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Data governance is transforming the world of business and IT as organizations increasingly acknowledge and embrace the importance of data in the modern world. And this transformation significantly impacts database administration. From regulatory compliance to data quality and security, DBAs must navigate an evolving landscape where effective data management is a key business priority. The rise of data governance introduces new responsibilities but also presents unique challenges that DBAs must address.

Posted May 08, 2025

In the realm of data modeling, many-to-many relationships are often considered an "odd duck." Unlike one-to-one or one-to-many relationships, which can be directly implemented in physical database schemas, many-to-many relationships must remain in the abstract, the conceptual, the supernatural, and never the physical. This insubstantial nature makes them troublesome for greener data modelers.

Posted May 08, 2025

Recognizing both the value and the limitations of Pick, BinaryStar Systems announced the development of MYRA, an AI-powered solution built to preserve what works and modernize what doesn't. According to the company, MYRA intelligently analyzes legacy Pick applications, extracts core business logic, and reconstructs them as modern, maintainable systems utilizing Node.js, Python, and MongoDB.

Posted May 08, 2025

Rocket Software announced it has moved its UniData-based app, Rocket Business Connect (RBC) to AWS. To further improve RBC's disaster recovery plan, the Rocket team decided to transition RBC to AWS. Being in the AWS cloud gives Rocket the ability to automatically fail over within a region. The company can also manually failover across regions with only minor configuration changes.

Posted May 08, 2025

Neo4j, a leading graph database and analytics company, is introducing Neo4j Aura Graph Analytics, a new serverless offering that can be used with any data source and with Zero ETL (extract, load, transfer)—delivering the power of graph analytics to users of all skill levels.  

Posted May 07, 2025

Dremio, the intelligent lakehouse platform, today announced the launch of the Dremio MCP Server, a solution that brings AI-native data discovery and query capabilities to the lakehouse and enables AI agents to dynamically explore datasets, generate queries, and retrieve governed data in real time.

Posted May 07, 2025

Qlik, a global leader in data integration, data quality, analytics, and artificial intelligence, is acquiring the Qloud Cover Migration technology from Stretch Qonnect, a long-standing Qlik Elite Solution Provider—rebranding the automated solution as the Qlik Analytics Migration Tool.

Posted May 07, 2025

GT Clocks, a leading provider of timeclocks and an Oracle partner, announced that GT Time is now available on Oracle Cloud Marketplace and integrates with Oracle Time and Labor, part of Oracle Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management (HCM).

Posted May 07, 2025

Migrating your Oracle database to AWS Relational Database Service (RDS) can be daunting, but with the right planning and execution, it can significantly improve performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency.

Posted May 07, 2025

Oracle announced it has added new trade management capabilities within Oracle Fusion Cloud Supply Chain & Manufacturing (SCM) to help organizations manage the complexities of import tariffs and trade agreements. Available now, the latest updates to Oracle Fusion Cloud Global Trade Management enable customers to automate global supply chains processes, increase order shipment visibility, and enhance supply chain decision-making.

Posted May 07, 2025

Oracle announced it has optimized its first wave of liquid-cooled NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 racks in its data centers. Thousands of NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs are now being deployed and ready for customer use on NVIDIA DGX Cloud and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to develop and run next-generation reasoning models and AI agents.

Posted May 07, 2025

Everyone knows and loves the first three normal forms. We go through the process of normalization to remove redundancies in our data structures. But the redundancies we remove have nothing to do with trying to save space. Instead, the desire is to prevent maintenance anomalies. The normalization process involves stepping through the evaluation of normal forms that decompose a data structure into multiple structures based on the needs of these normal forms.

Posted May 07, 2025

Pulumi, the infrastructure as code (IaC) leader, is announcing Pulumi IDP, an internal developer platform designed to help enterprises accelerate their cloud infrastructure and software delivery at scale.

Posted May 06, 2025

Salt Security, a leader in API security, is releasing the Salt Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server to offer enterprise teams a novel access point of interaction with their API infrastructure, leveraging natural language and artificial intelligence (AI). Built on the open MCP standard, Salt's MCP Server enables AI agents to discover, understand, and analyze API behavior with contextual awareness and enterprise-grade precision.

