift.
Posted January 21, 2025
BMC is releasing a variety of updates to the BMC AMI portfolio, breaking new ground in enabling what is possible on the mainframe from a new approach to secondary data storage to the inclusion of artificial intelligence (AI) that enhances productivity and efficiency.
Posted January 21, 2025
ThoughtSpot is debuting Analyst Studio, a creator space designed to help data teams accelerate their data readiness for AI and analytics.
Posted January 20, 2025
Pure Storage, the IT pioneer that delivers the world's most advanced data storage technology and services, is expanding its strategic collaboration with Micron Technology, Inc., a global leader in memory and storage solutions, to enable high-capacity and energy-efficient solutions that hyperscalers require using Micron G9 QLC NAND for future DirectFlash Module products.
Posted January 20, 2025
President Joe Biden issued an executive order to provide federal support to address massive energy needs for fast-growing advanced artificial intelligence data centers, calling for leasing federal sites owned by Defense and Energy departments to host gigawatt-scale AI data centers and new clean power facilities. The move aims to address enormous power needs in a short time frame.
Posted January 20, 2025
365 Data Centers, a leading provider of network-centric colocation, network, cloud, and other managed services, is announcing a strategic partnership with InterServer, a renowned web hosting and managed services provider, aiming to expand each company's existing IT capabilities while growing its New Jersey market presence.
Posted January 20, 2025
New approaches to data architecture and data management are key toward enabling AI across the enterprise. In DBTA's latest webinar, Modernizing Your Data Management Strategy for the AI Era, experts discuss emerging technologies and best practices for supporting AI with a robust, end-to-end data strategy.
Posted January 17, 2025
Cohesity is bridging the gap between customer's recovery response process and their incident response (IR) providers through an extension of the Cohesity Cyber Event Response Team (CERT).
Posted January 15, 2025
Commvault is announcing an expansion of the Commvault Cloud platform to deliver full, automated forest recovery for Microsoft Active Directory (AD).
Posted January 14, 2025
Hammerspace, the company orchestrating the next data cycle, is announcing a partnership with Cloudian, the leader in S3-compatible object storage, to deliver a unified management solution for unstructured data at scale.
Posted January 10, 2025
In 2025, preventing risks from both cybercriminals and AI use will be top mandates for most CIOs. Ransomware, in particular, continues to vex enterprises, and unstructured data is a vast, largely unprotected asset. AI solutions have moved from experimental to mainstream, with all the major tech companies and cloud providers making significant investments in building turnkey generative (GenAI) and AI solutions for enterprise customers.
Posted January 09, 2025
Throughout 2024, data managers and professionals were at the locus of the new waves of innovation driven by AI and analytics—and the activity was frenetic and intense. As the year 2025 progresses, this intense and frenetic activity will only continue. Cloud services, AI, AI agents, and cybersecurity are top areas of interest that industry leaders are watching. The following are several prominent trends mentioned that are shaping data management.
Posted January 09, 2025
Cybersecurity continues to be top of mind for organizations everywhere as 2025 begins. In 2024 alone, hackers attacked hospitals and other health care organizations, telecom giants, supply chains, and more. Even government entities haven't been spared in these attacks. Here, security experts share their predictions for incoming threats in 2025.
Posted January 07, 2025
Digital Realty, a global provider of cloud- and carrier-neutral data center, colocation, and interconnection solutions, announced its portfolio of 11 data centers in Illinois will be matched with 100% clean and renewable energy beginning in 2025. According to the vendor, the initiative underscores Digital Realty's commitments to sourcing renewable power, making significant strides towards its sustainability goals, and giving back to local communities.
Posted January 06, 2025
Duos Technologies Group, Inc. (Duos), through its operating subsidiaries Duos Edge AI, Inc., and Duos Energy Corp., is partnering with the Pampa Energy Center (PEC) to develop high-density Data Center Development Parks powered by up to 500MW of natural gas self-generation, supplemented by up to 200MW of wind turbine generation, and alternative fuel sources for redundancy.
Posted January 06, 2025
Yondr Group, a leading global developer, owner, and operator of hyperscale data centers, announced it secured a 4.5-acre site in Toronto to develop its first Canadian data center. The three-story 27MW data center is planned to bring its first megawatts online in mid- 2026. The development sits strategically within an emerging Canadian corridor for data center infrastructure.
Posted January 06, 2025
NTT DOCOMO Ventures, Inc. announced it has invested in Ayar Labs, Inc. through its managed fund with the aim of driving advancements in optical I/O technologies, accelerating practical applications of innovative solutions, and fostering the creation of new value in the field.
