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• July 29, 2026 29 Jul'26

  Nimble launches agents to cull relevant web data for AI

  The vendor's Web Search Agents autonomously learn domain-specific use cases to help enterprises collect contextually relevant information for AI and analytics.

• July 29, 2026 29 Jul'26

  Potential consequences are severe when AI agents lack context

  When connected with relevant context, agents can increase organizational efficiency and reduce spending. When left to guess, they can cause significant harm.

• July 28, 2026 28 Jul'26

  Data management vendors race to connect AI with context

  With agents requiring situational awareness to be accurate, connecting AI with relevant data and business logic has been an almost singular focus throughout 2026.

• July 27, 2026 27 Jul'26

  Context is king as agents evolve, but problems persist

  Awareness enabled by appropriate data and business logic is one of the differences between agentic applications that properly perform and those that never reach production.

• July 23, 2026 23 Jul'26

  New Oracle AI database targets cost, data residency concerns

  The tech giant's latest offering is a scaled-down version of its Exadata platform and helps differentiate its lineup of databases from those of competing providers.

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• July 23, 2026 23 Jul'26

  Domo acquired for $400M, sells to Progress Software

  Amid slow growth and a sliding stock price, the analytics provider is the latest specialist to join forces with a larger enterprise rather than remain independent.

• July 20, 2026 20 Jul'26

  Zilliz ups vector search results with Milvus database update

  Native access to data lakes and a new data retrieval engine highlight the latest release as the vendor competes for market share amid a crowded field.

• July 17, 2026 17 Jul'26

  Will AI replace data analysts: A year and a half later

  Organizations should foster and fund -- not terminate -- entry-level positions in favor of AI. Junior talent is key to the long-term success of AI agents.

• July 15, 2026 15 Jul'26

  Regatta Data launches unified base for AI with RegattaDB

  The database vendor is entering a crowded market with the launch of a database purpose-built for agents by unifying disparate data workloads.

• July 14, 2026 14 Jul'26

  Alation launches OS for building, governing AI agents

  While not the first AI governance suite, the vendor's Intelligence Operating System is somewhat unique by unifying data, context and agents in one environment.

• July 02, 2026 02 Jul'26

  Qlik launches data engineering tools to aid AI development

  New capabilities, such as data quality agents and a feature that makes data products more reusable, support engineers to help organizations more easily achieve their AI goals.

• June 30, 2026 30 Jun'26

  Why Apache Iceberg is the center of attention in data platforms

  In a Q&A, consultant Donald Farmer explains why vendors are rushing to support Apache Iceberg and discusses its capabilities and deployment issues for data teams.

• June 30, 2026 30 Jun'26

  Couchbase evolution continues with new data layer for AI

  New capabilities including Agent Memory and extension to edge devices help the vendor compete for market share as it grows beyond its database roots.

• June 30, 2026 30 Jun'26

  Latest MongoDB tools tackle top AI development hurdles

  New capabilities address the data retrieval accuracy and regulatory compliance issues that often stall initiatives, and could help distinguish the vendor from competitors.

• June 26, 2026 26 Jun'26

  Geopolitics reshape data protection plans

  Business and technology leaders are revising their data protection plans as global conflicts challenge current resilience and risk management plans.

• June 25, 2026 25 Jun'26

  Tableau, Qlik in flux: What it means for BI users amid AI shift

  Ongoing transitions at Tableau and Qlik highlight how the rise of AI-driven analytics is changing the roles and technology needs of data analysts -- and the BI market.

• June 24, 2026 24 Jun'26

  Agents are altering data security needs, Oracle responds

  Traditional strategies that protect infrastructure systems are not enough with agents autonomously accessing data and threat actors using AI to discover new vulnerabilities.

• June 23, 2026 23 Jun'26

  CData aims to simplify AI development with latest features

  New capabilities that reduce data integration tasks and connect data with AI aid developers while helping the vendor carve out a niche amid a competitive landscape.

• June 23, 2026 23 Jun'26

  Latest EnterpriseDB features unify data for AI development

  New capabilities address the data sprawl that sometimes stops enterprises from successfully building agents and could help differentiate the vendor from competitors.

• June 17, 2026 17 Jun'26

  AWS latest to introduce context layer for agentic AI

  With context key to agents performing in production, the tech giant's latest new features aim to feed cutting-edge tools the situational awareness they require.

• June 17, 2026 17 Jun'26

  Databricks intros new Genie, data management tools to aid AI

  Features address context for agents, readying data for AI, cost control, security and flexibility to help users overcome problems that prevent pilots from reaching production.

