Data Management
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Opinion
31 Jul 2026
AI value comes from continuous learning, not automation
The companies pulling ahead in AI aren't doing it by deploying more tools. Rather, they're building the data foundations that make intelligence reusable, scalable and reliable. Continue Reading
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Tip
31 Jul 2026
Integrate structured and unstructured data for better AI outputs
For AI agents to give the most accurate, informed responses, organizations must provide them with all the facts. Even those that are hidden in an old email or customer claim. Continue Reading
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Feature
17 Mar 2026
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. Continue Reading
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Feature
17 Mar 2026
SLM vs. LLM: Rightsize data architecture to optimize AI use
It doesn't need to be a binary choice. Enterprises are warming up to smaller AI models to meet compliance and cost needs while reserving large models for complex jobs. Continue Reading
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News
12 Mar 2026
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. Continue Reading
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Tip
10 Mar 2026
Build trust on a federated governance model
Follow this practical blueprint to adopt a modern data governance approach that aligns people, processes and platform to deliver measurable results from AI across the business. Continue Reading
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Opinion
10 Mar 2026
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. Continue Reading
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News
09 Mar 2026
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. Continue Reading
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Feature
09 Mar 2026
15 top data catalog software tools to consider using in 2026
Organizations can use numerous tools to build and manage data catalogs. Here are 15 prominent ones that data leaders should consider for their data management needs. Continue Reading
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News
09 Mar 2026
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. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
09 Mar 2026
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. Continue Reading
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News
09 Mar 2026
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. Continue Reading
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Feature
04 Mar 2026
Data governance responsibilities now belong in the C-suite
To improve business outcomes, leadership must move beyond IT controls and adopt a playbook that treats data as a shared enterprise asset with clear roles and policies. Continue Reading
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News
04 Mar 2026
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. Continue Reading
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Feature
03 Mar 2026
AI data governance guidance that gets you to the finish line
As organizations dive into AI adoption, many realize the first real bottleneck is not the model but how to prepare their information so it can be used effectively in AI workflows. Continue Reading
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Feature
02 Mar 2026
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. Continue Reading
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News
26 Feb 2026
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. Continue Reading
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Feature
26 Feb 2026
18 top big data tools and technologies to know about in 2026
Numerous tools are available to use in big data applications. Here are 18 popular open source big data technologies, with details on their key features and use cases. Continue Reading
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Opinion
25 Feb 2026
Real-time data streaming for AI: invest where it matters
Don't let batch processing lead to missed opportunities. Build AI systems for continuous data flows that deliver instant decisions, change outcomes and justify the cost. Continue Reading
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Feature
25 Feb 2026
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. Continue Reading
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Tip
24 Feb 2026
How cyber insurance requirements reshape backup architecture
From immutable backups to air-gapped copies, these requirements reflect the growing need for organizations to prove they can recover from an incident -- or risk losing coverage. Continue Reading
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News
24 Feb 2026
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. Continue Reading
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News
23 Feb 2026
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. Continue Reading
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Tip
20 Feb 2026
Experts share practices to overcome AI data readiness
Enterprise AI ambitions can stumble without strong data fundamentals. Here's how to pick, organize and maintain data so systems behave reliably and projects move to production. Continue Reading
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Feature
19 Feb 2026
Data and AI governance must team up for AI to succeed
AI applications won't produce reliable results -- and could create compliance and business ethics risks -- without strong data governance processes underpinning them. Continue Reading
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Tip
18 Feb 2026
How to secure sensitive data when offboarding employees
Establish a multi-phased approach that turns a risky situation into a managed process with several departments working in coordination to ensure a smooth exit. Continue Reading
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News
18 Feb 2026
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. Continue Reading
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Opinion
17 Feb 2026
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. Continue Reading
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News
17 Feb 2026
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. Continue Reading
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News
17 Feb 2026
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. Continue Reading
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Tip
13 Feb 2026
How to cut data loss risks when employees leave