Posted January 03, 2025
Quantum Corporation, the provider of technology, software, and services that today's organizations need to make video and other unstructured data smarter, is announcing the availability of Scalar i7 RAPTOR, the latest version of Quantum's efficient, dense, low-cost solution for AI data lakes. Engineered for hyperscale customers, managed service providers (MSPs), and large enterprises, Scalar i7 RAPTOR solidifies its position as the densest, most scalable tape solution available, according to Quantum.
Posted January 02, 2025
Kurrent, the event-native data platform innovator, is announcing $12 million in funding, accompanied by two other major company milestones: a rebrand from its previous moniker, Event Store, and the launch of Kurrent Enterprise Edition.
Posted December 20, 2024
AI innovation in the big data space shows no signs of slowing down, with companies rushing to adopt or create their own solutions based on AI, automating redundant tasks, and spinning up all kinds of use cases to justify spending big bucks in the area. Here, tech experts share their predictions for AI in 2025.
Posted December 20, 2024
Cirata, the company that automates Hadoop data transfer and integration to modern cloud analytics and AI platforms, is announcing an expansion of its partnership with Databricks, the data and AI company, with the aim of accelerating data migration and modernization in the cloud. By leveraging Cirata's professional services and Data Migration as a Service (DMaaS) solution, enterprises benefit from the ability to seamlessly transition to Databricks' Data Intelligence Platform, propelling their data and AI initiatives.
Posted December 19, 2024
Kyndryl, the world's largest IT infrastructure services provider, is announcing an expansion of its partnership with Nokia, aiming to bring advanced data center network services to enterprises around the world. Merging the powers of Kyndryl's enterprise knowledge and experience in designing, building, and managing hybrid cloud and data center environments with Nokia's high-performance, reliable data center networking infrastructure solution, the two companies address the present need for fortified, scalable, and secure data center network solutions.
Posted December 19, 2024
Hitachi Vantara, the data storage, infrastructure, and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., is announcing a collaboration with Virtana, a leader in AI-powered monitoring and observability for hybrid infrastructure environments, to ease the management of complex IT environments caused by hybrid cloud. Merging the Virtana Platform with the Hitachi EverFlex Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) portfolio, this collaboration delivers a comprehensive view of hybrid cloud environments bolstered by AI-powered analysis.
Posted December 19, 2024
Acceldata, the leader in all-in-one enterprise data observability, is debuting its newly expanded AI-powered data reconciliation capabilities that fortifies enterprises with trusted data, at scale. Bringing the necessary data integrity for managing complex, modern data ecosystems, Acceldata's new capabilities ensure data is accurate, consistent, and audit-ready across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.
Posted December 18, 2024
DBTA's latest webinar, The Next Era of Database Management: Emerging Technologies and Best Practices, featured the viewpoints of database experts from Datavail and Oracle, covering topics such as cloud native databases, database types, vendor lock-in, AI, optimization, and more.
Posted December 18, 2024
Zilliz, the company behind the open-source vector database Milvus, is debuting the latest iteration of Milvus, which unites hybrid semantic and keyword search into a single, high-performance platform. This centralization dramatically boosts query processing speed—30x faster than traditional solutions—driving accessibility of AI-powered, advanced search to a variety of enterprises, according to Zilliz.
Posted December 17, 2024
Crusoe, a vertically integrated AI infrastructure provider, announced it has closed a $600 million Series D funding round, enabling the company to advance its mission to align the future of computing with the future of the climate. With the latest fundraise, Crusoe will invest in expansion and growth across the value chain, including its data centers and Crusoe Cloud. Crusoe focuses on utilizing clean, abundant, and low-cost energy to power its computing resources and has over 15 gigawatts in development.
Posted December 16, 2024
Experts joined DBTA's special roundtable webinar, The Future of Analytics: Cloud Data Warehouses, Data Lakehouses, and More, to discuss how better, faster insights can be achieved through an assortment of modern systems that emphasize flexibility, scalability, and agility.
Posted December 13, 2024
Quest Software, a global leader in systems management, data protection, and security software, is unveiling two updates designed to expedite PostgreSQL adoption. The solutions— a Performance Investigator for PostgreSQL add-on for Foglight and SharePlex—work to make PostgreSQL a reality for enterprises by streamlining migrations and optimizing performance and availability.
Posted December 12, 2024
Aerospike Inc., the real-time database built for infinite scale, speed, and savings, is debuting the latest version of Aerospike Vector Search, equipped with new indexing and storage capabilities. Centering flexibility, performance, and streamlined operations, Vector Search addresses current customer problems with new engineering techniques and innovations in the vector space.
Posted December 12, 2024