Database Management Articles
Broadcom Inc. unveiled VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9, the future of VCF that will accelerate customers' transition from siloed IT architectures to a unified and integrated private cloud platform. VMware Cloud Foundation 9 will radically simplify the deployment, consumption, and operations of a secure and cost-effective private cloud, according to the vendor.
Posted August 29, 2024
In many organizations, microservices have become the default method of application building and deployment, leveraging containers and Kubernetes. The resulting architecture has been a flexible network of services that provide resiliency by operating independently, unaffected by potential failures in other parts of the system. Recently, however, some technology leaders have been questioning if this is the best way to build.
Posted August 29, 2024
Bigleaf Networks, a leading provider of network optimization solutions, is introducing Bigleaf Cloud Connect, a web dashboard aimed at redefining how businesses optimize and manage their network connectivity and cloud performance. According to the company, this platform represents a significant leap forward in the industry, offering a comprehensive suite of tools and insights that empower organizations to take full control of their network infrastructure and drive business growth.
Posted August 29, 2024
Polyhedra Network (Polyhedra), the team pioneering the next generation of secure and scalable zero-knowledge (ZK) proof infrastructure, announced that Proof Cloud has launched in an open beta to meet the growing demand for efficient, fast, and cost-effective ZK-proof technology. Proof Cloud was created in collaboration with Google Cloud and will be utilized by Polygon, Linea, and Lita at launch.
Posted August 29, 2024
DataOps.live, the Data Products company, is releasing its Professional Edition of the DataOps.live Data Products Platform in response to a critical market demand: a fully managed and supported SaaS platform for dbt Core users on the Snowflake Data Cloud.
Posted August 29, 2024
Cribl, the Data Engine for IT and Security, announced it has closed a $319 million oversubscribed Series E round, empowering the company to broaden its footprint, accelerate product development, and strengthen its infrastructure to support its rapid expansion.
Posted August 28, 2024
Dremio, the unified lakehouse platform for self-service analytics and AI, is offering a "breakthrough" in data lake analytics performance capabilities, extending its position as the premier company in self-optimizing, autonomous Iceberg data management.
Posted August 28, 2024
SAP is releasing new process AI capabilities for SAP Signavio—process recommender and performance indicators recommender. Embedded into SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite, these novel capabilities deliver instant, tailored process and metrics recommendations that will help process owners and process analysts accelerate process model design, more readily define their process monitoring strategy, and improve the quality of business outcomes, according to SAP.
Posted August 28, 2024
SAP SE is offering new cloud capabilities for SAP Product Lifecycle Management (SAP PLM) solutions. In a strategic co-innovation with Hilti AG, a leading global provider of products and services for the construction industry, SAP is helping customers connect their business data to both engineering and research and development departments, enabling businesses to be more efficient and save money.
Posted August 28, 2024
SAP announced that Xerox Holdings Corp. has chosen multiple SAP solutions to transform its enterprise architecture as part of its multi-year Reinvention. Xerox's Reinvention involves aligning its resources to improve and stabilize its core print businesses, increase productivity and efficiency, and focus on its emerging digital services and IT services capabilities to improve business outcomes for its clients.
Posted August 28, 2024
Collibra, the Data Intelligence company, is offering the general availability of its initial integration with SAP Datasphere, a comprehensive data service that delivers seamless and scalable access to mission-critical business data. The first phase of integration between Collibra and SAP Datasphere is for SAP Analytics Cloud. In addition, Collibra also announced the public launch of its integration support of SAP Datasphere models with general availability to follow next month.
Posted August 28, 2024
SAP platforms, used by 99 of the Fortune 100 companies and with over 280 million cloud subscribers worldwide, are among the most reliable business applications. As SAP administrators, your role in maintaining the security of these platforms is crucial. However, the platform's popularity makes it a prime target for hackers to exploit Structured Query Language (SQL) injections and directory traversal vulnerabilities, which are only two specific risks in a much larger group.
