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Data Center Management

Mainframes continue to represent the strong core of Data Center technology, while Virtualization and Cloud are also emerging as important technologies to support efficiency, scalability, and cost containment. Topics critical to Data Center Operations and Computing including hardware and software for Storage, Consolidation, High Availability, Backup & Recovery, and IT Optimization, as well as automated tools that help compensate for the growing Mainframe Skills Shortage.



Data Center Management Articles

vCluster Labs (formerly LoftLabs), the company pioneering Kubernetes virtualization, is introducing the latest capability for vCluster, Auto Nodes—enabling node autoscaling for virtual clusters across any environment, including public cloud, private cloud, hybrid infrastructure, and even bare metal, using Karpenter, the open source autoscaler created by Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Posted September 11, 2025

Data has taken a new position in the spotlight as the most important part of using AI. If the organization is using corrupt data, insights will vary wildly, and misinformation can damage the company's reputation. Poor data quality costs orga­nizations at least $12.9 million per year on average, according to Gartner research from 2020.

Posted September 10, 2025

Broadcom is now offering Day One support for IBM z/OS 3.2 across its entire mainframe software portfolio. Building on its previously announced Day One support for the z17, it reflects the move reflects the company's unwavering commitment to amplifying mainframe value by enabling customers to adopt the latest advancements—cross the hardware and software stack—without delay, disruption, or compromise, the company said.

Posted September 08, 2025

Geniez AI, a pioneer behind the framework that connects Large Language Models (LLMs) and AI Agents with real-time mainframe data, announced it has raised $6 million in seed funding, enabling the company to scale Geniez AI's engineering and go-to-market teams, expand its partnerships within the enterprise technology space, and deepen integration with key GenAI platforms.

Posted September 08, 2025

AVAIO Digital Partners (AVAIO Digital) announced that it has signed an agreement with Schneider Electric to purchase switchgear, PDUs, UPSs, and chillers in advance of starting construction at four new AI-ready data center campuses across the U.S.

Posted September 08, 2025

IBM and AMD are announcing plans to develop next-generation computing architectures based on the combination of quantum computers and high-performance computing, known as quantum-centric supercomputing.

Posted September 08, 2025

DBTA's webinar, Succeeding with Modern Data Applications, gathered a series of experts to evaluate key technologies, tools, and best practices for developing modern data apps that enable a data-driven, innovation-forward enterprise.

Posted September 05, 2025

In Enterprise AI World's latest webinar, Building and Managing an Effective AI Governance Strategy—co-hosted by DBTA—experts highlighted practical steps for building and managing an effective AI governance strategy.

Posted September 02, 2025

Digitate, the leading global SaaS provider of AIOps solutions, is adopting OpenTelemetry (OTel) into its ignio platform, a SaaS platform built on an agentic architecture for enabling the autonomous enterprise.

Posted September 02, 2025

DBTA's webinar, Getting Data Fabric Right: Key Tools and Best Practices, featured the opinions  of data fabric experts as they examined core components of an effective data fabric, as well as must-have tools, best practices, and common pitfalls.

Posted August 28, 2025

Fluke Networks is launching its Versiv Data Center Kits that are designed to keep data centers up and running by identifying copper and fiber network connectivity issues before they happen and troubleshooting them quickly. At a time when artificial intelligence and data center business is expected to more than double to $622.4 billion by 2030, these kits will equip data center technicians, engineers, and operators with the necessary future-ready equipment to maintain and manage the new technologies of hyperscale and enterprise data centers coming online in the next decade, the vendor said.

Posted August 25, 2025

Relativity Networks, a leading at-scale provider of next-generation fiber-optic technology, announced an oversubscribed $6.1M seed funding round, validating and reinforcing the company's ability to produce and deliver, at scale, the hollow-core fiber (HCF) cable increasingly in demand by operators of the energy-intensive data centers required for the AI economy.

Posted August 25, 2025

StorONE, developer of an efficient storage platform, announced a major milestone in its long-standing partnership with Storage Guardian, a leading managed service provider (MSP)—by consolidating its infrastructure with StorONE's unified software-defined storage platform, Storage Guardian reduced its physical storage footprint from nine full cabinets to just two, while expanding the range of services it delivers.

Posted August 25, 2025

Crusoe, the industry's first vertically integrated AI infrastructure provider, is announcing its acquisition of Atero, the company specializing in GPU management and memory optimization for AI workloads.

Posted August 22, 2025

Abstract Security, the leader in streaming-first security data operations, is unveiling the PAINT (Partnerships, Alliances, and INTegrations) Partner Program, a new initiative that supercharges resellers, MSPs, MSSPs, and technology integrators to deliver advanced cybersecurity solutions and accelerate revenue growth.  