• June 11, 2026 11 Jun'26

  Databricks intros OpenSharing, a new standard for sharing AI

  The open source protocol modernizes collaboration by enabling teams to share AI assets such as AI models and agent skills across domains and with external partners.

• June 08, 2026 08 Jun'26

  Unstructured data needed, but often untapped, for agentic AI

  AI development initiatives hinge on the quality and completeness of the underlying data, but research from BARC shows that many organizations struggle to operationalize key data.

• June 04, 2026 04 Jun'26

  Neo4j's GraphAware acquisition targets new customer segment

  The purchase adds analysis capabilities for government agencies that work on top of the vendor's graph database, expanding its target audience to include analysts.

• June 02, 2026 02 Jun'26

  Microsoft boosts Fabric to make it a foundation for AI

  New features that feed agents contextually relevant data add breadth to the platform and keep its data and AI capabilities current in a competitive market.

• June 02, 2026 02 Jun'26

  Snowflake barrage adds more AI development, analysis tools

  A streaming data service and tools that provide agents with contextual awareness highlight the latest from the vendor as it constructs a foundation for agentic enterprises.

• June 01, 2026 01 Jun'26

  Fivetran, DBT Labs complete merger to form data layer for AI

  The combined capabilities of the newly formed company provide the infrastructure, including data integration and preparation, for agents and other cutting-edge applications.

• May 28, 2026 28 May'26

  New Starburst platform extends AI to distributed data

  The vendor's approach to developing agents and other cutting-edge applications eliminates the time, cost and risks of moving data and could be a competitive differentiator.

• May 20, 2026 20 May'26

  Evolving Alteryx focusing on AI-ready data, logic for agents

  As the vendor grows to meet changing customer needs, CEO Andy MacMillan says its goals have expanded beyond its data prep roots to include connecting agents with proper context.

• May 20, 2026 20 May'26

  Latest Alteryx features aim to boost AI-powered automation

  Capabilities include an MCP server and a tool that helps transform trusted data and logic into agents, with potential differentiation lying in the empowerment of business users.

• May 20, 2026 20 May'26

  Informatica update aims to provide trust foundation for AI

  Agents that continuously perform master data management tasks and a headless architecture for data management improve access to data that can be trusted to inform outputs.

• May 19, 2026 19 May'26

  Latest from Confluent streamlines use of streaming for AI

  A fully managed MCP server and machine learning-powered data privacy capabilities aid customers attempting to move real-time AI applications into production.

• May 14, 2026 14 May'26

  HYCU releases aiR intelligence layer to interrogate backups

  The vendor is harnessing the data already stored in HYCU R-Cloud backups to provide users with insights and protect against potential risks.

• May 12, 2026 12 May'26

  VeeamON 2026 updates target AI trust, resilience

  As agentic AI is on the rise, the vendor focused its flagship event on the convergence of AI, trust and data security.

• May 11, 2026 11 May'26

  Alation intros AI governance suite to ensure compliance

  As enterprises launch agents and other cutting-edge applications into production, remaining compliant with evolving regulations is challenging.

• May 08, 2026 08 May'26

  MongoDB adds new vector, performance capabilities to aid AI

  With enterprise data workloads feeding AI pipelines, the longtime database vendor is evolving -- along with competitors -- by building capabilities for cutting-edge development.

• May 07, 2026 07 May'26

  Teradata's latest targets putting agentic AI into production

  As many enterprises prepare to move past experimenting with agents, the vendor's new platform is purpose-built to help users move pilots into production.

• May 06, 2026 06 May'26

  Tableau in transition as AI forces BI vendors to evolve

  With its new context layer for AI, the vendor is attempting a needed evolution as agents and other cutting-edge tools reduce enterprise reliance on traditional analytics.

• May 05, 2026 05 May'26

  New Tableau leader talks vendor's evolution in era of AI

  With longtime data and analytics providers pivoting to find their role within AI workflows, Mark Recher takes over during a time of transition for the vendor.

• May 05, 2026 05 May'26

  Tableau repositions for AI, unveils new knowledge layer

  The Agentic Analytics Platform is designed to help users operationalize contextually relevant data for agents and demonstrates the vendor's ongoing evolution.

• May 04, 2026 04 May'26

  SAP acquisitions of Dremio, Prior Labs target AI development

  The tech giant's latest purchases add a data lakehouse that enables users to access data across systems and tabular foundation models that fuel predictive AI.