Posted August 28, 2024
Rocket Software released Rocket UniVerse 14.1.1, featuring enhanced performance, security, and modernization. Emma Breslin from the Rocket Software MultiValue (MV) team offered an inside look at what makes this version a must-have upgrade for current users.
Posted August 28, 2024
RDM Infinity is now an official U.S. reseller partner of Prosol Group, a nearly 40-year veteran in the MultiValue software industry—marking a major milestone for both companies, as it brings Prosol's innovative MultiValue platform, MVsharp, to businesses across the United States. MVsharp is designed to modernize legacy MultiValue systems, offering a straightforward path to upgrade without requiring a complete system overhaul.
Posted August 28, 2024
To help organizations progress along their data-driven journeys, each year, DBTA presents the Readers' Choice Awards, which provide the opportunity to recognize companies whose products have been selected by the experts—our readers. MultiValue software vendors continue to address emerging challenges and opportunities that are affecting the IT landscape by frequently adding new features and integrations with other platforms and services, helping their loyal and committed customers to stay up-to-date with the latest technology trends.
Posted August 28, 2024
Regular readers of this column are aware that I am a proponent of getting rid of bad database standards. But sometimes it can be difficult to determine if a particular standard is bad, or just a lot of trouble to comply with! Well, what am I getting at here? Have you ever been thwarted by a global fiat from management? Of course you have, we all have. But I'm talking about a particular type of dictum from above. Something like this: "New software installations, including updated versions and releases, must be supported by current tooling before they can be installed."
Posted August 28, 2024
Airbyte, a leading open data movement platform, announced that its PyAirbyte open-source Python library, that was introduced in late-February, has helped more than 10,000 AI and data engineers to sync over 6 billion records of data. Users have completed more than 221,000 PyAirbyte sync jobs, or over 10,000 syncs per week. PyAirbyte now boasts an average of 25,000 monthly downloads, according to metrics from the popular PyPi Python package repository.
Posted August 27, 2024
Lineaje, a leader and force in continuous software supply chain security management, announced a landmark $20 million Series A funding round led by Prosperity7 Ventures, Neotribe, and Hitachi Ventures, alongside existing investor Tenable Ventures—underscoring the escalating global demand for robust software supply chain security solutions and recognizing Lineaje's innovative approach to addressing the critical challenges faced by enterprises across diverse industries.
Posted August 26, 2024
Balbix, an AI-powered Cyber Risk and Exposure Management platform, unveiled its BIX conversational AI assistant, improving the cyber risk and exposure management experience. The BIX AI assistant is already in use at many Fortune 1000 companies as part of an early access program.
Posted August 26, 2024
Pathlock announced the availability of Pathlock Cloud in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, an online store providing applications and services for use on Azure, to enable Pathlock customers to take advantage of the productive and trusted Azure cloud platform, with streamlined deployment and management.
Posted August 26, 2024
We decided this Sourcebook was timely, given how enterprise AI has caught mainstream attention and triggered the imaginations of those working in IT, knowledge management, and a score of other areas within the enterprise. AI is dominating headlines, and people want to know how they can best apply the various technologies under the AI banner.
Posted August 26, 2024
Apheros announced it has received $1.85 million in a recent funding round to introduce its innovative metal foam technology, offering a superior solution to cooling data centers. The pre-seed funding round, led by venture capital firm Founderful, will accelerate development and deployment of Apheros' revolutionary metal foam-based cooling solutions.
Posted August 26, 2024
IBM announced that two IBM-developed algorithms have been officially formalized within the world's first three post-quantum cryptography standards, which were published by the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The official publication of these algorithms marks a crucial milestone to advancing the protection of the world's encrypted data from cyberattacks that could be attempted through the unique power of quantum computers, which are rapidly progressing to cryptographic relevancy.