Posted May 06, 2025

Graylog, the no-nonsense platform for Security, API protection, and IT Operations, is launching its Spring 2025 release of Graylog Security—pushing further past the limits of traditional SIEM.

Posted May 05, 2025

Blackpoint Cyber, a fast and effective Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provider, is introducing CompassOne, a Unified Security Posture and Response platform designed to help organizations take command of their entire cybersecurity posture—from visibility and prevention to response and recovery.

Posted May 05, 2025

Aashoo Saxena, vice president of product management, Informatica, joined DBTA's webinar, Modernize or Miss Out: Why Cloud Modernization is Key to Unlock AI Value, offering guidance in how adopting cloud-first strategies boosts innovation and ROI—both enabling and benefiting from AI initiatives.

Posted May 05, 2025

Box, Inc., a leading Intelligent Content Management (ICM) platform, and IBM are partnering to help organizations accelerate the adoption of enterprise-level AI for content-driven workflows using IBM watsonx and Box AI.

Posted May 05, 2025

IBM is creating a new Microsoft Practice within IBM Consulting, building upon a multi-year partnership aimed at delivering stronger and more measurable business outcomes for clients who are navigating complex AI, cloud, and security transformations.

Posted May 05, 2025

IBM announced plans to invest $150 billion in America over the next five years to fuel the economy and to accelerate its role as the global leader in computing. This includes an investment of more than $30 billion in research and development to advance and continue IBM's American manufacturing of mainframe and quantum computers.

Posted May 05, 2025

Denodo, a leader in data management, is releasing Denodo Platform 9.2, offering new intuitive functionality to Denodo Platform 9.1, released in November, 2024, that builds on the Denodo Platform's semantic layer and logical data management capabilities.

Posted May 02, 2025

Upwind, the company on a mission to build the world's best cloud security platform, has just acquired Nyx Security, a startup focusing on real-time application-layer threat detection. As Upwind's first acquisition, this moment reflects Upwind's commitment to delivering end-to-end cloud security, spanning both infrastructure and applications.

Posted May 01, 2025

Socket, a leader in software supply chain security, is acquiring Coana, a top-tier static analysis and reachability engine built by leading security researchers from Aarhus University—boosting Socket's platform and positioning Socket as a leader in modern Software Composition Analysis (SCA).

Posted May 01, 2025

Kyndryl, a leading provider of mission-critical enterprise technology services, is releasing Kyndryl Consult Data Security Posture Management utilizing Microsoft Purview, enhancing data protection, privacy, and risk mitigation capabilities to help organizations ensure that their data is secure, discoverable, and appropriately classified across complex, hybrid environments.

Posted May 01, 2025

Featuring the expertise of OpenText thought leaders, DBTA's webinar, The Future of Data, Analytics and AI Services in the Financial Services Industry, offered a wide array of considerations and strategies for adapting to the next evolution of financial services, aiming to turn technology and knowledge into a competitive advantage.

Posted April 30, 2025

Fiveonefour, a leader in data engineering solutions, is introducing Aurora, a suite of AI agents that automate engineering workflows that enable teams to rapidly productize and operationalize proprietary data. According to the company, Aurora is addressing the industry challenge of developing data-intensive applications swiftly and cost-effectively without having to scale talent linearly.

Posted April 30, 2025

Against a background of a rapidly evolving threat and regulatory landscape, Hewlett Packard Enterprise is making strides by announcing expansions to HPE Aruba Networking and HPE GreenLake cloud that help enterprises address cybersecurity risk and data protection simply and effectively.

Posted April 29, 2025

Lenses.io, a data streaming innovation leader, is releasing Lenses 6.0 to empower organizations to modernize applications and systems with real-time data as AI adoption grows.

Posted April 29, 2025

Forward Networks, a leader in network digital twin technology, is introducing enhancements to its Forward Enterprise platform, adding endpoint discovery and collection capabilities.

Posted April 28, 2025

Datatonic, a leading cloud data and AI solutions provider, is acquiring Syntio, a specialist in data engineering, to bolster Datatonic's enterprise service offerings and global delivery capabilities with deep data engineering skills including data ingestion, data transformation, and business intelligence.

Posted April 28, 2025

Rapid7, a leader in extended risk and threat detection, is debuting Managed Detection & Response (MDR) for Enterprise, a fully managed and customizable protection service with purpose-built detection and response for complex, "sprawling" business environments.

