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• November 12, 2024 12 Nov'24

  Snowflake unveils AI development, security capabilities

  The vendor's latest includes additions to Cortex AI that simplify developing conversational AI tools and new security measures after its environment was infiltrated in May.

• November 11, 2024 11 Nov'24

  Metaplane app adds data observability for Snowflake users

  The data observability specialist's new native app for the data cloud enables users to monitor data quality as they develop the analytics and AI tools that inform decisions.

• November 08, 2024 08 Nov'24

  Google's Looker taking an agentic approach to generative AI

  The analytics vendor aims to help customers develop agents, built on a foundation of trusted data, that enable deep analysis and relieve users of time-consuming tasks.

• October 30, 2024 30 Oct'24

  Alation browser-based extension aims to streamline analysis

  The vendor's extension for Google Chrome embeds its tools in users' browsers to reduce time wasted toggling between applications and improve efficiency and speed to insight.

• October 29, 2024 29 Oct'24

  Dremio updates data catalog to support all deployment types

  Recognizing that some customers need to keep data on-premises, the vendor has extended the availability of its Data Catalog for Apache Iceberg beyond its cloud-based platform.

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• October 25, 2024 25 Oct'24

  Informatica launches blueprints for developing generative AI

  The vendor's new frameworks aim to simplify and speed developing GenAI tools and include data integration and governance capabilities along with connectors and best practices.

• October 23, 2024 23 Oct'24

  Arcserve prioritizes cloud choice with UDP platform update

  Data backup specialist Arcserve is expanding the data resilience capabilities of its flagship platform with Azure support, multi-replication and malware detection from Microsoft.

• October 23, 2024 23 Oct'24

  Databricks lakehouse a secret weapon for WNBA's Fever

  The vendor's platform has helped Pacers Sports & Entertainment -- parent company of the NBA's Pacers and WNBA's Fever -- free data from isolation to fuel an analytics-driven future.

• October 22, 2024 22 Oct'24

  Reltio update delivers new AI-powered matching capabilities

  The data unification vendor's latest AI tool is a prebuilt customer data matching tool that uses LLMs and machine learning to help users develop more complete customer profiles.

• October 22, 2024 22 Oct'24

  Cohesity's generative AI Gaia gets keyword search tool

  A new search, questioning and data visibility feature arrives in Cohesity's generative AI Gaia with Data Explore. The update also expands Gaia's support for file storage systems.

• October 18, 2024 18 Oct'24

  Amplitude adds A/B testing tool to analytics suite

  Both the vendor's new feature as well as its recent acquisition of Command AI aim to make it easier for business users to work with its tools without requiring expert help.

• October 16, 2024 16 Oct'24

  Informatica update targets preparing data for AI development

  The data management vendor's latest platform update includes features aimed at enabling customers to effectively ready their data for informing models and applications.

• October 16, 2024 16 Oct'24

  Tableau platform update targets need, eschews AI hype

  Following the recent unveiling of significant AI-related tools, the vendor's final 2024 release adds practical features aimed at making Tableau easier to deploy as well as consume.

• October 10, 2024 10 Oct'24

  Eon makes cloud backups available across major hyperscalers

  Cloud backup vendor Eon, which emerged from stealth earlier this month, offers a platform for hyperscaler migrations with features like granular restores and automated tagging.

• October 09, 2024 09 Oct'24

  Snowflake the engine for fintech firm's AI transformation

  Specialist TS Imagine is using the data platform vendor's Cortex capabilities to extract value from unstructured data and become more efficient by automating processes.

• October 09, 2024 09 Oct'24

  Alation launches AI governance suite to meet rising need

  With interest in generative AI increasing, the vendor's new suite aims to help enterprises both mitigate risks as well as confidently use new applications.

• October 08, 2024 08 Oct'24

  Databricks Apps a toolkit that simplifies AI development

  Features including native integrations with development platforms and automatic provisioning of serverless compute enable customers to more easily develop and deploy applications.

• October 08, 2024 08 Oct'24

  Commvault integrates recent acquisitions into portfolio

  At its Shift conference this week, Commvault will highlight new functionality for Commvault Cloud that stems from its Appranix and Clumio buys and bolsters offerings beyond Azure.

• October 07, 2024 07 Oct'24

  Monte Carlo aids data observability with root cause analysis

  The vendor's new capabilities are designed to enable Databricks and GitLab users to quickly discover and resolve the underlying causes of data quality problems.

• October 03, 2024 03 Oct'24

  SingleStore's BryteFlow acquisition targets data integration

  The data platform vendor's purchase adds full change data capture capabilities and is aimed at improving data ingestion and integration from applications and databases.