• April 30, 2026 30 Apr'26

  Qlik's Capone departs after eight years as CEO

  With AI the dominant trend in data and analytics, the vendor's leader leaves after guiding it through its cloud transition and additions of data integration and AI capabilities.

• April 29, 2026 29 Apr'26

  Qdrant boosts performance, reliability to meet AI needs

  As customers look to move past experimentation and put pilots into production, the vendor's new features better prepare its platform for modern enterprise workloads.

• April 28, 2026 28 Apr'26

  Latest SAS capabilities focus on fostering reliable AI

  Features including an MCP server and a framework for developing agents aim to enable trustworthy AI-powered analysis while also helping the vendor catch up to its competition.

• April 28, 2026 28 Apr'26

  Actian targets secure, compliant AI with new vector database

  The vendor's portable database enables organizations in heavily regulated industries to build AI tools without risking accidental data exposure or regulatory violations.

• April 27, 2026 27 Apr'26

  GoodData joins agentic AI development mix with Agent Builder

  Automatic connections to relevant data through a context layer and a no-code development interface aim to simplify building context-aware, cutting-edge applications.

• April 22, 2026 22 Apr'26

  Google unveils data cloud purpose built for agentic AI

  Features including a Knowledge Catalog and cross-cloud lakehouse are aimed at enabling customers to deploy multi-agent systems and could be a competitive edge for the tech giant.

• April 21, 2026 21 Apr'26

  Snowflake updates further goal of being control pane for AI

  Agentic capabilities that execute workloads based on natural language prompts and access to new data sources facilitate the vendor's ambition to become a hub for agentic systems.

• April 20, 2026 20 Apr'26

  Redis unveils Feature Form to improve AI, ML workloads

  Unified batch and streaming pipelines and multi-tenant capabilities that allow teams to isolate work in shared database instances highlight new ML management environment.

• April 17, 2026 17 Apr'26

  Data quality, fast failures and quick wins key to AI success

  Despite many organizations struggling to realize value from their development initiatives, best practices can help, according to industry experts at Domo's annual user conference.

• April 14, 2026 14 Apr'26

  Latest Qlik tools target helping users achieve AI goals

  New analytics, data engineering and governance capabilities are aimed at enabling customers to successfully build and deploy agents and other advanced applications.

• April 14, 2026 14 Apr'26

  Starburst intros AI assistant to boost analysis, exploration

  Built with capabilities that enable it to reason, act and observe, AIDA improves on text-to-SQL translation tools to provide contextually aware query responses.

• April 08, 2026 08 Apr'26

  Snowflake broadens open-source embrace, ups Iceberg support

  To make data more interoperable across systems and usable for AI, the vendor is participating in projects that address data quality, integration, governance and discovery.

• April 01, 2026 01 Apr'26

  Domo drives customer excitement with latest AI capabilities

  New features including an MCP server keep the vendor current with industry trends and have users imagining what's possible with agentic AI.

• March 31, 2026 31 Mar'26

  Redpanda launches streaming engine optimized for AI

  By integrating workload types, the vendor is simplifying data streams for AI while also differentiating itself from its closest competitors.

• March 27, 2026 27 Mar'26

  As AI advances, Domo is evolving to meet customer needs

  Once viewed as an analytics specialist, the vendor's product development plans are now focused on helping users build agents and other applications that can be trusted and deployed.

• March 26, 2026 26 Mar'26

  Domo adds new governance tools to improve data access

  With AI applications taking on more business workflows, new capabilities are aimed at enabling system administrators to ensure the appropriate use of data.

• March 25, 2026 25 Mar'26

  Domo doubles down on AI with latest platform additions

  New features such as an AI Library, a framework for building agents and an MCP server are all aimed at better enabling customers to operationalize their AI initiatives.

• March 24, 2026 24 Mar'26

  Oracle AI Database update aims to ease developing agents

  New vector indexing capabilities and prebuilt agents are designed to simplify building cutting-edge applications and could help differentiate the tech giant from competitors.

• March 19, 2026 19 Mar'26

  ThoughtSpot domain-specific Spotter agents target AI success

  With many enterprises struggling to successfully develop AI tools, the vendor's latest capabilities help AI applications access the context they need to be production-ready.

• March 18, 2026 18 Mar'26

  Snowflake intros SnowWork to automate tasks with AI

  The platform, which is now in research preview, is designed to provide users with agent-powered collaboration capabilities that can automate actions and workflows.

