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• May 01, 2024 01 May'24

  Backup vendors embrace GenAI, but features remain immature

  Data backup and disaster recovery vendors are keeping up with the GenAI hype by quickly releasing new features -- but the use cases are limited, and their value remains unclear.

• April 30, 2024 30 Apr'24

  MicroStrategy targets trusted AI with latest platform update

  The vendor's platform now includes capabilities aimed at helping customers trust NLP responses, as well as automate workflows from dashboards and third-party applications.

• April 30, 2024 30 Apr'24

  Tableau adds generative AI tools, tightens Databricks bond

  The analytics vendor's new features include a tool that enables customers to explore metrics using natural language as well as connectors that improve its link to Databricks.

• April 30, 2024 30 Apr'24

  TigerGraph unveils GenAI assistant, introduces new CEO

  Under the leadership of Hamid Azzawe, the graph database specialist's new copilot and platform update target new users beyond its historical base of academics and engineers.

• April 30, 2024 30 Apr'24

  Dell expands PowerProtect portfolio, adds GenAI to Apex

  Dell adds to its data protection offerings in both backup hardware and snapshot software with a focus on performance. It also introduces AI features to Apex.

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• April 26, 2024 26 Apr'24

  Logi analytics suite to add new GenAI, SaaS capabilities

  Insightsoftware, parent company of the embedded BI specialist, unveiled a new generative AI assistant and SaaS version of Symphony to enable efficiency and cost savings.

• April 25, 2024 25 Apr'24

  Rubrik IPO to grow platform, reach

  Rubrik goes public, becoming the first data backup vendor to do so in years. It plans to expand its security cloud software and customer base with an influx of funding.

• April 24, 2024 24 Apr'24

  AtScale adds semantic layer support for AI, GenAI models

  The vendor's new platform update centers around decision-making flexibility, collaboration and community, and includes a metadata hub along with support for advanced applications.

• April 24, 2024 24 Apr'24

  Snowflake targets enterprise AI with launch of Arctic LLM

  The data cloud vendor's open source LLM was designed to excel at business-specific tasks, such as generating code and following instructions, to enable enterprise-grade development.

• April 23, 2024 23 Apr'24

  Veeam acquires Coveware for incident response capabilities

  Coveware will remain operationally independent with its cyberincident capabilities and ransomware research complementing the data backup vendor's recovery offerings.

• April 23, 2024 23 Apr'24

  Cohesity adds confidential computing to FortKnox

  Cohesity is partnering with Intel to bring confidential computing technology to its FortKnox vault service -- a welcome, if limited, security addition, according to experts.

• April 17, 2024 17 Apr'24

  AI-fueled efficiency a focus for SAS analytics platform

  The vendor's latest product development plans include an AI assistant and prebuilt AI models that enable workers to be more productive as they explore and analyze data.

• April 16, 2024 16 Apr'24

  Commvault acquires Appranix for recovery automation

  Appranix, Commvault's third acquisition, provides automated recovery services for cloud applications including configuration data and dependencies to reduce enterprise downtime.

• April 10, 2024 10 Apr'24

  Index Engines' customized alerts aim at detecting bad actors

  Index Engines' latest CyberSense observability software update features a new cloud console and user-controlled alerts to combat ransomware infections and cybercriminals.

• April 10, 2024 10 Apr'24

  Collibra launches AI Governance, unveils GenAI capabilities

  The vendor's AI Governance suite enables users to ensure the quality and security of AI models while new GenAI features let them automate data quality and governance.

• April 09, 2024 09 Apr'24

  Google Cloud to inject Gemini into data, analytics tools

  The tech giant unveiled integrations between its LLM and BigQuery, Looker and its databases to provide customers with a foundation for developing GenAI models and applications.

• April 04, 2024 04 Apr'24

  Coalesce raises $50M to expand data transformation platform

  The startup's new funding is a vote of confidence from investors given how difficult it has been for technology vendors to secure financing over the past two years.

• April 04, 2024 04 Apr'24

  Aerospike raises $114M to fuel database innovation for GenAI

  The vendor will use the funding to develop added vector search and storage capabilities as well as graph technology, both of which can be used to train generative AI models.

• April 02, 2024 02 Apr'24

  AI assistant from Tableau targets efficiency, deep analysis

  The analytics vendor's copilot can recommend questions that might lead to otherwise undiscovered insights as well as understand follow-up questions that result in deep analysis.

• April 01, 2024 01 Apr'24

  Vector search and storage key to AWS' database strategy

  The tech giant is prioritizing vector search and storage, adding the capabilities to its data storage tools so customers can use them with language models to build AI applications.

