Cloud Computing Articles
Boomi, the data activation company for AI, is expanding its partnership with ServiceNow to deliver enhanced data activation capabilities integrated with ServiceNow Workflow Data Fabric.
Posted May 12, 2026
Everpure announced it has completed its acquisition of 1touch, an innovator in data intelligence and orchestration. According to Everpure, 1touch bridges the gap between managing datasets and managing information. The Everpure unified data plane will provide the steppingstone for 1touch to turn raw data into actionable knowledge. 1touch excels at data security and posture management (DSPM).
Posted May 12, 2026
OpenObserve, the modern observability platform, announced it has secured $10 million in a Series A financing round, enabling the company to scale go-to-market actions and to support a growing customer base.
Posted May 12, 2026
o9 Solutions, a leading software company powering enterprise planning and decisioning models, announced an integration with Snowflake—leveraging Snowflake's Connected Application framework to strengthen how enterprise data is connected to planning and decision processes.
Posted May 11, 2026
Airbyte, creator of the open data movement platform, is introducing Airbyte Agents, a context layer that gives production-grade agents direct access to a unified, search-optimized index of an organization's data that is replicated and ready to query.
Posted May 11, 2026
Rocket Software, Inc. (Rocket Software), a global technology leader in modernization software, announced the completion of its acquisition of Vertica, an enterprise-grade analytics database platform, from OpenText—further advancing Rocket Software's strategy to bring intelligence to modernization by combining core systems with high-performance analytics and AI.
Posted May 11, 2026
Broadcom Inc., a global technology leader that designs, develops, and supplies semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions, is releasing VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1—a secure and cost-effective infrastructure platform for production AI workloads.
Posted May 08, 2026
Object First, the ransomware-proof on-premises backup storage company, announced the general availability of Object First Fleet Manager, a secure, cloud-based service that simplifies management of distributed Ootbi backup storage deployments for Veeam Software environments.
Posted May 08, 2026
Franz Inc., an early innovator in artificial intelligence (AI) and leading supplier of graph database technology for Neuro-Symbolic AI Solutions, is introducing AllegroGraph v9.0, featuring GraphTalker—a new AI agent for interacting with enterprise Knowledge Graphs through natural language.
Posted May 08, 2026
In his closing keynote for the 2026 Data Summit conference, John O'Brien, principal advisor and industry analyst, Radiant Advisors, shared three insights he's gained from his initial analysis of data gleaned from a market study on AI-readiness in enterprise data architecture.
Posted May 07, 2026
The roles of information professionals are being redefined in the digital age, seamlessly bridging the gap between traditional knowledge management (KM) practices and cutting-edge AI applications. At Data Summit 2026, Fleur Levitz, principal consultant, FDL consulting NYC LLC, and former data governance executive on Wall Street and senior management consultant and data governance practice lead, IBM lead her session, "Information Professionals in the Age of AI," examining several classical approaches to organize and rationalize human thought, namely through catalogs, classification schemes, and taxonomies.
Posted May 07, 2026
In today's rapidly evolving technological landscape, organizations are sitting on vast amounts of untapped data potential. At Data Summit 2026, Vinnie Saini, senior GenAI/ML specialist solution architect, Amazon Web Services, and Aditi Gupta, senior AI/ML specialist solution architect, Amazon Web Services, explored how agentic AI-driven systems are revolutionizing the way enterprises transform raw data into measurable business outcomes during their session, "Building With Purpose: Leveraging Agentic AI to Transform Enterprise Data Into Business Outcomes."
Posted May 07, 2026
Strategic small-data systems can outperform large architectures when designed around the real problem, the real people, and the real business model. At Data Summit 2026, Joseph Hilger, COO, Enterprise Knowledge, LLC, presented his session "Simplicity as Strategy: Building Data Systems People Actually Trust."
Posted May 07, 2026
The modern data stack was built for a world of dashboards and batch pipelines. But AI agents are breaking it. The scarcest resource is no longer compute or storage, but the talent to reduce platform complexity. Sanjeev Mohan, principal, SanjMo and former Gartner Research VP, data and analytics, opened the second day of Data Summit 2026 with his keynote, "The Stack Is Collapsing: Trends Reshaping Every Layer of AI-Driven Data Foundations." The annual Data Summit conference returned to Boston, May 6-7, 2026, with pre-conference workshops on May 5.
Posted May 07, 2026
Chief data officer at Customer ThriveData, Chantel Wilson Chase, used her background in mathematics in her session that closed out the Analytics & Semantic Layers track at the Data Summit 2026 conference.
Posted May 06, 2026
As organizations embrace AI technologies, they face growing challenges related to fairness, privacy, and unpredictable system behavior. At Data Summit 2026, Nicole Janeway Bills, CEO and founder, Data Strategy Professionals, led the session, "AI Risks & Risk Mitigation Strategies," using real-world examples to help attendees recognize 10 critical AI risks, detect emerging issues early, and implement practical measures to mitigate them while maximizing business value.