• March 17, 2026 17 Mar'26

  Good governance key to reducing high AI project failure rate

  Better governance of cutting-edge applications and the data that feeds them are key to overcoming development obstacles, Databricks exec Craig Wiley said in a recent interview.

• March 12, 2026 12 Mar'26

  Qdrant raises $50M in funding to fuel vector database growth

  With VCs cautious about investing in data management providers, the financing, which will be used for R&D and go-to-market initiatives, serves as validation of the vendor's vision.

• March 12, 2026 12 Mar'26

  GoodData's Context Management aims to make AI trustworthy

  The new context layer includes semantic modeling and governance to make data consistent and discoverable for AI and could help the vendor distinguish itself from some competitors.

• March 10, 2026 10 Mar'26

  Why agentic AI demands both structured and unstructured data

  Agentic AI must access both structured and unstructured data to reason effectively. Converging these data types is the defining operational challenge for enterprise AI in 2026.

• March 09, 2026 09 Mar'26

  Alation automates governance with latest AI-powered suite

  Outcome-based governance, including the newly launched Curation Automation, turns time-consuming data management tasks over to agents and could be a differentiator for the vendor.

• March 09, 2026 09 Mar'26

  Teradata updates vector indexing suite to aid AI development

  New capabilities including hybrid search and support for multi-modal embeddings are aimed at helping users access the data needed by agents and other cutting-edge applications.

• March 09, 2026 09 Mar'26

  Key requirements for data and analytics governance platforms

  Successful governance platforms require business and IT alignment, user-friendly design and scalable architecture to tie governance to measurable outcomes.

• March 09, 2026 09 Mar'26

  CData targets development success with Connect AI update

  The vendor's latest launch takes a three-pronged approach toward helping users move pilots into production and could be a competitive differentiator if it delivers on its promise.

• March 04, 2026 04 Mar'26

  Insightsoftware unifies semantic layer, governance to aid AI

  With many enterprises struggling to develop AI tools, the vendor's Simba Intelligence feature set is designed to feed agents and other applications trustworthy, transparent data.

• March 02, 2026 02 Mar'26

  How executives can build a responsible AI framework

  Building a responsible AI framework requires governance policies, accountability structures, compliant infrastructure and clear metrics to ensure AI systems operate as intended.

• February 26, 2026 26 Feb'26

  Confluent adds A2A support to fuel multi-agent AI networks

  Including the open protocol enables users to build an orchestrated network of collaborative agents and could help the vendor distinguish itself from its closest competitors.

• February 26, 2026 26 Feb'26

  Yellowfin boosts analytics suite with new NLQ capabilities

  The vendor's latest update adds features that bring it more in line with competitors that have been faster to move beyond traditional BI to power their platforms with AI.

• February 25, 2026 25 Feb'26

  Operational resilience is a benchmark for executive success

  Operational resilience is emerging as an executive benchmark as regulations, board scrutiny and compliance mandates drive the need for measurable KPIs and accountability.

• February 24, 2026 24 Feb'26

  Veeam releases Agent Commander to combat agentic AI risk

  Agent Commander is the first feature to come out of the vendor's acquisition of Securiti AI in December of last year.

• February 24, 2026 24 Feb'26

  Web data search specialist Nimble raises $47M to fuel growth

  By raising funding when AI developers are dominating VC interest, the startup shows that there is a need for agents and other AI tools to include context from external sources.

• February 23, 2026 23 Feb'26

  New Databricks tool targets streaming data cost, complexity

  With Zerobus Ingest, the vendor is providing a service that differentiates it from competitors by reducing the tools required to ingest real-time data to its lakehouse platform.

• February 18, 2026 18 Feb'26

  Improving business forecasting with synthetic data and simulation modeling

  Synthetic data and simulation forecasting help executives overcome data constraints, test scenarios and strengthen strategic decision-making under uncertainty.

• February 18, 2026 18 Feb'26

  ThoughtSpot boosts agentic push with Analyst Studio update

  A data prep agent and caching capabilities aimed at helping users control spending help the vendor stand out from its peers as it evolves toward becoming an agentic data platform.

• February 18, 2026 18 Feb'26

  Streaming specialist Redpanda adds governance to AI suite

  New Agentic Data Plane features enable users to create a governance layer for agents and could help the vendor differentiate itself from its closest competitors.

• February 17, 2026 17 Feb'26

  The future of AI depends on better data, not bigger models

  AI's competitive advantage is shifting from model scale to data quality. Organizations that invest in governance and infrastructure build more reliable, defensible systems.