• October 01, 2024 01 Oct'24

  MicroStrategy update aims to improve generative AI accuracy

  The longtime analytics vendor's latest release addresses the accuracy of artificial intelligence outputs and includes an integration that enables users to query bots within Teams.

• September 27, 2024 27 Sep'24

  Veeam acquisition of Alcion supports push into as-a-service, AI

  Veeam embarks on the acquisition path again with its purchase of Alcion. The deal brings several employees who specialize in AI and as-a-service knowledge.

• September 26, 2024 26 Sep'24

  Commvault acquisition of Clumio for S3 speaks volumes

  Commvault's acquisition of Clumio doesn't wade into billion-dollar territory, but it does illustrate some trends happening in the cloud data protection and backup markets.

• September 26, 2024 26 Sep'24

  ThoughtSpot taps Salesforce exec Karkhanis to be new CEO

  As analytics enters a new era dominated by GenAI, the vendor has named former Salesforce Sales Cloud and Einstein Analytics leader Ketan Karkhanis its new chief executive officer.

• September 26, 2024 26 Sep'24

  Cockroach Labs adds vector search, updates pricing options

  The database vendor's new update includes an integration with pgvector that provides users with the vector search capabilities needed to feed RAG pipelines and develop GenAI tools.

• September 25, 2024 25 Sep'24

  SIOS focuses on failovers in LifeKeeper for Linux update

  SIOS updates LifeKeeper for Linux in a new version that adds to its high-availability features and simplifies management and security privileges through its console.

• September 24, 2024 24 Sep'24

  New Grafana Labs features aim to simplify observability

  The vendor's latest set of capabilities includes prebuilt applications and automated features aimed at making it easier to use observability tools to monitor data and IT processes.

• September 18, 2024 18 Sep'24

  Fivetran targets data security by adding Hybrid Deployment

  The vendor's new feature aims to aid organizations that deal with sensitive data by enabling them to manage pipelines from private clouds and on-premises environments.

• September 17, 2024 17 Sep'24

  Teradata ClearScape Analytics update targets ROI on AI, ML

  The vendor's latest platform update adds features such as a PySpark conversion tool and AutoML aimed at helping customers improve returns on their investments in AI and ML models.

• September 17, 2024 17 Sep'24

  Confluent platform update targets developer choice, security

  The vendor's latest follows its recent acquisition of WarpStream and adds new security features, along with support for the Table API to provide new options for Apache Flink users.

• September 13, 2024 13 Sep'24

  Tableau Einstein is a new BI platform with AI at its core

  The new platform marks an evolution for the longtime analytics vendor, making AI the focus with capabilities such as agent-based insight generation and real-time analysis.

• September 12, 2024 12 Sep'24

  Druva's Dru Investigate guards backup data from cyberattacks

  The latest generative AI service from Druva, Dru Investigate, adds a new copilot option to its backup software that identifies anomalies and offers remediation suggestions.

• September 12, 2024 12 Sep'24

  Zoho Analytics update adds GenAI tools, data science studio

  New capabilities for the vendor's GenAI assistant include insight generation, while a studio for data science and machine learning enables various personae to do predictive BI.

• September 10, 2024 10 Sep'24

  Qlik AutoML update targets trust with visibility, simplicity

  The vendor added new features that simplify developing and deploying machine learning models as well as provide greater visibility into performance to ensure trustworthy outputs.

• September 10, 2024 10 Sep'24

  Google Cloud Backup service expands with vault offering

  The latest updates to Google Cloud's backup and recovery offering adds immutable and invisible data vaults for VMs and databases, alongside other features.

• September 10, 2024 10 Sep'24

  Oracle keeps AI focus with database updates, new data lake

  Updates to HeatWave and Database 23ai, along with the introduction of Intelligent Data Lake, are all aimed at better enabling customers to develop artificial intelligence tools.

• September 09, 2024 09 Sep'24

  Exploding interest in GenAI makes AI governance a necessity

  With more employees of organizations now using artificial intelligence tools to inform business decisions, guidelines that ensure their safe and secure use are critical.

• September 06, 2024 06 Sep'24

  In $1.9B deal, Salesforce buys data backup company Own

  In the lead-up to its annual user conference, Salesforce buys Own Company for $1.9 billion, its second acquisition of the week and its third for 2024.

• September 04, 2024 04 Sep'24

  InfluxData targets performance, adds self-managed version

  The time series database specialist's update addresses performance to better handle complex real-time workloads and includes a new option for on-premises and private cloud users.