Posted August 26, 2024
IBM is releasing Qiskit SDK v1.2, introducing several important new features and improvements, all aimed at boosting the Qiskit SDK's industry-leading performance and functionality. Since transitioning to the v1.x era with the release of its first major version earlier this year, IBM has been laser-focused on making the Qiskit SDK the most powerful, high-performant quantum SDK in the world.
Posted August 26, 2024
Tabnine, the originators of the AI code assistant category, is announcing several ecosystem updates that forward Tabnine's mission to help developers maintain control over code while future-proofing AI investments. These announcements—which include a new platform partnership with Broadcom Inc., an integration with IBM, and an extension of existing partnerships with Amazon Web Services (AWS), DigitalOcean, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)—culminate in driving controlled, flexible, AI-powered coding for enterprises' infrastructures of choice.
Posted August 26, 2024
FICO, the company powering decisions that help people and businesses around the world prosper, is announcing new enhancements for the FICO Platform—the next generation, applied intelligence platform to power customer connections. These updates address the ongoing data complexities of growing enterprises, improving real-time decision-making, productivity, and overall efficiency.
Posted August 23, 2024
To help organizations increase the efficiency of global supply chains, Oracle is introducing new user experience (UX) enhancements to Oracle Fusion Cloud Supply Chain & Manufacturing (SCM). Built with Oracle Redwood Design System, the UX updates help procurement professionals, logistics managers, field service technicians, and product managers increase productivity and accelerate supply chain processes, according to the company.
Posted August 21, 2024
In a crucial next step toward bringing real-time communications to its suite of cloud applications, Oracle announced that it is incorporating AT&T IoT connectivity and network APIs into its Enterprise Communications Platform (ECP). This integration will enable Oracle's industry cloud application customers to connect and manage their IoT devices on the AT&T network all in one platform, according to the vendors.
Posted August 21, 2024
Stellar Cyber, an open, AI-driven security operations platform and a member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), announced that Legacy Data Access (LDA), which reduces the risk and costs of healthcare data management, has leveraged Stellar Cyber's platform to help ensure data security in the migration of its cloud environment to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
Posted August 21, 2024
Fortanix Inc., a leader in data-first cybersecurity and pioneer of Confidential Computing, is debuting File System Encryption, a new enhancement to Fortanix Data Security Manager (DSM) that enables enterprises to protect individual file systems on specified hosts. The introduction of File System Encryption marks Fortanix's ability to provide encryption at all layers, delivering a complete, unified, one-stop solution for encryption and tokenization needs.
Posted August 20, 2024
Hasura, the data API and GraphQL leader, is debuting a series of enhancements designed to support the process of connecting large language models (LLMs) to highly diverse enterprise data. With new features that expand on the Data Delivery Network (DDN), Hasura forwards a metadata-driven, federated data access layer capable of streamlining governance to effectively support AI initiatives.
Posted August 19, 2024
Decube, a pioneer in unified data management solutions, is launching its Copilot, an advanced AI-driven tool designed to give organizations seamless, data-driven decision-making capabilities. Decube's Copilot is poised to transform how businesses interact with and leverage their data, making it more accessible, actionable, and insightful, according to the company.
Posted August 19, 2024
Tenable, the exposure management company, is debuting two new context-driven prioritization and response features—Vulnerability Intelligence (VI) and Exposure Response (ER). Available within Tenable Vulnerability Management, Tenable One, and Tenable Cloud Security, these new capabilities introduce the ability for enterprises to close vulnerability gaps based on contextualized internal and external data.
Posted August 16, 2024
Solita is partnering with global master management (MDM) solution provider Stibo Systems to help companies implement agile and business-oriented data management principles to meet the challenges of timely, accurate, data quality. Solita's deep expertise in business-adapted data management combined with Stibo Systems' cloud-native solutions will help customers solve data problems and rise to the challenges of AI, according to the companies.
Posted August 16, 2024
TigerEye, the AI-powered planning and revenue management platform, is debuting the open source release of DuckDB.dart, the native Dart API for DuckDB. This release not only streamlines the creation of data-intensive applications for desktop and mobile platforms alike but also reflects TigerEye's broader commitment toward innovation, performance, and its community of customers.