• February 17, 2026 17 Feb'26

  Graphwise aims to boost AI accuracy with GraphRAG launch

  With standard RAG pipelines proving unreliable, the vendor's new feature uses knowledge graphs to add needed context to the data retrieval process that fuels AI outputs.

• February 17, 2026 17 Feb'26

  SurrealDB raises $23M, launches update to fuel agentic AI

  Though funding isn't flowing as freely into data management as it once was, the startup is attracting interest by focusing on enabling customers to unify data for AI development.

• February 10, 2026 10 Feb'26

  What executives look for in a data quality platform

  Data quality strategy now functions as a governance and risk discipline, with executives weighing metrics, ROI accountability and data trust as indicators of enterprise reliability.

• February 10, 2026 10 Feb'26

  Qlik launches agentic experience to fuel AI-powered analysis

  The vendor's latest capabilities, including an insight-generating agent and an MCP server, show that it is evolving to keep pace with current trends in data and analytics.

• February 09, 2026 09 Feb'26

  PII masking a differentiator for Aerospike's NoSQL database

  By adding native protection of personally identifiable information, the vendor is simplifying system administration while simultaneously pushing the NoSQL market.

• February 05, 2026 05 Feb'26

  Databricks launches PostgreSQL Lakebase to aid AI developers

  Resulting from the $1B acquisition of Neon, the database built for AI workloads -- including separate compute and storage -- is now integrated with the vendor's broader platform.

• February 04, 2026 04 Feb'26

  Pentaho update aids data integration, semantic modeling

  The vendor's latest platform update aims to speed, simplify and better govern workloads to help customers build a trusted foundation for AI development.

• February 03, 2026 03 Feb'26

  Snowflake launches new AI tools, unveils OpenAI partnership

  New features such as an agent-powered code generator and automated semantic modeling simplify developing cutting-edge applications and improve the vendor's competitive standing.

• January 28, 2026 28 Jan'26

  Alteryx launches in-warehouse data prep tool for BigQuery

  Live Query for BigQuery eliminates the need to move data between systems, saving customers from spending on data egress and reducing the risk of security leaks.

• January 28, 2026 28 Jan'26

  Domo adds App Catalyst to platform to aid AI development

  By combining natural language code generation with enterprise-grade security and governance, the vendor aims to help customers more successfully build cutting-edge applications.

• January 27, 2026 27 Jan'26

  New Snowflake suite simplifies data, AI for energy sector

  Energy Solutions joins the vendor's spate of industry-specific offerings and includes partner-built applications and pre-modeled datasets that accelerate data-driven initiatives.

• January 27, 2026 27 Jan'26

  Teradata's AgentStack aims to simplify building, managing AI

  Featuring capabilities for developing, deploying and governing agents, the vendor's new suite addresses many of the problems enterprises face when trying to launch agentic systems.

• January 21, 2026 21 Jan'26

  GoodData launches MCP server to fuel AI-powered analysis

  By connecting its platform and customers' AI tools, the vendor is enabling users to automate the analytics workflow and speed insight generation.

• January 20, 2026 20 Jan'26

  ScyllaDB adds vector search to managed database platform

  The feature's direct integration in the X Cloud platform is aimed at simplifying AI development by eliminating the need for customers to add specialized databases.

• January 15, 2026 15 Jan'26

  ScyllaDB X Cloud update addresses database cost, performance

  Features such as autoscaling and advanced compression are designed to help customers reduce spending on their data management, analytics and AI initiatives.

• January 15, 2026 15 Jan'26

  MongoDB launches latest Voyage models to aid AI development

  With many enterprises struggling to build advanced applications, new embedding and reranking models improve data retrieval to make agents and other tools more effective.

• January 13, 2026 13 Jan'26

  Sisense targets embedding AI with latest new features

  Tools such as an MCP server and a natural language assistant demonstrate the vendor's evolution toward artificial intelligence as the interface for analytics.

• January 08, 2026 08 Jan'26

  Snowflake storms into IT monitoring with Observe acquisition

  Historically focused on data management and AI development, the vendor is adding infrastructure observability capabilities in a move that could differentiate it from competitors.

• January 08, 2026 08 Jan'26

  New Databricks tool aims to up agentic AI response accuracy

  With enterprises struggling to successfully develop agents using traditional RAG pipelines, the vendor's new Instructed Retriever offers an alternative.