Five Minute Briefing - Information Management
April 8, 2026
Five Minute Briefing - Information Management: April 8, 2026. A concise weekly report with key product news, market research and insight for data management professionals and IT executives.
News Flashes
AWS is announcing the release of Amazon S3 Files, a new file system that seamlessly connects any AWS compute resource with Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). With S3 Files, Amazon S3 is the first and only cloud object store that offers fully-featured, high-performance file system access to your data, the company said.
Data Summit 2026 is rapidly approaching on May 6 - 7 in Boston, with pre-conference workshops on May 5, delivering a high-impact learning experience for data and AI professionals at every level. Attendees will gain practical strategies and forward-looking perspectives from industry leaders who are addressing the challenges and opportunities shaping the future of data. DBTA recently spoke to John O'Brien, program chair for the event and principal advisor, industry analyst at Radiant Advisors, about what to expect at this year's event.
StreamNative, founded by the creators of Apache Pulsar, is introducing Lakestream, a new architectural paradigm for lakehouse-native streaming, alongside the launch of Ursa For Kafka (UFK)—a native Apache Kafka service that puts the Lakestream vision into practice.