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Informatica adds MCP support, spate of AI-fueled features

With Model Context Protocol helping standardize how enterprises develop and deploy agents, support for the open standard is valuable for customers building advanced applications.

By Eric Avidon • July 31, 2025

What is PL/SQL (Procedural Language/Structured Query Language)?

In Oracle database management, PL/SQL is a procedural language extension to Structured Query Language (SQL).

By Lindsay Moore, Rahul Awati • July 30, 2025

Collibra’s acquisition of Deasy targets unstructured data

With AI development on the rise, the vendor's latest purchase better enables customers to combine the complete array of relevant data to inform advanced applications.

By Eric Avidon • July 24, 2025

StarTree adding Iceberg support to simplify, speed analysis

With open table data storage formats gaining popularity, the vendor's pending support for Apache Iceberg promotes flexibility while also making analysis more efficient.

By Eric Avidon • July 23, 2025

StarTree adding Iceberg support to simplify, speed analysis

With open table data storage formats gaining popularity, the vendor's pending support for Apache Iceberg promotes flexibility while also making analysis more efficient.

By Eric Avidon • July 23, 2025

ChatGPT agent explained: Everything you need to know

OpenAI's ChatGPT agent combines browsing, code execution and API access to autonomously complete complex tasks.

By Sean Kerner • July 23, 2025

What is a distributed database?

A distributed database is a database that consists of two or more files located in different sites on the same or different networks.

By Lindsay Moore, Rahul Awati • July 22, 2025

Data lake vs. data warehouse: Key differences explained

Data lakes and data warehouses differ in structure, processing and use cases, offering distinct advantages for enterprise analytics and data strategies.

By Bridget Botelho • July 22, 2025

Oracle adds MCP support to advance agentic AI development

Given that the open standard simplifies the complex process of connecting systems during agentic AI development, the tech giant's integration with MCP stands to benefit users.

By Eric Avidon • July 21, 2025

What are oversampling and undersampling?

Oversampling and undersampling are techniques used in data analytics and statistics to modify unequal data classes to create balanced data sets.

By Gavin Wright • July 21, 2025

What is MySQL?

MySQL is a popular, scalable, user-friendly, open source and free relational database management system (RDBMS) that uses Structured Query Language (SQL) to store, manage, and manipulate data.

By Lindsay Moore, Rahul Awati • July 18, 2025

8 best practices for IoT data management

IoT data management applies stewardship practices to handle large volumes of sensor data, ensuring security and compliance while coordinating across teams for reliable data access.

By John Burke • July 17, 2025

Ataccama targets business users with latest AI capabilities

The vendor's latest update makes data lineage accessible to business users, enabling them to trust their data and make decisions without consulting trained experts for assistance.

By Eric Avidon • July 17, 2025

How data for AI is changing the modern data platform

Data platforms must evolve to meet AI requirements, with a greater focus on real-time integration, unified governance, infrastructure flexibility and data quality.

By Stephen Catanzano • July 15, 2025

Microsoft, Databricks simplify synchronizing, sharing data

A new integration designed by the tech giant and data platform vendor eliminates the need for users to move or copy data to join it across platforms for better-informed analysis.

By Eric Avidon • July 15, 2025

SnapLogic adds MCP support to aid agentic AI deployment

Following the launch of AgentCreator in 2024, the data integration vendor is adding support for the open standard to better enable customers to build and manage agentic tools.

By Eric Avidon • July 15, 2025

Qdrant lowers vector database complexity to aid development

The vendor now provides an integrated environment for operationalizing unstructured data to aid enterprises struggling with a profusion of tools to generate and manage vectors.

By Eric Avidon • July 15, 2025

What is data orchestration?

Data orchestration is the process of automating, coordinating and organizing the movement of data across an enterprise through business intelligence (BI) and other analytical tools.

By Stephen Bigelow • July 11, 2025

Enterprise data platforms adapt for GenAI and agentic AI

Generative and agentic AI are redefining enterprise data strategy as platforms evolve to support new demands for quality, access and governance.

By Stephen Catanzano • July 11, 2025

Data warehouse vs. data mart: Key differences and use cases

Data warehouses support integrated, governed reporting, while data marts offer faster, focused insights. Together they provide scalable, adaptable data strategies.

By Donald Farmer • July 10, 2025

Denodo unveils DeepQuery to provide AI-powered deep analysis

The data virtualization specialist's new GenAI feature lets users dig deep into their data to discover the reasons underlying what's happening within their organization.

By Eric Avidon • July 8, 2025

What is database as a service (DBaaS)?

Database as a service (DBaaS) is a cloud computing managed service offering that provides access to a database without requiring the setup of physical hardware, the installation of software or the need to configure the database.

By Alexander Gillis, Craig Mullins • July 7, 2025

AI lawsuits explained: Who’s getting sued?

Authors, artists and others are filing lawsuits against generative AI companies for using their data in bulk to train AI systems without permission.

By Ben Lutkevich , Rosa Heaton • July 7, 2025

Confluent platform update targets performance, simplicity

The vendor's latest release replaces its coordinating technology to make its tools easier to use and updates its Control Center for more efficient streaming data workloads.

By Eric Avidon • June 25, 2025

New Actian features target data discoverability, reliability

Automatically embedded data governance, data product registration on a data marketplace platform and a natural language interface aim to make trusted data easier to discover.

By Eric Avidon • June 24, 2025