• March 27, 2024 27 Mar'24

  New Databricks open source LLM targets custom development

  The data platform vendor's new language model was designed to provide open source users with AI development capabilities similar to those provided by closed source models.

• March 27, 2024 27 Mar'24

  Domo to add prebuilt models, chat capabilities to AI suite

  The BI vendor's latest innovations include conversational analytics capabilities and prebuilt models designed to help customers forecast outcomes and conduct sentiment analysis.

• March 26, 2024 26 Mar'24

  New embeddable MicroStrategy Auto bot expands AI beyond BI

  The longtime analytics vendor's new bot enables customers to embed emerging technology in third-party applications just as they are now able to embed traditional BI.

• March 26, 2024 26 Mar'24

  New SIOS console enables high availability visualization

  IT generalists on Linux systems can avoid the complexity of HA management for mission-critical apps or databases with a new management console in SIOS' LifeKeeper software.

• March 21, 2024 21 Mar'24

  Databricks acquisition of Lilac targets GenAI development

  The data platform vendor's latest purchase expands its generative AI development capabilities by adding improved access to unstructured data that can be used to train models.

• March 19, 2024 19 Mar'24

  Confluent adds support for Apache Flink, unveils update

  The streaming specialist has added a managed service for the popular open source compute layer so customers can use the tools of their choice to develop a data ecosystem.

• March 19, 2024 19 Mar'24

  Redpanda serverless streaming option targets cost control

  The real-time data management specialist's new serverless platform enables customers to pay only for the compute power they use, which helps predict and manage spending.

• March 15, 2024 15 Mar'24

  Laminar security posture tech now part of Rubrik platform

  Rubrik's acquisition of Laminar last year brings new data security posture management tools to its backup platform for better visibility of user identity and activity.

• March 14, 2024 14 Mar'24

  Sisense targets hardcore developers with new toolkit

  The embedded BI specialist's latest update features a software development kit that enables developers to compose applications using prebuilt APIs, libraries and visualizations.

• March 14, 2024 14 Mar'24

  Databricks partners with Mistral AI to aid GenAI development

  The data cloud vendor joins Microsoft and Snowflake in partnering with -- and investing in -- the startup to provide customers with access to Mistral's open source language models.

• March 12, 2024 12 Mar'24

  Snowflake boosting its commitment to AI, including GenAI

  Recent moves, including the appointment of a new CEO and the formation of a new partnership, are representative of the vendor's heightened focus on artificial intelligence.

• March 12, 2024 12 Mar'24

  VergeIO's IOguardian protects VM data loss with syncing tech

  The IOguardian capability for VergeIO's OS enables virtual machine replication and data syncing without the continuity lag common with disaster recovery software.

• March 11, 2024 11 Mar'24

  Alation platform update targets building a data culture

  New business lineage and data discovery capabilities aimed at helping customers develop an enterprise-wide data culture are included in the data catalog specialist's latest update.

• March 11, 2024 11 Mar'24

  Ocient raises $49.4M in funding to fuel development, growth

  The data platform vendor plans to use the new financing for product development and to fund sales and marketing efforts as it moves into its growth phase.

• March 05, 2024 05 Mar'24

  New Informatica governance suite automates data access

  The vendor's new suite of AI-powered capabilities manage access to an enterprise's proprietary information to help ensure security and compliance while enabling analysis.

• March 05, 2024 05 Mar'24

  Snowflake signals AI commitment with Mistral AI partnership

  Days after appointing a new CEO, the data cloud vendor showed a heightened focus on emerging technologies by aligning closely with a rising large language model developer.

• February 29, 2024 29 Feb'24

  Veeam adds to MS 365, Azure backup-as-a-service market

  Veeam has added to its portfolio of Microsoft 365 and Azure backup and disaster recovery offerings with its new Veeam Data Cloud, a SaaS subscription based on acquired tech.

• February 29, 2024 29 Feb'24

  Couchbase unveils vector search that extends to the edge

  The vendor's new capabilities will enable users to feed and train AI models, and through an embeddable version of its database extend to edge devices for real-time insight.

• February 29, 2024 29 Feb'24

  Google Cloud unveils new GenAI-fueled data, analytics tools

  The tech giant introduced extensive support for vector search and improved access to unstructured data while also making a pair of GenAI capabilities generally available.

• February 29, 2024 29 Feb'24

  Snowflake CEO Slootman steps down, Ramaswamy takes over

  Slootman resigns after five years at the helm of the data cloud vendor. Revenues grew fivefold under him and the company went public in a record-setting initial public offering.

