Database Management Articles
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
Cloud remains important as ever as AI makes gains in the industry. Other key factors leading to the continued importance of the cloud include the increasing adoption of cloud services by businesses for cost-efficiency and scalability, advancements in cloud technologies, the growth of big data and analytics, and the rising need for remote work solutions. Here, experts share their predictions for cloud in 2025.
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
Graphiant, a provider of private, next-generation Network-as-a-Service (NaaS), is introducing its groundbreaking Data Assurance service, providing end-to-end control and visibility for data in motion throughout the entire business network.
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
Open-source software has reshaped many IT disciplines, and the world of database administration (DBA) is no exception. The open-source community, and the software it has produced, has evolved into a powerful force that drives both innovation and economic efficiency. For DBAs, this evolution brings new opportunities and challenges. Let's take a look at the impact of open source on the modern DBA and the skillset needed to stay relevant.
Posted December 12, 2024
The beauty and joy of a relational database is the concept of relational closure—everything is a table. Beyond the eponymous table, query results are also "tables." Any query serves as a table to be queried by any other query, which is why queries may be nested almost infinitely within queries.
Posted December 12, 2024
Kore Integrate is perfect for implementing ERP integration effectively. Many manufacturers, distributors, and supply chain organizations use data integration tools to gain meaningful insights from their ERPs. In the latest blog post, Kore Tech explains how Kore Integrate is the perfect tool to integrate disparate systems.
Posted December 12, 2024
EnterpriseDB (EDB), the leading Postgres data and AI company, is adding a variety of enhancements to EDB Postgres AI, empowering enterprises to deploy secure, flexible AI-driven applications in a sovereign, hybrid environment.
Posted December 11, 2024
StorMagic, solving the world's edge data problems, is introducing version 2.0 of its SvHCI full-stack HCI (hyperconverged infrastructure) solution, which is purpose-built for enterprise edge and small to medium-sized business (SMB) environments.
Posted December 11, 2024
Blackwire Labs, a veteran and expert-led tech firm offering trusted AI cybersecurity solutions to businesses, is introducing Blackwire.ai an enterprise grade GenAI tool that combines human expert-vetted knowledge with blockchain-powered integrity to deliver cybersecurity insights.
Posted December 11, 2024
A healthy democracy depends on free and fair elections, which must also be believed to be fair. Most reputable accounts indicate that the U.S. 2020 presidential election was free of significant voter fraud. However, large segments of the population believe the election was unfair, and consequently, faith in democracy has been undermined. The results of the upcoming 2024 election—however it is determined—are bound to face challenges and disputes.
Posted December 11, 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 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
IBM and AMD are collaborating to deploy AMD Instinct MI300X accelerators as a service on IBM Cloud. This offering, which is expected to be available in the first half of 2025, aims to enhance performance and power efficiency for GenAI models such as and high-performance computing (HPC) applications for enterprise clients.
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
Syncari, a leader in data unification and automation, is announcing the general availability of powerful new capabilities in its Syncari Autonomous Data Management (ADM) platform that includes Unified Insights for real-time business intelligence (BI) and Auto Field Mapping for swift, consistent configuration.
Posted December 06, 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
Weaviate is launching its latest SaaS service, Weaviate Embeddings, to bring freedom and flexibility to a crucial area of AI development: data vectorization. According to the company, Weaviate Embeddings combines the flexibility of open source with the convenience and scalability of a managed service and pay-as-you-go pricing.
Posted December 05, 2024
Progress, the trusted provider of AI-powered infrastructure software, is unveiling the Q4 2024 release of Progress Telerik and Progress Kendo UI component libraries. With this latest iteration focusing on improved integration, ease-of-use, and various other enhancements, Progress aims to provide the most comprehensive toolset for developing modern user experiences, according to the company.
Posted December 04, 2024
Tenable, the exposure management company, is releasing Tenable Patch Management, an autonomous patch solution built to quickly and effectively close vulnerability exposures in a unified solution. According to the company, collaboration and integration with Adaptiva, a global leader in autonomous endpoint management, provides the foundation of this solution.
Posted December 04, 2024
Oracle announced the limited preview of Oracle Database@AWS—enabling customers to run Oracle Exadata Database Service on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) in Amazon Web Services (AWS), starting with the AWS U.S. East Region. Oracle Database@AWS provides customers with a fully integrated experience for deploying, managing, and using Oracle Exadata Database Service natively within AWS.
Posted December 04, 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
The Open Enterprise Linux Association (OpenELA) recently published enterprise Linux sources compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.5. RHEL 9.5 was released by Red Hat on November 13, and compatible sources were made available through OpenELA the following day, illustrating the speed and efficacy of the directed automation processes that OpenELA announced in July.
Posted December 04, 2024
Red Hat, Inc., a leading provider of open source solutions, is providing the general availability of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Service on AWS as a managed offering in AWS Marketplace—making it easier for customers to manage their hybrid cloud infrastructure by streamlining and operationalizing otherwise complex and potentially error-prone activities.
Posted December 02, 2024
Continuent, the leading provider of high availability and continuous operations solutions for business-critical applications using MySQL and MariaDB databases, is unveiling Tungsten Copilot, an AI-powered tool designed to enhance technical and customer support, increasing issue detection, analysis, and resolution speed. As part of Continuent's ongoing strategy to improve its customer service operations, Tungsten Copilot intelligently identifies and provides actionable steps in the event of technical issues.
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
Pegasystems Inc., The Enterprise Transformation Company, is introducing new AI-driven legacy discovery capabilities in Pega GenAI Blueprint to accelerate the task of modernizing legacy systems. These new features empower IT teams to analyze their existing systems in seconds and reimagine their workflows while reducing technical debt, according to Pega.
