Five Minute Briefing - Information Management
January 8, 2026
Five Minute Briefing - Information Management: January 8, 2026. A concise weekly report with key product news, market research and insight for data management professionals and IT executives.
News Flashes
Right now, AI technologies are not just enhancing existing technology portfolios—they are reshaping how organizations think about modern data architecture, elevating modernization from a competitive advantage to an essential business requirement.
Percona, a leader in enterprise-grade open source database software, support, and services, is transitioning Percona Everest into an independent open source project called OpenEverest—an open source platform for automated database provisioning and management.
Snowflake, the AI Data Cloud company, is acquiring Observe, a leader in AI-powered observability—enabling Snowflake to deliver the next generation of AI-powered observability, built on open standards and designed for the scale, complexity, and economics required by modern AI-driven enterprises.