• February 29, 2024 29 Feb'24

  Collibra adds AI governance to data management platform

  The data management vendor's new suite adds capabilities aimed at enabling enterprises to safely and securely use AI the same way data governance frameworks apply to data.

• February 28, 2024 28 Feb'24

  Alation broadens ecosystem with spate of new integrations

  The data catalog specialist is adding integrations with Amazon DynamoDB, MongoDB and Apache Kafka -- among others -- to broaden the connectivity of its data ecosystem.

• February 28, 2024 28 Feb'24

  Cohesity Gaia enables GenAI content creation using backups

  A new generative AI capability in the Cohesity Data Cloud platform enables content creation from backup data and aims to eliminate data warehouses for common enterprise uses.

• February 27, 2024 27 Feb'24

  Cohesity CEO on customer choice following Veritas merger

  Sanjay Poonen, CEO of Cohesity, talks about his company's recent purchase of Veritas, what customers should expect in the year ahead and if other mergers are possible.

• February 26, 2024 26 Feb'24

  Exasol gets jolt of AI with Espresso suite of capabilities

  The analytics database vendor's trio of new AI capabilities, including the ability to pull in GenAI models, aims to improve the efficiency of decision-making.

• February 22, 2024 22 Feb'24

  Tableau launches Pulse, a GenAI-fueled insight generator

  The tool, which monitors data for metric changes and uses natural language to alert users, is the longtime analytics vendor's first generally available GenAI capability.

• February 21, 2024 21 Feb'24

  Acronis Cyber Protect adds new capabilities for remote users

  SMB IT teams can now empower users to restore endpoints such as laptops with Acronis Cyber Protect 16 and protect against ransomware with new immutable backups.

• February 20, 2024 20 Feb'24

  Generative AI dominates Google's data and analytics roadmap

  Following recent integrations between Gemini and the tech giant's major data and analytics platforms, more product innovations featuring LLMs are expected over the next few months.

• February 14, 2024 14 Feb'24

  Alteryx, Databricks expand complementary partnership

  The expanded partnership features new integrations designed to better enable joint customers to combine self-service data preparation and analysis with data science and AI.

• February 13, 2024 13 Feb'24

  Alation launches benchmark tool to assess data maturity

  The data catalog specialist's new tool examines four key criteria, including literacy and governance, in assessing an organization's business intelligence culture.

• February 09, 2024 09 Feb'24

  DigitalOcean now offers daily backup capability for VMs

  The latest feature for IaaS cloud provider DigitalOcean enables daily backups and faster recoveries, but enterprises still require more for mission-critical workloads.

• February 08, 2024 08 Feb'24

  Effective integration key to creating trusted data

  Pipelines and platforms capable of managing volume and combining information from disparate sources in real time are key to the agile decision-making needs of modern organizations.

• February 08, 2024 08 Feb'24

  Cohesity, Veritas combine as new data protection company

  Cohesity is combining with Veritas' data protection business in a deal expected to close by the end of 2024. Cohesity CEO Sanjay Poonen will remain at the helm.

• February 07, 2024 07 Feb'24

  Treating data as a product a method to grow analytics use

  Treating BI assets such as models and dashboards as commodities is an emerging trend as organizations continue to seek new ways of making analytics use more widespread.

• February 06, 2024 06 Feb'24

  New Acceldata co-pilot targets efficiency, broader use

  The data observability specialist's new generative AI-powered capabilities are designed to help experts be more efficient as well as enable non-technical users to work with data.

• February 06, 2024 06 Feb'24

  Komprise adds disaster recovery with granular restorations

  The Komprise Intelligent Data Management platform gains new DR capabilities that enable granular recovery of file and object resources through the existing user console.

• February 01, 2024 01 Feb'24

  Databricks acquisition of Einblick enhances GenAI portfolio

  The data lakehouse pioneer's latest purchase adds NLP capabilities to the generative AI features at the core of its new Data Intelligence Platform.

• January 31, 2024 31 Jan'24

  Rockset targets cost control with latest database update

  The real-time database specialist added new compute power optimization and workload autoscaling capabilities to help customers better control their cloud computing costs.

• January 31, 2024 31 Jan'24

  ThoughtSpot update adds feedback loop to help train GenAI

  The vendor continues to focus on generative AI, updating its conversational interface with more in-depth analysis capabilities and adding new methods of improving LLM accuracy.

• January 30, 2024 30 Jan'24

  HYCU R-Cloud adds GenAI for SaaS data protection

  Anthropic's LLM Claude powers a new generative AI feature in HYCU's R-Cloud to automate code that can help deliver SaaS data protection capabilities using a console.