Posted November 25, 2024
Baffle, the easiest way to protect sensitive data, is debuting the extension of its data protection platform to pgvector on PostgreSQL. With this release, Baffle expands its data protection and control capabilities to the vector database space, ensuring that enterprises using vector databases for their GenAI apps are secured against potential data leakage.
Posted November 22, 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
OpenText is introducing Cloud Editions (CE) 24.4, providing a suite of transformative advancements in business cloud, AI, and technology to empower the future of AI-driven knowledge work. The announcement was made at OpenText World 2024. According to the company, this release delivers secure, AI-integrated solutions that strengthen data connectivity, streamlines workflows, and enhances human potential—addressing the needs of forward-thinking CIOs and business leaders navigating multi-cloud environments.
Posted November 22, 2024
Cribl, the Data Engine for IT and security, announced that its solutions are now available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, enabling Cribl customers to take advantage of the Azure cloud platform, eliminating the need for separate vendor onboarding processes and bringing unified billing, reduced administrative overhead, and faster deployment and scalability.
Posted November 22, 2024
DuploCloud, an industry pioneer for DevOps automation with built-in compliance, is releasing the DuploCloud Advanced Observability Suite (AOS), a solution designed to deliver comprehensive application insights without the steep costs typically associated with observability tools.
Posted November 22, 2024
Crunchy Data, the leading provider of trusted open source Postgres technology and products, is debuting Crunchy Data Warehouse, a high-performance, Postgres-native analytics database available as a managed service on Crunchy Bridge—the managed PostgreSQL platform from Crunchy Data. With full Iceberg support built on unmodified Postgres, Crunchy Data Warehouse offers fast analytical queries and transactions to support the familiar features and ecosystem of Postgres.
Posted November 21, 2024
Franz Inc., an early innovator in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and leading supplier of Graph Database technology for Neuro-Symbolic AI Solutions, is introducing AllegroGraph 8.3, adding support for additional AI models offered via Ollama and strengthening AllegroGraph's position as a critical technology for enterprises seeking to integrate advanced AI capabilities with knowledge graph-driven solutions.
Posted November 21, 2024
Lenses.io, a data streaming innovation leader, is rebranding to reflect a focus on augmenting the capabilities of engineers to connect applications and AI with real-time data. According to the company, with a reputation for building trusted developer solutions, the rebrand underscores the company's mission to empower developers with an operating solution that boosts productivity and fosters innovation.
Posted November 21, 2024
Pure Storage, the IT pioneer that delivers advanced data storage technology and services, is expanding its AI solutions with the new Pure Storage GenAI Pod, a full-stack solution providing turnkey designs built on the Pure Storage platform.
Posted November 21, 2024
Apiiro, the leading application security posture management (ASPM) platform, today introduced Code-to-Runtime, a new, innovative capability using Apiiro's deep code analysis (DCA) technology to map software architecture and trace all types of software components.
Posted November 21, 2024
SQL Server databases often contain precious data such as customer information, financial records, and account passwords—assets that are often both essential to the business and subject to compliance regulations. Today, that data is more at risk than ever because readily available AI tools can help less-technical cybercriminals plan and execute attacks. Indeed, the latest version of ChatGPT can be misused to get recommendations about effective tools and technologies to employ in cyberattacks and even examples of how to use them.
Posted November 21, 2024
Imagine SmartTech Manufacturing Inc., a thriving, U.S.-based company known for its cutting-edge industrial robots equipped with remote monitoring and predictive analytics capabilities. For years, it has dominated the European market, prides itself on proprietary software, and safeguards its data analytics.
Posted November 21, 2024
Silverfort, a leading identity security company, is acquiring Rezonate, an innovator in identity-first security for cloud environments—fulfilling Silverfort's mission of providing the industry's most complete identity security platform. According to the company, the consolidated offering will strengthen and expand Silverfort's ability to protect identities across all on-prem assets, cloud identity providers, cloud infrastructure, and SaaS applications. The combined offering, fully integrated into Silverfort's platform, will be available in mid-2025.
Posted November 21, 2024
CloudBolt Software, The Cloud ROI Company and leader in cloud FinOps, is pursuing a strategic partnership with CloudEagle.ai, a leading SaaS management and procurement platform, to move toward a unified approach to optimizing and governing both cloud and SaaS spend.
Posted November 21, 2024
SecurityBridge, the cybersecurity command center for SAP, announced its latest innovation: Virtual Patching, an advanced feature that enhances SAP security by providing automated protection for unpatched SAP systems starting on SAP Patch Day. Virtual Patching is a cross-platform solution that integrates SecurityBridge's Patch Management and Threat Detection modules. It offers seamless, real-time defense against vulnerabilities by alerting SAP administrators when unpatched code is detected.
Posted November 20, 2024
SAP SE announced the general availability of its Sovereign Cloud capabilities in the U.K., marking a significant milestone in its commitment to providing secure, localized cloud solutions tailored to the unique needs of public sector organizations, critical national infrastructure, and highly regulated industries.
Posted November 20, 2024
Avantra, a global leader in AI-driven SAP operations automation, is debuting Avantra AIR, an advanced AI copilot for SAP operations, and announced the forthcoming release of Avantra 25, a new and further enhanced version of the company's renowned AIOps platform. These announcements were made at its 2024 Global Summit in Germany.
Posted November 20, 2024
In today's data-focused world, modern organizations rely on data not only to conduct business but to plan their future. Data is the fuel for AI and machine learning techniques that drive forward-looking organizations. Data continues to drive daily transactions that drive business. Current and historical data is analyzed for patterns to help streamline operations and boost performance and cost efficiency. And that all must happen within the context of industry and governmental regulations that dictate how data must be governed and protected.
Posted November 20, 2024