Data Center Management Articles
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
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 09, 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
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 08, 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
Tenable, the exposure management company, is debuting a series of new enhancements for Tenable Security Center, the world's #1 vulnerability management solution managed on-prem. Designed to promote exposure comprehension and overall visibility, the new features—vulnerability intelligence, risk prioritization, and web application scanning—forward a contextual, risk-based view of enterprise security and compliance posture for on-prem systems, according to Tenable.
Posted December 09, 2024
Data Centers are the focus of increased scrutiny and renewed interest as more and more power consumption and resource statistics show eye-popping figures. A significant aspect of energy consumption is dedicated to data center cooling systems, which are crucial for maintaining optimal operating temperatures and preventing hardware failure. Current estimates suggest that data centers account for 3% of global electricity consumption, with predictions indicating a rise to a potential 10% by 2030.
Posted December 09, 2024
Clarifai, a global leader in AI and pioneer of the full-stack AI platform, is unveiling new compute orchestration capabilities for AI workloads, designed for any AI model, on any compute, at any scale. This innovation enables organizations to better optimize their compute and cloud investments for AI by eliminating vendor lock-in and forwarding efficient compute spend.
Posted December 09, 2024
Cockroach Labs is releasing CockroachDB 24.3, improving resilience and performance, while adding enterprise capabilities such as support of Microsoft's Active Directory and database triggers. According to the company, CockroachDB 24.3 also delivers a solution that enables customers with two data centers to experience the resilience benefits of distributed SQL that were formerly limited to three data center implementations.
Posted December 09, 2024
As AI technologies and services have accelerated their own proliferation throughout the market, the data that trains these machines is more important than ever. The global big data and analytics industry is expected to experience significant growth in the next few years. It is predicted to grow at a CAGR of 14.9% between 2024 and 2032 and reach $1.088 trillion by 2032. Here, data professionals share their big data and database/infrastructure predictions for 2025.
Posted December 06, 2024
Big data is continuing to proliferate at organizations, this time spurred by AI and machine learning within enterprise software tools, followed by advancements in software for managing unstructured data, and the substantial increase in data volume. To help make the process of identifying useful products and services easier, each year, DBTA presents a list of Trend-Setting Products, highlighting a commitment to innovation and to provide organizations with tools to address changing market requirements.
Posted December 05, 2024
SurrealDB, the ultimate multi-model database, is debuting a Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) version of SurrealDB, delivering a fully managed solution that abstracts the complexities of infrastructure management. Dubbed Surreal Cloud, its launch reflects an emphasis on ease and simplicity without sacrificing on power, scale, or resilience.
Posted December 05, 2024
New Relic, the Intelligent Observability Platform, is announcing an integration between New Relic AI—New Relic's in-platform generative AI (GenAI) assistant—and Amazon Q Business, AWS' GenAI-powered assistant for finding information, gaining insight, and taking action at work. Propelled by the goal of affording enterprises both visibility and actionable, intelligent insights on their operational infrastructures, New Relic and AWS' integration drives fast, intelligent, cost-effective business operations amid increasingly complex data environments.
Posted December 05, 2024
Oracle announced the Craneware Group, Vodafone, and organizations from almost every major industry in the world are selecting Oracle Database@Azure to accelerate their cloud migrations and support their most demanding and sensitive workloads. To meet rapidly growing global demand, Oracle Database@Azure is being made available in new regions across the world and new services continue to be added.
Posted December 04, 2024
Domino Data Lab, provider of the leading Enterprise AI Platform trusted by the largest AI-driven companies, is announcing an array of platform capabilities and integrations with leading AI innovators—AWS, NetApp, and NVIDIA—that focus on accelerating AI time-to-value while reducing costs and risk. Accompanied by Domino's ongoing momentum in the SaaS market—having experienced a 750% increase in annual recurring revenue (ARR) over the last year—the company continues its rapid innovation in the AI enablement space.
Posted November 27, 2024
AppViewX, a leader in automated certificate lifecycle management (CLM) and public key infrastructure (PKI) solutions, is announcing that Haveli Investments—a private equity firm with deep expertise in enterprise software—has made a strategic majority investment in AppViewX. This investment empowers AppViewX to expand its market leadership and accelerate growth of its AVX ONE platform—the most advanced SaaS CLM platform for enterprise PKI, IAM, security, DevOps, cloud, platform, and application teams.
Posted November 27, 2024
Commvault, a leading provider of cyber resilience and data protection solutions for the hybrid cloud, is debuting a new capability that delivers near-instant recovery of large datasets stored in Amazon S3—Clumio Backtrack. By enabling organizations to automate the process of reverting a high quantity of objects to a specific version, at a specific point in time, Clumio Backtrack accelerates the recovery period in the event of an error or attack, ensuring enterprises can keep operations online.
Posted November 26, 2024
Vultr, one of the world's largest privately held cloud computing platform, announced that NetApp, the intelligent data infrastructure company, has joined the Vultr Cloud Alliance, a partnership program consisting of solutions that enable composable AI cloud services.
Posted November 26, 2024
Kinesis Network, a global compute optimization platform, is announcing a new serverless innovation that allows enterprises to run workloads across a dynamic, multi-cloud environment. Addressing the demand for high-performance computing needed for AI, Kinesis' serverless feature empowers enterprises to unlock the value of idle computing power within its Compute-as-a-Service platform.
Posted November 25, 2024
Tempest, the company helping teams deliver better code, faster, is emerging from stealth backed by $3.2 million in funding, with the aim of delivering a complete developer platform that can be deployed in hours instead of months. Brought to you by the team behind Fleetsmith, a company acquired by Apple in 2020, Tempest seeks to alleviate the burden of infrastructure tasks from developers with a unified platform that boosts developer productivity and maximizes return on engineering investments.
Posted November 25, 2024
LogicMonitor, a leading SaaS-based hybrid observability platform powered by AI, is announcing a substantial infusion of capital—an investment of $800 million—from PSG, Golub Capital, and other contributors. Powering LogicMonitor's innovations in bridging AI and data centers, this latest funding will contribute to LogicMonitor's platform expansion, global footprint, and investment in new verticals.
Posted November 25, 2024
The importance of real-time data and analytics, as well as its plethora of advantages, is clear—according to DBTA subscribers, real-time data and analytics ranked as their company's #1 modernization priority. Yet data silos, data latency, and legacy infrastructures prevent real-time data and analytics from succeeding. In DBTA's special roundtable webinar, Unlocking the Power of Real-Time Data and Analytics, experts shared key solutions and best practices for effectively shifting data strategies to meet the latest modernization priorities.
Posted November 22, 2024