• January 26, 2024 26 Jan'24

  Rise of generative AI heightens need for data quality

  Good information has always been key to fuel good decisions, but with LLMs prone to hallucinations, it's critical that the models be trained with intelligence that can be trusted.

• January 24, 2024 24 Jan'24

  SingleStore update adds new tools to fuel GenAI, analytics

  The database vendor unveiled Pro Max, a rebranded version of its platform that includes new vector search and change data capture capabilities that enable AI and BI at scale.

• January 23, 2024 23 Jan'24

  Databricks lakehouse a key tool for champion Texas Rangers

  The Rangers relied on the data management vendor's tools to develop metrics that led to key personnel and strategic decisions that helped Texas win its first World Series.

• January 22, 2024 22 Jan'24

  Backup admins must consider GenAI legal issues -- eventually

  As legal woes mount against popular LMMs powering generative AI, backup admins should work with IT to set safe and effective usage guardrails to avoid future headaches.

• January 19, 2024 19 Jan'24

  Qlik's Kyndi acquisition targets unstructured data, GenAI

  The longtime analytics vendor's latest purchase adds support for unstructured data that can be combined with structured data to inform GenAI models and improve decision-making.

• January 18, 2024 18 Jan'24

  Ascend.io, DBT integration targets cost control, efficiency

  The partnership aims to address the difficulty of efficiently and inexpensively deploying and managing data models developed in DBT by automating previously manual processes.

• January 17, 2024 17 Jan'24

  Pinecone unveils serverless vector database, targets costs

  The vendor's new tool is designed to help customers control their cloud computing costs while developing and maintaining generative AI applications and models.

• January 17, 2024 17 Jan'24

  Databricks launches platform for the telecom industry

  The data lakehouse vendor's latest industry-specific set of tools is aimed at telecommunications providers that features a GenAI chatbot and customized analytics capabilities.

• January 12, 2024 12 Jan'24

  Microsoft unveils new GenAI, data tools for retail industry

  The tech giant is adding industry-specific features in Data Fabric along with GenAI Copilots designed to better personalize shopping as well as aid frontline workers in real time.

• January 10, 2024 10 Jan'24

  Ransomware prevention a focus for storage stewards in 2024

  In 2024, generative AI and machine learning, along with employee education, are important tools to prevent the spread of ransomware throughout the enterprise.

• January 09, 2024 09 Jan'24

  Generative AI a key tech for analytics, but within limits

  Despite its potential benefits, including increased productivity, users need to be wary of overreliance on generative AI given its propensity for delivering incorrect outputs.

• January 09, 2024 09 Jan'24

  Dresner: Analytics trends include prioritization of BI

  While generative AI is the BI craze of the moment, increased investments in BI, attempts to expand BI use to business users and embedded analytics are also in vogue.

• December 27, 2023 27 Dec'23

  Vector search now a critical component of GenAI development

  The feature's ability to make unstructured data discoverable as well as locate similar data points among potentially billions make it ideal for helping train generative AI models.

• December 20, 2023 20 Dec'23

  Qlik's Mozaic acquisition adds decentralized data management

  The longtime analytics vendor continues to expand into data management, now adding capabilities that enable a decentralized approach and an emphasis on data products.

• December 19, 2023 19 Dec'23

  Snowflake acquisition of Samooha adds data clean room tools

  The data cloud vendor's purchase aims to give users a way to share data with partners and collaborate on decisions without compromising data privacy and security.

• December 18, 2023 18 Dec'23

  Alteryx to be acquired by private equity firms for $4.4 billion

  Following slow revenue growth in recent quarters, the data management vendor will become a private company and be afforded time to restructure.

• December 18, 2023 18 Dec'23

  Veeam exec illustrates how AI fits into backup, recovery

  Veeam CTO Danny Allan details the impact of AI on backup and how his company uses the tech. He also discusses what he's heard from users about Broadcom's VMware acquisition.

• December 18, 2023 18 Dec'23

  Infusion of generative AI into analytics a work in progress

  Many vendors have introduced tools that integrate LLM technology with their platforms, but most are still refining the tools to ensure their accuracy and security.

• December 08, 2023 08 Dec'23

  Knime updates analytics platform with new GenAI capabilities

  The vendor's latest release improves the accuracy of its GenAI chatbot, including citations so users can know the source of the chatbot's responses, and features a new UI.

• December 08, 2023 08 Dec'23

  Databricks intros suite to aid generative AI development

  The data lakehouse vendor's new set of tools includes vector search and aims to enable users to develop data pipelines that train language models with proprietary data.