• September 03, 2024 03 Sep'24

  GenAI demands greater emphasis on data quality

  As GenAI explodes and enables enterprise decision-making at previously unseen speed and scale, accurate information to train models and applications becomes increasingly important.

• September 03, 2024 03 Sep'24

  Couchbase launches database tools to foster AI development

  The vendor's new columnar capabilities and mobile-based vector search are aimed at helping customers access unstructured data to inform models and applications.

• August 28, 2024 28 Aug'24

  Cribl positions for IPO with $319M in latest funding round

  The observability specialist's latest financing, along with strong recurring revenue and customer growth, helps set the vendor up to go public pending further financial milestones.

• August 27, 2024 27 Aug'24

  Pinecone launches serverless vector database on Azure, GCP

  Serverless, first launched on AWS, is now available on all three major public clouds in a move aimed at enabling customers to control costs in the environment of their choice.

• August 26, 2024 26 Aug'24

  GenAI evolving, remains dominant data and analytics trend

  As enterprise use of generative AI evolves from theory to practice, it remains the dominant development focus, with governance and real-time streaming playing complementary roles.

• August 22, 2024 22 Aug'24

  Collibra, Reltio integration targets discovery, governance

  The new partnership aims to provide joint customers with complementary capabilities to help them better find relevant data for analysis and manage their data assets.

• August 07, 2024 07 Aug'24

  Swedish investment firm takes majority stake in Acronis

  EQT buys a majority stake in Acronis but will likely be hands off for the foreseeable future, according to Acronis CEO Ezequiel Steiner. The deal is expected to close next year.

• August 07, 2024 07 Aug'24

  Microsoft 365 Backup now GA with API for SaaS recovery

  New offerings from Microsoft provide a cloud backup and recovery service for its popular Microsoft 365 with an API enabling other backup platforms to add the service.

• August 05, 2024 05 Aug'24

  GenAI lags traditional AI and ML for enterprise data backup

  Enterprises are using AI and ML technologies with their backups for classification or security over recent generative AI tools like chatbots, industry analysts say.

• August 01, 2024 01 Aug'24

  Clumio CEO Rick Underwood: Backup remains company focus

  Rick Underwood, appointed CEO at Clumio in June, sees data management and machine learning technologies as key for the company's backup software outside GenAI hype in this Q&A.

• August 01, 2024 01 Aug'24

  New Snowflake service enables secure AI, ML deployment

  Snowpark Container Services aims to provide the vendor's users with a secure environment for deploying and managing models and applications without having to move their data.

• August 01, 2024 01 Aug'24

  Google Cloud's BigQuery gets AI injection, Looker to follow

  The tech giant's latest analytics and data management moves include the general availability of Gemini in BigQuery and the imminent availability of Gemini in Looker.

• August 01, 2024 01 Aug'24

  New features make Google's Spanner a database for AI

  The introduction of graph processing, vector search and full-text search optimize Spanner for developing and managing modern applications and models, including GenAI.

• July 31, 2024 31 Jul'24

  Astronomer adds DBT Core support to data orchestration suite

  The vendor's latest Astro platform update integrates the open source transformation tool to help users better prepare information for analytics and AI models and applications.

• July 26, 2024 26 Jul'24

  Generative AI a top priority for Amazon QuickSight

  Though the BI platform already enables users to analyze data and develop data products using natural language, AWS plans to do more to aid insight generation and user efficiency.

• July 25, 2024 25 Jul'24

  VMware alternatives increase, but moving won't be easy

  Backup vendors like HPE, Veeam and Rubrik anticipate an exit from VMware and are supporting open source alternatives. But customers will likely stick with the platform they know.

• July 24, 2024 24 Jul'24

  Knime adds new AI governance measures to analytics suite

  The vendor's latest update adds connectivity to AI providers to enable GenAI development as well as governance features to address the growing use of GenAI and its inherent risks.

• July 24, 2024 24 Jul'24

  Precisely aiding wildfire fight with risk assessment data

  The data integrity vendor's specialized database includes added topographical and weather-related information to help organizations prepare for and predict catastrophic fires.

• July 23, 2024 23 Jul'24

  CrowdStrike outage shows business continuity still a must

  Disaster recovery has centered on cyberattacks the past few years, but the CrowdStrike outage illustrates why companies can't forget about traditional business continuity.

• July 17, 2024 17 Jul'24

  Qlik launches Talend Cloud, aims to ensure data is trusted

  The longtime BI vendor's new integration platform aims to deliver trust in the information users work with to inform analytics and AI models and applications.

• July 17, 2024 17 Jul'24

  Understand the BI lifecycle to build an effective architecture

  Following and understanding the five steps of the business intelligence lifecycle is the foundation of a successful and effective BI architecture.