Posted August 21, 2025

Forward Networks, an industry-leading network digital twin platform, announced that it has joined the Infoblox Technology Alliance Partner Program, now offering a certified integration with Infoblox NIOS DDI to enrich IP Address Management (IPAM) through automated, verified network data synchronization.

Posted August 18, 2025

BMC is releasing a variety of updates driven by the need for IT and operations teams to achieve new levels of efficiency, accelerate responses, and improve business uptime. The BMC Helix AIOps 25.3 release builds on the company's vision for accelerating productivity in IT operations (ITOps) with AI-driven detection and response capabilities.

Posted August 18, 2025

Lumen Technologies announced it has exceeded 1,000 customers on its Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) platform, a major milestone in the shift toward faster and smarter enterprise connectivity as businesses embrace AI to transform operations.

Posted August 15, 2025

For the database world, the future looks extremely challenging—and, even more, exceedingly promising. Looking ahead over the next few years, organizations will be relying on their databases in ways never imagined, as leaders and decision makers look to their data resources for intelligence, real-time views, and adaptability to business changes.

Posted August 14, 2025

If you've worked in any data-centric role, you've probably experienced the effects of the proverbial "mandate from on high." Someone in the C-suite decides it's time to hop on the latest shift in the tech landscape—whether generative AI, hybrid cloud infrastructure, or remote work—and now it's time for the entire tech department to make it happen.

Posted August 14, 2025

Aerospike, Inc., the real-time database for mission-critical use cases and workloads, is debuting new expression indexes—or a method of indexing that simplifies application code—that supercharge query performance while reducing memory use and operational costs for AI use cases.

Posted August 13, 2025

In partnership with Enterprise AI World, DBTA's latest webinar, Unlocking Enterprise Value: Making Strategic AI Investments That Deliver, featured the expertise of Shawn Isinhue, global head of business value services, Moveworks, exploring how to align AI initiatives with business impact through a potent mix of technical, operational, and human capabilities.

Posted August 13, 2025

Picus Security, a leading security validation company, is partnering with ThreatConnect to offer its Risk Quantification Module, aiming to deliver a transparent, validation-first approach to cyber risk measurement. At the heart of this new module is ThreatConnect's Risk Quantifier (RQ), which powers the financial modeling engine behind Picus' real-time risk insights.

Posted August 13, 2025

Naveen Sukumar, head of product marketing and DevRel, Astronomer, and Jacob Roach, field data engineer, Astronomer, joined DBTA's webinar, Best Practices for Running Airflow at Scale, offering their expertise in how to properly manage large instances of Airflow while avoiding both performance bottlenecks and developer inefficiencies.

Posted August 11, 2025

Flex announced a new power shelf system to fast-track 800 VDC power architectures and support the growing demands of AI infrastructure, AI factories, and data centers. The Flex power shelf system provides industry-leading efficiency for NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 systems while preparing for the transition to 800 VDC data center power infrastructure to support the deployment of 1 megawatt IT racks, the company said.

Posted August 11, 2025

Cloudera, the only company bringing AI to data anywhere, is announcing that its latest iteration of Cloudera Data Services delivers private AI to on-prem environments.

Posted August 11, 2025

Datavault AI Inc., a leader in AI data experience, announced the expanded commercialization of its flagship AI agents—DataScore and DataValue—built with IBM watsonx.ai. IBM has also committed AI engineering talent and deep technical expertise over multiple years to help Datavault expand and accelerate the impact of its offerings for clients.

Posted August 11, 2025

Chetan Swain, senior product marketing manager, Informatica, joined DBTA's webinar, Data Integration and Governance for the AI Era, to explore emerging technologies and trends reshaping how organizations manage data for AI enablement, from data fabric and data mesh, to real-time data integration, no-/low-code integration, and more.

Posted August 08, 2025

The amount of data and its complexity has been growing at a rapid clip and shows no sign of stopping. To contain this data, organizations have been introducing different types of database platforms alongside relational solutions. 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 06, 2025

Bloom Energy, a global leader in power solutions, announced that it will deploy its fuel cell technology at select Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) data centers in the U.S. to support the growing demand for OCI's AI and cloud computing services. Bloom Energy will deliver highly reliable and cost-efficient onsite power for an entire data center within 90 days, according to the vendor.

Posted August 06, 2025

Johnny Jay, principal product marketing manager, insightsoftware, and Evan Friel, senior solutions engineer, insightsoftware, joined DBTA's webinar, Unlocking Real-Time Write Back Applications in Power BI, to explore how Power ON—a solution for visual planning for Microsoft Power BI-delivers the advanced write back, planning, and forecasting capabilities necessary for future-proofing business operations without sacrificing data integrity or governance.