Posted May 06, 2026
Organizations are looking to implement AI systems while safeguarding stakeholder privacy and maintaining trust. At Data Summit 2026, Uchenna Okezie, senior analyst, O Enterprises, covered the critical intersection of responsible artificial intelligence (RAI) and privacy protection in organizational contexts during her session, "Responsible AI & Privacy: Trusted Data for Analytics at Speed."
Posted May 06, 2026
Hina Gandhi, software engineering technical leader, Cisco, offered tips and techniques to pave the way for autonomous, efficient data pipelines that continuously adapt to changing workloads and infrastructure dynamics, during her Data Summit 2026 session, "Teaching Spark to Tune Itself: Reinforcement Learning for Smarter Optimization."
Posted May 06, 2026
How do you separate the signal from the noise and explore what's truly working in AI implementations across industries, and where companies are falling short? From the common pitfalls that derail well-intentioned efforts to the design principles behind AI initiatives that create measurable value, Ryan Frederick, principal, Transform Labs, shared the lessons that every leader needs to understand to make AI a competitive advantage rather than a costly experiment during his session, "Learnings From the Front Lines of AI," at Data Summit 2026 in the new Data + AI Leadership Forum.
Posted May 06, 2026
Data fabric, data lakehouse, and data mesh have recently appeared as viable alternatives to the modern data warehouse. At Data Summit 2026, James Serra, data and AI Architect at Microsoft, held his session, "Choosing Between a Modern Data Warehouse, Data Fabric, Data Lakehouse, & Data Mesh," providing a guided tour of each architecture to examine common data architecture concepts.
Posted May 06, 2026
Executives are betting on agentic AI to drive growth, yet many enterprises still struggle to move from pilot to production. The hard part has never been the models. It is about building trust in underlying data assets, human-AI workflows, and outcome accountability. Cal Al-Dhubaib, principal technologist at Rubrik, opened the first official day of Data Summit 2026 with his keynote, "Engineering for Trust in the Era of Agentic AI." The annual Data Summit conference returned to Boston, May 6-7, 2026, with pre-conference workshops on May 5.
Posted May 06, 2026
Oracle announced it is accelerating its vulnerability detection and response to meet the next generation of AI. Oracle is expanding how security fixes are delivered to customers with a monthly Critical Security Patch Update (CSPU), starting in May 2026. CSPUs provide targeted fixes for critical security issues, allowing customers to address high-priority vulnerabilities without waiting for the next quarterly release.
Posted May 06, 2026
Oracle and BorderPlex Digital Assets announced Project Jupiter will utilize Bloom Energy fuel cells to fully power the AI data center campus in Doña Ana County, New Mexico. As part of Oracle and Bloom's previously announced expanded partnership, the data center will be supported by up to 2.45 GW of installed Bloom fuel cell capacity.
Posted May 06, 2026
Oracle plans to expand its multi-cloud networking capabilities to provide customers with enterprise-grade, high-performance connectivity between Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and AWS. According to the companies, by establishing connectivity between Oracle Interconnect and AWS Interconnect-multi-cloud customers will have access to a fast, private, managed connection to run applications and move data seamlessly between OCI and AWS.
Posted May 06, 2026
Data has become the most valuable resource for modern enterprises. However, the people tasked with managing this valuable resource have one foot out the door. According to the recent State of Database report by SolarWinds, more than 1 in 3 database administrators (DBAs) are considering leaving their role due to burnout. This statistic points to consequences that affect multiple core business functions. Moreover, as a database expert for more than 3 decades, I fear these consequences can create a cascading effect that could limit future innovation, shrink the DBA workforce, and reduce operational resilience.
Posted May 06, 2026
Effective data modeling enables value creation, efficiency gains, risk reduction, and strategic alignment in an environment of uncertainty and disruption. At Data Summit 2026, Pascal Desmarets, CEO, Hackolade, led the pre-conference workshop, "From Strategy to Structure: Accelerating Business Impact Through Hands-on Data Modeling," moving from high-level strategy to concrete data models that power modern analytics platforms.
Posted May 05, 2026
Becoming truly data-driven requires more than adopting new tools—it demands clear alignment between business goals and data architecture. At Data Summit 2026, John O'Brien, principal advisor and industry analyst, Radiant Advisors, led the pre-conference workshop, "How to Evolve Your Data Architecture from BI to AI," guiding attendees through a proven, four-step methodology for designing modern data platforms that deliver real, scalable business value.
Posted May 05, 2026
BMC Software, the automation company for the AI era, is offering new innovations with purpose-built AI embedded in the mainframe tools that operators and developers use daily. According to the company, these new capabilities advance "BMC's long-term vision for the future of AI in mainframe transformation—evolving from AI that delivers insight to AI that enables coordinated, governed execution across development and operations workflows."