How an employee leaves influences what data they might take. Organizations can implement several practical methods to protect code, client information, and other assets. Continue Reading
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Feature
10 Feb 2026
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. Continue Reading
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Tip
10 Feb 2026
Residual access failures put data at risk
Stop breaches that start with orphaned accounts. This guide identifies offboarding weak spots and gives leaders a practical checklist to close gaps fast and prove compliance. Continue Reading
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News
09 Feb 2026
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. Continue Reading
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News
05 Feb 2026
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. Continue Reading
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News
04 Feb 2026
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. Continue Reading
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News
03 Feb 2026
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. Continue Reading
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Tip
02 Feb 2026
9 metadata management standards that guide success
Organizations looking to implement metadata management can choose from existing standards that support archiving, sciences, finance and other digital resources. Continue Reading
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Feature
30 Jan 2026
Building a strong data analytics platform architecture
Data analytics platforms are crucial for information-driven enterprises. With the right architecture, organizations can gain meaningful insights and gain a competitive edge. Continue Reading
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News
28 Jan 2026
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. Continue Reading
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Feature
27 Jan 2026
Modernized big data architecture a must for AI to deliver
Many enterprises put AI into production in 2025 but found their legacy data stacks stalled progress. See what it takes to modernize big data systems for better AI results. Continue Reading
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Opinion
27 Jan 2026
The trust-at-speed paradox: Most data governance wasn't built for AI
Agentic AI operates autonomously, exposing gaps in governance, data quality and accountability. Executives must address these limits to manage risk and move AI into production. Continue Reading
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News
27 Jan 2026
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. Continue Reading
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News
27 Jan 2026
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. Continue Reading
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Feature
23 Jan 2026
Data Technologies outlook on 2026: The year of data is here
Data will be the backbone of success in 2026. As AI reshapes data management, organizations must balance innovation with ethics, governance and high-quality data to thrive. Continue Reading
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Feature
21 Jan 2026
Modern data architectures as a risk management strategy
As organizations modernize their data systems, architecture choices will determine how risk is governed, disruptions are absorbed, and regulatory obligations are managed over time. Continue Reading
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News
20 Jan 2026
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. Continue Reading
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News
15 Jan 2026
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. Continue Reading
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News
15 Jan 2026
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. Continue Reading
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Feature
13 Jan 2026
How data lineage became a boardroom metric
Data lineage has moved beyond a technical function, becoming a board-level signal of how well organizations govern, audit and explain their data across complex environments. Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Jan 2026
The top 2026 data conferences to plan enterprise strategy
This guide lists events that can help data leaders assess how AI fits into their current architecture and identify improvements needed to meet future data demands. Continue Reading
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Feature
09 Jan 2026
Top trends in big data for enterprises in 2026
As AI systems mature, organizations must evaluate models, infrastructure and governance frameworks that balance cost, compliance and performance this year and beyond. Continue Reading
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News
08 Jan 2026
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. Continue Reading
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News
08 Jan 2026
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. Continue Reading
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News
07 Jan 2026
Snowflake boosts Google partnership, integrates Gemini 3
By making the tech giant's LLM natively available in Cortex AI, the data cloud vendor is adding yet another significant tool to its evolving development suite. Continue Reading
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Opinion
05 Jan 2026
2026 will be the year data becomes truly intelligent
As AI moves into production, enterprises are redefining data management around shared meaning, operational trust and system coherence rather than standalone capabilities. Continue Reading
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Feature
29 Dec 2025
4 trends that will shape data management and AI in 2026
The tendencies that influence the next 12 months build on what began last year, including rising mergers and acquisitions and the need to simplify developing and deploying agents. Continue Reading
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Tip
23 Dec 2025
Data architecture vs. information architecture: How they differ
Data architecture and information architecture are distinct but related disciplines that work in tandem to support an enterprise's data and business strategies. Continue Reading
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Tip
23 Dec 2025
How AI changes data governance roles and responsibilities
Data governance is a team effort, though recent AI developments have caused data and AI teams to converge. As a result, organizations have created new roles in these teams. Continue Reading