• July 16, 2024 16 Jul'24

  Teradata integrates with DataRobot to aid AI development

  The partnership provides the data management and analytics vendor's users with more choice so that they can develop advanced models and applications with their preferred tools.

• July 16, 2024 16 Jul'24

  Druva expands threat hunting tools, services for backup

  Threat hunting capabilities baked into the recovery process for Druva are now available as a separate feature for use on demand or as a managed service.

• July 15, 2024 15 Jul'24

  AI readiness requires buy-in, technology and good governance

  With interest in natural language processing, predictive analytics and other augmented intelligence rises, more than tooling is needed for enterprises to properly prepare.

• July 12, 2024 12 Jul'24

  Tableau launches generative AI assistant, updates platform

  The longtime analytics vendor made a Copilot for data preparation generally available with similar tools for data cataloging and dashboard development and analysis expected soon.

• July 11, 2024 11 Jul'24

  Oracle's new Exadata architecture targets efficiency, cost

  With Exascale, the tech giant aims to improve the efficiency of its relational database platform to handle GenAI workloads while dramatically reducing costs with new pricing.

• July 11, 2024 11 Jul'24

  Data quality specialist Soda secures $14M to fuel expansion

  The Europe-based vendor intends to use its latest funding to shift its growth focus to the U.S. while also continuing to invest in its AI-fueled observability platform.

• July 10, 2024 10 Jul'24

  Graph technology helps battle election misinformation

  Backed by a grant from Neo4j, including free use of its platform, Syracuse University is exposing coordinated networks that spread election misinformation on social media.

• July 02, 2024 02 Jul'24

  Databricks launches generative AI tools, including assistant

  The vendor's assistant and automatically generated metadata descriptions together enable users to work with data using natural language and receive accurate outputs in response.

• June 27, 2024 27 Jun'24

  MicroStrategy's latest delivers embedded AI-powered insights

  The longtime independent analytics vendor's new platform update combines embedded BI with generative AI to deliver AI-powered insights to users within the flow of their work.

• June 26, 2024 26 Jun'24

  SingleStore adds Iceberg integration, improved vector search

  The data platform vendor's latest update targets GenAI development by enabling easier access to unstructured data, making searches more efficient and optimizing cloud consumption.

• June 26, 2024 26 Jun'24

  Oracle launches HeatWave GenAI to fuel AI development

  The tech giant updated its database with new features aimed at simplifying model and application development cost-effectively, including in-database LLMs.

• June 25, 2024 25 Jun'24

  Sisense adds embeddable chatbot to generative AI toolkit

  The embedded BI specialist introduced Analytics Chatbot, a tool that enables natural language interactions with data, and a feature that lets users easily create summaries.

• June 20, 2024 20 Jun'24

  Actian goes to the edge with latest Zen database update

  The data management and analytics vendor's embeddable database now includes streaming capabilities via support for Kafka and faster query times that enable decisions in real time.

• June 19, 2024 19 Jun'24

  Zerto to add protection, migration for KVMs

  Open source Linux virtual machines are the next replication and migration target for HPE's Zerto backup and recovery tools, complementing new GreenLake capabilities.

• June 17, 2024 17 Jun'24

  Reltio targets trusted data with GenAI, prebuilt tools

  The vendor's latest update adds new customer insight capabilities, including an AI assistant, and industry-specific tools all aimed at providing a trusted foundation for analysis.

• June 14, 2024 14 Jun'24

  Veeam executives discuss data protection trends, future IPO

  Data protection trends include securing backups and planning for ransomware recovery. Veeam executives discuss these keys, plus why the 'data resilience company' can go public.

• June 14, 2024 14 Jun'24

  Anomalo unveils quality monitoring for unstructured data

  The data quality specialist's capabilities will enable customers to monitor unstructured text to ensure the health of data used to inform analytics and AI models and applications.

• June 12, 2024 12 Jun'24

  New Databricks tools target AI quality, cost and security

  The vendor's latest features aim to help customers improve model accuracy by securely developing compound systems that include multiple language models and RAG pipelines.

• June 11, 2024 11 Jun'24

  Qlik analytics suite helps cities combat climate change

  The longtime BI and data integration vendor's tools enable C40 Cities, a climate leadership consortium of nearly 100 cities, to operationalize critical environmental data.

• June 06, 2024 06 Jun'24

  Databricks $1B-plus Tabular acquisition adds Iceberg support

  The lakehouse specialist's latest purchase adds support for Apache Iceberg to its existing support for Delta Lake and is also a direct confrontation of rival Snowflake.