Posted August 05, 2025

Cloudera, the only data and AI platform company that brings the cloud anywhere, is announcing its acquisition of Taikun, a leading platform provider for managing Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

Posted August 04, 2025

OpenText, a leading information management company, and TELUS, a world-leading communications technology company, are introducing the OpenText and TELUS Canadian Sovereign Cloud—empowering Canadian organizations and government agencies with access to enterprise-grade cloud computing and AI capabilities while ensuring complete data sovereignty. This means every application, dataset, computation, and network operation remains securely within Canadian borders, according to OpenText and TELUS.

Posted August 04, 2025

DBTA's webinar, Is Your Data Ready for AI? How to Build a Solid Foundation, highlighted perspectives from industry experts about proven best practices, modern architecture strategies, and new technologies that prepare organizations for true AI success.

Posted August 01, 2025

LogicMonitor, a leading SaaS-based platform for AI-powered data center transformation, announced the availability of Edwin AI, LogicMonitor's AI Agent for ITOps (IT Operations), in the new AI Agents and Tools category of AWS Marketplace.

Posted August 01, 2025

Yugabyte, the distributed SQL database expert, is unveiling extended vector search functionality and PostgreSQL compatibility for YugabyteDB, the AI-ready, multi-modal, distributed PostgreSQL database for cloud native apps.

Posted July 31, 2025

Red Hat, a leading provider of open source solutions, announced Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Business Developers to simplify access to the leading enterprise Linux platform for business-focused development and testing scenarios. A new self-service offering through the Red Hat Developer Program, Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Business Developers helps business development teams build, test, and iterate on applications more quickly and on the same platform that underpins production systems across the hybrid cloud at no cost.

Posted July 28, 2025

IBM is building upon its strong foundation with z/OS 3.2, the next release of the IBM flagship mainframe operating system, designed to unlock the value of the new IBM z17. IBM z/OS has been the foundation for enterprises that need unmatched reliability, scalability, and security, according to the company.

Posted July 28, 2025

Accelsius, a leader in advanced data center cooling solutions, announced that its proprietary NeuCool IR80 system will be deployed in Q3 2025 at Equinix's Co-Innovation Facility (CIF) in the DC15 International Business Exchange (IBX) data center at the Equinix Ashburn Campus.

Posted July 28, 2025

ExaGrid, the industry's only Tiered Backup Storage solution with Retention Time-Lock that includes a non-network-facing tier (creating a tiered air gap), delayed deletes, and immutability for ransomware recovery, is debuting ExaGrid software version 7.3.0, ushering in support for industry-leading backup applications and utilities.

Posted July 24, 2025

The Trump Administration rolled out a plan to reign in regulations to speed up the development of AI tools and the infrastructure to power them. "The Action Plan's objective is to articulate policy recommendations that this Administration can deliver for the American people to achieve the President's vision of global AI dominance," the report said.

Posted July 23, 2025

With the rapid success of OpenAI's ChatGPT and other emerging types of AI solutions in the last several years, organizations have been scrambling to adopt artificial intelligence by "any means necessary." This pivot has changed how organizations think about modern enterprise data architecture.

Posted July 23, 2025

OpenAI and the U.K. Government are entering a strategic partnership to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence, along with the goal to deliver on the U.K.'s AI Opportunities Action Plan and its ambition to deploy AI for shared prosperity. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and the U.K. Secretary of State for Science, Innovation, and Technology, Peter Kyle MP, signed a Memorandum of Understanding?(opens in a new window) (MOU) focused on unlocking the economic and societal benefits of AI.

Posted July 22, 2025

Synopsys announced the official completion of its acquisition of Ansys, combining leaders in silicon design, IP and simulation, and analysis to enable customers to rapidly innovate AI-powered products.

Posted July 17, 2025

SiMa.ai, a leading provider of Machine Learning System on a Chip (MLSoC) silicon and the Palette software platform, announced a collaboration with Cisco to bring artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to Industry 4.0 environments. By integrating SiMa.ai's energy-efficient Modalix AI platform with Cisco's new, robust and ruggedized IE3500 portfolio of switches, customers can now deploy powerful, production-grade edge AI solutions across manufacturing, logistics, and industrial automation use cases, according to the vendors.

Posted July 17, 2025

Oracle announced it will invest $3 billion in Germany and the Netherlands over the next five years to meet the rising demands for AI and bolster its infrastructure powering artificial intelligence and cloud offerings in the European market. Oracle is planning to spend $2 billion in Germany and $1 billion in the Netherlands, the company said in separate statements. Additionally, Oracle said that the spending efforts will lead to a "significant expansion of AI infrastructure capacity" in both countries.

Posted July 16, 2025

ExaGrid, the industry's only Tiered Backup Storage solution with Retention Time-Lock that includes a non-network-facing tier (creating a tiered air gap), delayed deletes, and immutability for ransomware recovery, is unveiling support for Rubrik.

Posted July 15, 2025

Extreme Networks, Inc., is announcing the general availability of Extreme Platform ONE, the first all-in-one networking platform fueled by conversational, multimodal, and agentic AI.

Posted July 15, 2025

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