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March 2026
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In today's data landscape, organizations often default to complex, expensive data stacks when simpler, more specialized solutions could deliver better results at a fraction of the cost. InfluxData senior developer advocate Cole Bowden joined DBTA's webinar, Choosing the Right Data Tools: When to Use a Time Series Database, cutting through the noise to help attendees make smarter database decisions.
Too many digital twin initiatives stall after the pilot phase, failing to deliver real business impact. Without a trusted data foundation, companies risk costly downtime, inaccurate predictions, and missed opportunities.
AI systems are becoming multi-modal, adaptive, and autonomous—but governance hasn't kept up. Continuous model tuning, agent workflows, and distributed AI stacks mean risk changes in real time, while most governance approaches remain manual, siloed, and reactive.
Success now depends on achieving the right balance between automation and human expertise—maintaining governance without sacrificing agility and ensuring security at scale. As data ecosystems stretch across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, DBA teams must step up by embracing new tools, expanding their scope, and driving the shift toward intelligent, proactive, and cost-efficient data operations.
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When organizations think about green IT, they usually consider data center efficiency, server consolidation, or cloud energy metrics. And yes, those are important areas, but they overlook one of the biggest contributors to an organization's energy footprint: its data architecture. Every table, index, column, backup, replication stream, and query consumes resources, and therefore energy. Poor data design doesn't just slow performance or inflate costs, it also increases the organization's environmental footprint.
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BlueFinity is introducing two-factor authentication (2FA), a critical safeguard against unauthorized access to sensitive data. Improved systems and easier access to company information (from mobile phone, tablets, home working, etc.) has accelerated the requirement for enhanced security features, the company said.
Entrinsik announced that its team will be speaking or exhibiting at events across the country throughout Spring 2026. Scott Allen will be speaking at Accelerate, on April 13-16, in Las Angeles Nevada, in his session titled "From Gut Feel to Growth Engine: Using Data to Run a Smarter Agency."
KoreTech is introducing several new updates to Kore Integrate that enable secure, dependable data movement across systems. Kore Integrate (formerly Kourier Integrator) is the most robust platform for data integration and warehousing (ETL) and enterprise application integration (EAI) designed for major database platforms, including Rocket UniVerse and UniData (U2), Microsoft SQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle.
MultiValue World: The Future Unleashed, a global conference bringing together leaders, developers, and innovators in MultiValue database technology, is introducing its event sessions and agenda. The event will take place April 27-30, 2026, at the Saddlebrook Resort & Spa in Wesley Chapel, Florida. The conference is bringing together speakers with decades of real-world MultiValue experience alongside leaders driving modernization, AI, and next-generation development.