• December 06, 2023 06 Dec'23

  New MongoDB tools enable generative AI development

  The independent database vendor added vector search and workload management tools that work together to enable developers to build and run cutting-edge analytics applications.

• November 29, 2023 29 Nov'23

  AWS unveils Amazon Q in QuickSight to add more generative AI

  The tech giant's new generative AI chatbot could help more employees within organizations work with data by enabling them to query and analyze data using conversational language.

• November 29, 2023 29 Nov'23

  New AWS tools simplify access, management of data at scale

  The tech giant revealed serverless tools that eliminate limitations on workload size as well as integrations that simplify access to data within the Amazon Web Services ecosystem.

• November 28, 2023 28 Nov'23

  Generative AI tools for backup and DR still in early days

  Backup software vendors have pitched generative AI tools for automation and as virtual assistants, but how these additions enhance enterprise workflows remains to be seen.

• November 28, 2023 28 Nov'23

  Starburst update adds new GenAI, streaming data features

  Galaxy, the cloud-based version of the vendor's platform, now includes text-to-code translation capabilities as well as automated governance and real-time ingestion tools.

• November 21, 2023 21 Nov'23

  American Airlines lowers data management costs with Intel

  As the airline giant moves more of its data workloads to the cloud, tools from Intel's Granulate are making platforms such as Microsoft's Azure Data Lake more efficient.

• November 17, 2023 17 Nov'23

  Databricks puts AI at core of new Data Intelligence Platform

  The vendor's new platform, now in beta testing, combines its existing lakehouse with AI to better enable users to manage and prepare data for model training and analytics.

• November 16, 2023 16 Nov'23

  New HYCU SaaS AWS backup provides deeper data protection

  R-Cloud, the flagship data protection product for HYCU, now supports more than 50 SaaS applications for backup with new support for AWS services including databases and storage.

• November 15, 2023 15 Nov'23

  IBI launches new full-featured data management platform

  The data management and BI specialist has released Data Intelligence, an AI-driven suite that includes data quality and data integration capabilities in an integrated environment.

• November 15, 2023 15 Nov'23

  Microsoft launches Fabric, adds Copilot for the new platform

  The suite unites Power BI, Azure Synapse Analytics and Data Factory in an integrated environment to better enable data management and analysis, including developing AI models.

• November 09, 2023 09 Nov'23

  MongoDB unveils Atlas for Retail, Partner Ecosystem Catalog

  The database vendor is making industry verticalization a significant part of its product roadmap to help customers in various industries develop applications that meet their needs.

• November 08, 2023 08 Nov'23

  Monte Carlo unveils data observability for vector databases

  The vendor's new integration with vector database specialist Pinecone is designed to enable users to ensure quality of the data they use to train generative AI models.

• November 03, 2023 03 Nov'23

  Generative AI capabilities highlight latest Denodo update

  The data virtualization specialist's platform update includes natural language processing capabilities that reduce repetitive tasks as well as some complexities of data management.

• November 01, 2023 01 Nov'23

  Snowflake previews slew of AI, governance, development tools

  The data cloud vendor introduced more than a dozen features currently in various stages of development designed to help users build and govern data models and applications.

• October 31, 2023 31 Oct'23

  TigerGraph update adds enterprise-scale capabilities

  The graph database vendor's platform now features improved workload management capabilities and support for Kubernetes to meet the data processing needs of large organizations.

• October 31, 2023 31 Oct'23

  CloudCasa now offers self-hosted Kubernetes backup service

  A self-hosted version of CloudCasa's Kubernetes backup service provides industries with air-gapped needs recovery tools and automation.

• October 27, 2023 27 Oct'23

  Tableau update highlighted by new embedded analytics tool

  In addition to Embedding Playground, the longtime BI vendor's latest platform update features new metadata management capabilities and an integration with Google Docs.

• October 25, 2023 25 Oct'23

  Alation adds trio of partnerships to improve data insight

  The data catalog vendor's connectors to Monte Carlo, Sigma Computing and ThoughtSpot aim to make it easier for users to get insights from data to inform decisions and actions.

• October 25, 2023 25 Oct'23

  Neo4j updates graph database to improve performance speed

  The vendor's latest update includes new parallel analytical query and transactional query runtime capabilities as well as automated real-time data tracking via change data capture.

• October 24, 2023 24 Oct'23

  Veeam chronicles backups with journal-like features

  Veeam highlights new capabilities for the Veeam Data Platform during the VeeamON Resiliency Summit, including proactive recovery and a Sophos partnership.