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Feature
22 Dec 2025
4 trends that shaped data management, analytics in 2025
With each relating to agentic AI development, tendencies included nearly universal support for MCP and rising emphasis on semantic modeling, among others. Continue Reading
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Tip
19 Dec 2025
10 essential roles for a data management team in 2026
These 10 essential data management roles help leaders design teams that support governance, scale and trusted analytics across modern enterprise data environments. Continue Reading
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News
16 Dec 2025
Databricks adds $4B funding round; IPO could be next
With a valuation well over $100 billion and strong revenue growth from both data management and AI, the vendor could be preparing to go public. Continue Reading
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Feature
16 Dec 2025
Different types of database management systems explained
The various types of database software come with advantages, limitations and optimal uses that prospective buyers should be aware of before choosing a DBMS. Continue Reading
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Answer
16 Dec 2025
How to build a data catalog: 10 key steps
A data catalog helps business and analytics users explore data assets, find relevant data and understand what it means. Here are 10 important steps for building one. Continue Reading
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News
16 Dec 2025
EnterpriseDB updates WarehousePG with features that fuel AI
The PostgreSQL database specialist's data warehouse update targets AI development by adding predictable pricing, real-time data processing and improved governance capabilities. Continue Reading
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News
10 Dec 2025
Couchbase adds agentic AI development suite to Capella DBaaS
AI Services, which includes an integration with Nvidia and governance capabilities -- among other features -- represents the vendor's growth beyond its database roots. Continue Reading
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News
08 Dec 2025
IBM acquiring Confluent to boost AI development capabilities
The purchase of a streaming data platform complements the tech giant's existing tools by enabling developers to build agents using real-time information. Continue Reading
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News
04 Dec 2025
Snowflake, Anthropic boost partnership with $200M commitment
After first partnering in 2024 to make Claude models available in Cortex AI, the companies plan to collaborate on agentic AI development and marketing strategies. Continue Reading
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News
03 Dec 2025
Informatica tightens bond with AWS's AI development tools
New features optimized for joint customers include MCP servers to connect governed data with foundation models and a framework for developing agents on the tech giant's platform. Continue Reading
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News
02 Dec 2025
Latest AWS data management features target cost control
As the volume and complexity of enterprise data estates increase, and the size of data workloads grows due to AI development, the tech giant aims to help users reduce spending. Continue Reading
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Feature
25 Nov 2025
One year of MCP: Support a must for data management vendors
With most AI development initiatives focused on agentic AI, failure to provide the framework for easily connecting agents with relevant data is now a competitive disadvantage. Continue Reading
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Feature
24 Nov 2025
Microsoft helps Premier League fuel fan experience with AI
A new app built by England's top soccer division using the tech giant's data management and development capabilities draws on decades of data to deliver personalized insights. Continue Reading
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News
19 Nov 2025
Precisely intros AI capabilities to simplify data quality
The data integrity specialist's new features, including a conversational interface and a fabric for connecting governed assets, address the growing emphasis on high-quality data. Continue Reading
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News
19 Nov 2025
Snowflake integrates with Nvidia to speed AI/ML workloads
Adding data science libraries featuring GPUs to the vendor's development suite aims to exponentially improve the performance of application workloads. Continue Reading
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News
18 Nov 2025
New Microsoft tools connect AI agents with proper data
Semantic modeling to unite enterprise data and automated pipeline capabilities to feed applications with relevant information aim to give autonomous tools appropriate context. Continue Reading
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News
13 Nov 2025
Alation unveils agentic AI suite for governing critical data
CDE Manager includes agents that set standards and establish rules to help enterprises to connect data to key operations and govern such data to ensure it can be trusted. Continue Reading
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News
13 Nov 2025
Dremio Cloud: An autonomous lakehouse powered by AI agents
The new platform automates complex data preparation and pipeline management tasks that fuel AI development and could be a differentiator for the vendor. Continue Reading
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News
06 Nov 2025
Ataccama automates data quality with agentic AI-fueled suite
The new version of the vendor's platform automates tasks previously performed by humans to substantially reduce the time it takes to ensure that data can be trusted. Continue Reading
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News
04 Nov 2025
Snowflake delivers slew of AI tools, introduces new ones
The newly released tools simplify access to enterprise data and enable deeper analysis through natural language to address challenges in AI development and data utilization. Continue Reading
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News
03 Nov 2025
New Databricks tools target successful agentic AI development
With enterprises struggling to build agents, new Agent Bricks features address accuracy and governance to help move development projects from pilot to production. Continue Reading
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Definition
31 Oct 2025
What is customer data integration (CDI)?