Posted May 04, 2026
EnterpriseDB (EDB), the leading sovereign AI and data company, is releasing a suite of validated performance efficiencies within EDB Postgres AI (EDB PG AI), designed to drastically reduce data center power consumption, lower token usage, and deliver an unprecedented "intelligence per watt" standard for the enterprise.
Posted May 04, 2026
IBM is introducing IBM Bob Premium Package for Z, which integrates and enhances the capabilities of IBM watsonx Code Assistant for Z, delivering advanced features for enterprise-scale mainframe applications. IBM Bob Premium Package for Z is currently available in tech preview.
Posted May 04, 2026
IBM is expanding its collaboration with Google Cloud to bring together AI capabilities from both companies. According to both companies, rather than forcing a single path, this creates a more open, secure, and flexible foundation for hybrid cloud and AI transformation. It also aims to make it easier for clients to connect data, models, infrastructure, and operations across environments.
Posted May 04, 2026
Perforce Software, the modern DevOps Tech Stack for AI governance, announced support for Rust language in its 2026.1 release for Perforce Static Analysis solutions QAC and Klocwork.
Posted May 01, 2026
PDQ is introducing new features that deliver new capabilities to help IT teams standardize software, organize deployments more effectively, and act faster without adding complexity.
Posted May 01, 2026
Silverfort announced it is acquiring Fabrix Security to boost and support identity security with its AI-native decisioning engine that leverages a rich knowledge graph with data about identities, permissions, intent, and business context.
Posted April 30, 2026
LogicMonitor, provider of an AI-first platform for autonomous IT, is expanding its unified platform, strengthening the operational foundation for autonomous IT.
Posted April 30, 2026
Collate Inc., the semantic intelligence company, is introducing Collate AI Analytics, a new capability that enables data analysts to talk with their data to discover sources, build queries, create charts and dashboards, and extract key business insights.
Posted April 30, 2026
CoreWeave is launching three critical capabilities that make cross-cloud AI easier and more accessible whether by network, storage, or compute—offering CoreWeave Interconnect, SUNK Anywhere, and LOTA Cross-Cloud.
Posted April 30, 2026
Rubrik, the Security and AI Operations Company, is now offering cyber resilience capabilities to organizations running Google Cloud SQL, enabling Cloud SQL customers to leverage Rubrik Security Cloud to protect their managed PostgreSQL databases with immutable, automated backups that add Rubrik's enterprise-grade cyber resilience without disrupting their current database operations or recovery strategy.
Posted April 30, 2026
Cloudflare, a leading connectivity cloud company, is expanding its Agent Cloud with new features to help developers build, deploy, and scale agents. According to the company, this suite of infrastructure, security, and developer tools is designed to move AI agents from experimental demos on local laptops to robust, production-grade workloads running across Cloudflare's global network.
Posted April 30, 2026
Modern semantic search does not have to require a separate vector database. Data architects, database engineers, developers, or platform leaders can integrate Vertex AI and Cloud SQL vector indexes directly into their existing MySQL workflow.
Posted April 30, 2026
While 85% of organizations have deployed AI agents, most remain stalled by a "productivity paradox" of constant human coordination. Reaching the autonomous enterprise requires agents that automate manual data operations, freeing data professionals for strategic innovation.
Posted April 29, 2026
Kaseya, a leading global provider of AI-powered IT management and cybersecurity software, is launching an agentic IT management platform powered by Kaseya Intelligence.
Posted April 29, 2026
Actian, the data and AI division of HCLSoftware, is unveiling Actian VectorAI DB, a portable vector database purpose-built to power production AI in regulated, disconnected, and edge environments.
Posted April 29, 2026
Aerospike, Inc. is debuting a new unified, AI-native application development experience that makes it simple for both humans and AI coding assistants to confidently prototype, integrate, deploy, and troubleshoot production applications built on Aerospike's real-time NoSQL database.
Posted April 28, 2026
Alteryx, Inc., an AI-ready data and analytics company, is releasing the Alteryx AI Insights Agent, now available on Google Cloud Marketplace, bringing governed analytics directly into Gemini Enterprise.
Posted April 27, 2026
Global provider of fully managed hosting solutions, Hyve Managed Hosting, is partnering with Red Hat to give Hyve customers a modern, fully managed platform built on Red Hat OpenShift—enabling containerized applications and existing virtualized workloads to run side by side.
Posted April 24, 2026
NetApp, the Intelligent Data Infrastructure company, is unveiling new innovations that help customers better leverage their enterprise data, by tapping into the benefits of AI with Google Cloud.
Posted April 24, 2026
Public company disclosures of AI-related risks have surged from 12% of S&P 500 firms in 2023 to 72% in 2025, underscoring the urgency for stronger security and governance strategies as AI adoption continues to accelerate. Organizations must now secure not just data and infrastructure, but also models, pipelines, and autonomous AI behavior. The challenge is balancing rapid innovation with security, compliance, and control.
Posted April 24, 2026