Posted April 25, 2025

PingCAP is rolling out a series of product updates that expand its global reach and make it easier for businesses to scale with TiDB, extending the company's multi-cloud capabilities and strengthening support for AI-driven applications.

Posted April 25, 2025

Devo Technology, the security data analytics company, is partnering with Detecteam, the attack simulation and detection lifecycle management company, to solve critical challenges in detection engineering.

Posted April 25, 2025

Cloud Capital, a new startup founded by repeat SaaS entrepreneurs, is emerging from stealth with $7.7 million in funding to help companies wrestle back financial control of their cloud infrastructure.

Posted April 24, 2025

Rapid7, a leader in extended risk and threat detection, is introducing Intelligence Hub, an integrated threat intelligence solution designed to provide security teams with meaningful context and actionable insights for accelerated detection and response.

Posted April 24, 2025

DoiT, a global leader in enterprise-grade FinOps and cloud intelligence, is releasing DoiT CloudFlow, a powerful automation action engine within the DoiT Cloud Intelligence platform that streamlines cloud management by automating actions on FinOps recommendations including rightsizing or migrating workloads, scheduling resources, tagging assets, and more.

Posted April 24, 2025

Fivetran, the global leader in data movement, is releasing its Managed Data Lake Service for Google's Cloud Storage, enabling enterprises to seamlessly centralize structured and unstructured data from over 700 connectors into Google's Cloud Storage in a query-ready open table format.

Posted April 24, 2025

Tessell, the leading next-generation multi-cloud database-as-a-service (DBaaS) that enables enterprises and startups to accelerate database, data, and application modernization journeys at scale, is announcing the results of its Series B funding round, having raised $60 million—bringing its total funding to $94 million.

Posted April 24, 2025

For decades, mainframes and COBOL-based systems have been the backbone of enterprise computing, powering industries such as banking, insurance, healthcare, and government. Despite the rise of modern database technologies and cloud-based solutions, legacy databases remain deeply embedded in mission-critical operations.

Posted April 24, 2025

Informatica, an AI-powered enterprise cloud data management leader, is offering data management innovations designed to simplify and enhance enterprise-wide access to AI-ready data. These advancements, powered by Informatica's CLAIRE AI engine and available in its Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC), help ensure that data is relevant, responsible, and robust, empowering organizations to drive AI initiatives with greater confidence and efficiency, according to the company.

Posted April 24, 2025

Reco, a leader in dynamic SaaS Security, announced it has recieved $25 million in additional funding, enabling the company to scale its AI-native SaaS security platform, while accelerating channel partnerships and capitalizing on its ongoing market momentum.

Posted April 23, 2025

Object First, the provider of Ootbi (Out-of-the-Box-Immutability), the ransomware-proof backup storage appliance purpose-built for Veeam, is offering three new Ootbi appliances with capacities of 20 TB, 40 TB, and 432 TB.

Posted April 23, 2025

SAP S/4HANA Cloud customers can now gain a powerful competitive edge with full access to SAP Build, helping developers create, extend, and automate business applications faster using AI-powered, code-first, and low-code tools. SAP Build has been designed as the optimal way to extend SAP S/4HANA Cloud and other business applications, according to the company.

Posted April 23, 2025

SAP and Google Cloud are strengthening their partnership, enabling SAP to provide the next wave of enterprise AI by contributing to the new Agent2Agent (A2A) interoperability protocol, which establishes a foundation for AI agents to securely interact and collaborate across platforms.

Posted April 23, 2025

SecurityBridge, the Cybersecurity Command Center for SAP, is releasing its SecurityBridge Code Vulnerability Analyzer (CVA) powered by AI, a significant enhancement to its holistic SAP security platform that leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to identify and explain vulnerabilities in custom Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) code.

Posted April 23, 2025

Kyndryl, a leading provider of mission-critical enterprise technology services, is unveiling a new Data Transformation Suite for SAP Solutions, delivering full SAP S/4HANA modernization lifecycle support.

Posted April 23, 2025

Last month, Zumasys laid out plans for upcoming enhancements to Rover ERP. Its March Demo Day highlights include the latest updates to Rover's interface, reporting tools, and inventory management features.

Posted April 23, 2025

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