Customer data integration (CDI) is the process of defining, consolidating and managing customer information across an organization's business units and systems to achieve a "single version of the truth" for customer data. Continue Reading
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Opinion
30 Oct 2025
Why data semantics matters for context-aware systems
Data semantics organizes context, relationships and logic across enterprise data to create systems that understand how information connects and informs decision-making. Continue Reading
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News
29 Oct 2025
Streaming specialist Confluent unveils AI development suite
In addition to a unified environment for building and deploying agents, the vendor launched a private cloud version of its platform and integrations that simplify data preparation. Continue Reading
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News
29 Oct 2025
Informatica launches agents, adds new AI development tools
Prebuilt agents for data quality and other data management tasks and a development framework featuring MCP support highlight the vendor's Fall 2025 platform update. Continue Reading
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News
28 Oct 2025
Streaming vendor Redpanda buys SQL engine, unveils AI suite
With the Agent Data Plane, which features newly acquired SQL database capabilities, the specialist is expanding beyond its roots and adding tools to train and govern AI agents. Continue Reading
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Tip
23 Oct 2025
How AI governance manages risk at scale for enterprises
Effective oversight of AI systems requires more than technology. It relies on defined roles, coordinated risk protocols and tight collaboration across data and model teams. Continue Reading
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Definition
22 Oct 2025
What is data analytics (DA)?
Data analytics (DA) is the process of examining data sets to find trends and draw conclusions about the information they contain. Continue Reading
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News
21 Oct 2025
Immuta adds provisioning prowess to speed insight generation
Featuring automation capabilities, the new tools dramatically reduce the time it takes to operationalize governed data and could help differentiate the vendor from its peers. Continue Reading
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News
21 Oct 2025
Couchbase ups database vector search, indexing capabilities
The vendor's update takes a three-pronged approach to storing and searching vectorized data to make building AI tools trained on massive amounts of relevant information faster. Continue Reading
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News
16 Oct 2025
Snowflake, Palantir team to simplify AI, insight generation
Native integration between the vendors' platforms aims to simplify and speed development of AI and analytics tools for current joint customers -- and to attract new ones. Continue Reading
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Tip
15 Oct 2025
6 essential data engineer skills for modern data environments
As AI automates more tasks handled by data engineers, the role is shifting from pipeline building to strategic skills that keep modern architectures adaptable. Continue Reading
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Tip
15 Oct 2025
10 data governance challenges that can sink data operations
No organization can successfully use data without data governance. Address 10 data governance challenges to avoid financial loss, derailed operations and reputation damage. Continue Reading
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Opinion
15 Oct 2025
Data contracts help build trustworthy data products for AI
Data contracts establish clear expectations between data producers and consumers, turning governance into a continuous, automated process that builds trust for AI. Continue Reading
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News
14 Oct 2025
Oracle launches new platform to streamline AI development
The suite, which combines capabilities from OCI and other platforms, will help Oracle compete with rivals providing similar feature sets for building agents and other AI tools. Continue Reading
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News
14 Oct 2025
DBT Labs targets costs with data engine, adds AI agents
The new capabilities, revealed amid news that the vendor is merging with Fivetran, include an updated engine that lowers data transformation expenses and task-specific agents. Continue Reading
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Definition
14 Oct 2025
What is an entity relationship diagram (ERD)?
An entity relationship diagram (ERD), also known as an entity relationship model, is a graphical representation that depicts relationships among people, objects, places, concepts or events in an information technology (IT) system. Continue Reading
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News
13 Oct 2025
Fivetran, DBT Labs merge to add complementary capabilities
The deal brings together data movement and data transformation platforms that help developers build AI and analytics applications. Continue Reading
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News
09 Oct 2025
Starburst's latest targets agentic AI development
The data lakehouse vendor continues to expand beyond its roots in data mesh, adding features such as an MCP server and access to vector stores that enable users to build agents. Continue Reading
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News
07 Oct 2025
New AI-powered suite boosts Teradata's CX capabilities
Autonomous Customer Intelligence features agents and other tools aimed at enabling the vendor's users to gain greater insight into their own customers to improve business outcomes. Continue Reading
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Definition
07 Oct 2025
What is data as a service (DaaS)?
Data as a service (DaaS) is an information provision and distribution model in which data files -- including text, images, sounds and videos -- are made available to customers over a network, typically the internet. Continue Reading
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News
01 Oct 2025
Mooncake acquisition boosts Databricks database capabilities
Five months after purchasing PostgreSQL specialist Neon and turning its tech into Lakebase, the data platform vendor is adding new database capabilities to aid AI development. Continue Reading
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News
01 Oct 2025
Databricks boosts data security with AI-powered suite
With cyberattacks becoming more sophisticated, the vendor's new set of features includes agents, AI-powered dashboards and integrations with specialists. Continue Reading