Posted August 15, 2024
Qlik, a global leader in data integration, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI), is releasing the general availability of Qlik Answers, its newest self-service AI solution designed to help organizations harness the power of AI. According to the company, Qlik Answers transforms unstructured data into actionable results through generative AI, offering full explainability—a common obstacle in enterprise AI adoption.
Posted August 15, 2024
Securonix, Inc., a cybersecurity leader in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), is launching two new capabilities within the Securonix EON suite of AI-Reinforced capabilities—introducing Cyber Data Fabric and Noise Canceling SIEM. These innovations bolster the Unified Defense SIEM solution empowering CyberOps teams to better respond to and counter the rise in sophisticated cyberattacks, according to the company.
Posted August 15, 2024
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced it is aiming to acquire Morpheus Data, a pioneer in software for hybrid cloud management and platform operations—reflecting HPE's commitment to simplify IT complexity by expanding the hybrid operations capabilities available through HPE GreenLake cloud.
Posted August 15, 2024
KDNuggets, a community site for data professionals, ranked "We Don't Need Data Scientists, We Need Data Engineers," by Mihail Eric, a venture capitalist, researcher, and educator, as its top story of 2021. This sentiment holds even more true today, especially with the unending rush to leverage both generative and predictive AI within enterprise operations. Without the right kind of data, AI is dead in the water.
Posted August 15, 2024
In an era marked by rapid urbanization and technological advancement, the concept of smart cities has captured the imagination of urban planners, technologists, and policymakers worldwide for over a decade. As cities grapple with the challenges of accommodating growing populations, managing resources efficiently, and improving quality of life, a new paradigm is emerging that promises to revolutionize urban living: the cognitive city. At the heart of this transformation lies the game-changing potential of generative AI, poised to unlock the true potential of smart cities and usher in a new age of urban intelligence.
Posted August 15, 2024
Adaptive Shield, a leader in SaaS Security, is offering its breakthrough Identity Threat Detection & Response (ITDR) platform for SaaS environments, enabling enterprises to proactively cover the breadth of attack vectors within the SaaS ecosystem.
Posted August 15, 2024
Fusion Risk Management (Fusion), a provider of cloud-based operational resilience, business continuity, and risk management solutions, is releasing its new Scenario Simulation and Intelligence suite—enabling companies to simulate thousands of possible scenarios against their resilience plans and strategies to identify points of weakness at scale.
Posted August 14, 2024
pgEdge, Inc., the leading company dedicated to distributed Postgres, is unveiling the Constellation release of the pgEdge Platform. pgEdge's v24.7 of its platform brings a variety of advancements in Postgres logical replication, making pgEdge a suitable open source distributed PostgreSQL alternative for legacy database workloads that need multi-master capabilities, according to the company.
Posted August 14, 2024
Ridge Security Technology Inc. is releasing RidgeBot version 4.3.3, introducing a powerful integration that enhances proactive exposure management for organizations—combining RidgeBot's automated vulnerability detection and validation capabilities with leading vulnerability management (VM) solutions.
Posted August 14, 2024
With the recent AI boom, data is being created and generated at unprecedented rates. Per the latest estimates, 402.74 million terabytes of data are created each day. This increase calls for a paradigm shift in company efficiency—quickly enabling enterprises to uncover quality insights and effective organization of this data. To help organizations progress along their data-driven journeys, each year, DBTA presents the Readers' Choice Awards, which provide the opportunity to recognize companies whose products have been selected by the experts—our readers!
Posted August 13, 2024
Snyk, a leader in developer security, announced the integration of Snyk Analytics for Snowflake, enabling organizations to equip their developer, application security (AppSec), and security operations (SecOps) teams with the ability to bring custom context from their own security posture together with unique developer security analytics from Snyk.
Posted August 13, 2024