• June 06, 2024 06 Jun'24

  Qlik meets user needs with realistic approach to generative AI

  With trusted data as a foundation, the longtime analytics and data integration vendor has been pragmatic in its creation of an environment that enables generative AI development.

• June 06, 2024 06 Jun'24

  Users note testing, analysis as disaster recovery best practices

  Administrators at VeeamON 2024 emphasize testing, having a business impact analysis and gaining support from management as key disaster recovery guidance.

• June 05, 2024 05 Jun'24

  Veeam backup and security updates include cloud vault, copilot

  Veeam products and services in the spotlight at the VeeamON 2024 user conference included secure backups in the cloud, a generative AI assistant and a new offering with Lenovo.

• June 05, 2024 05 Jun'24

  Rubrik returns to data backups at Forward 2024

  After going public in April, Rubrik is returning to its roots, saying additions to its Rubrik Security Cloud platform are all in service of backup technology.

• June 04, 2024 04 Jun'24

  Snowflake demonstrates shift to AI with newest features

  After a slow start to building an environment for developing AI applications, the vendor unveils new features that show it is catching up to its peers.

• June 04, 2024 04 Jun'24

  Qlik unveils GenAI assistant, tools to build trusted AI

  The longtime analytics vendor's latest new features include data integration capabilities targeting data quality and a GenAI assistant that includes data lineage capabilities.

• May 31, 2024 31 May'24

  Trusted data key for Qlik as it develops foundation for AI

  The analytics and data integration vendor is focused on providing users with a foundation of trusted data as it develops an ecosystem for developing next-generation applications.

• May 22, 2024 22 May'24

  Microsoft Fabric gets new generative AI tech, more openness

  As the tech giant builds out its unified platform for data management and analytics, new tools address ease-of-use with AI and data unification with integrations.

• May 21, 2024 21 May'24

  Informatica adds AI assistant, GenAI development interface

  The longtime data management vendor's new capabilities simplify use of its platform, enabling nontechnical users to work with its tools and making experts more efficient.

• May 17, 2024 17 May'24

  Differentiation key as Sigma Computing raises $200M

  The vendor's attempt to broaden BI use within organizations with a no-code spreadsheet interface helps its tools feel familiar while enabling deep data exploration.

• May 15, 2024 15 May'24

  Alteryx unveils AI assistant aimed at improving efficiency

  The GenAI assistant, now in preview, aims to provide the data management vendor's users with best practices and other assistance as they develop analytics workflows in Designer.

• May 15, 2024 15 May'24

  DBT Labs unveils AI assistant, more tools to transform data

  The data transformation specialist's latest update includes new governance and metadata management capabilities as well as an AI-powered copilot for developer efficiency.

• May 14, 2024 14 May'24

  Generative AI adoption outpacing all other forms of AI

  A recent survey by the research and advisory firm found that deployment of generative artificial intelligence has exploded after barely being a consideration in the past.

• May 13, 2024 13 May'24

  Alation adds automation to deal with exploding data volume

  The data catalog specialist's Workflow Automation provides customers with bots and prebuilt workflows that aid data stewardship by automating repetitive data management tasks.

• May 08, 2024 08 May'24

  Databricks adds vector search, new LLM support to AI suite

  The data lakehouse pioneer is targeting model accuracy with the GA of vector search capabilities that help customers find the data needed to train advanced analytics applications.

• May 08, 2024 08 May'24

  New Arcserve CEO aims to rebuild trust with customers

  Outages, data loss and discontinued products have eroded trust in the Arcserve brand, but Arcserve's latest CEO, Chris Babel, wants to streamline its catalog and win back customers.

• May 07, 2024 07 May'24

  Dremio adds text-to-SQL tool, new partnerships to fuel GenAI

  The latest update from the data lakehouse specialist includes text-to-SQL translation capabilities and new partnerships that help create an ecosystem for GenAI development.

• May 02, 2024 02 May'24

  MongoDB launches tools for developing generative AI apps

  The database vendor's new capabilities include Atlas Stream Processing to enable real-time model updates and Atlas Search Nodes to handle advanced analytics workloads.

• May 02, 2024 02 May'24

  Oracle adds vector search capabilities to database platform

  The tech giant's update features capabilities aimed at enabling users to operationalize unstructured data as well as bring AI to their data to avoid duplication and isolation.

• May 01, 2024 01 May'24

  Commvault adds Cleanroom Recovery for ransomware attacks

  A new Cleanroom Recovery service enables customers to spin up data center infrastructure within Commvault Cloud for continued enterprise operations after a cyberattack.