Data Management

Databricks One offers low-code and no-code capabilities, aiming to democratize analytics for business users while maintaining enterprise-grade governance.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jun 12, 2025 5 mins

Data Management

Use geospatial data in Azure with Planetary Computer Pro

Microsoft is bringing its science-focused geospatial data platform to the enterprise, ready to provide insights to solution developers and data scientists.

By Simon Bisson

Jun 12, 2025 8 mins

Cloud ComputingDatabasesMicrosoft Azure

Databricks targets AI bottlenecks with Lakeflow Designer

The no-code ETL tool works by combining a generative AI assistant for pipeline creation and Unity Catalog for governance.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jun 11, 2025 4 mins

Artificial IntelligenceData Management

Mastering AI risk: An end-to-end strategy for the modern enterprise

Organizations gain a strategic advantage with a life-cycle approach to AI cyber risk that acknowledges the rapid evolution of AI technologies, threats, and regulations. Here’s how.

By John Verry

Jun 10, 2025 8 mins

Data GovernanceData and Information SecurityGenerative AI

Unlocking data’s true potential: The open lakehouse as AI’s foundation

Artificial intelligence has increased the urgency for unified data. Here’s how to achieve it.

By Geeta Banda, Head of Outbound Product Management, Google Cloud

May 29, 2025 5 mins

Artificial IntelligenceData Management

SQL slips in language popularity index

‘Lingua franca of databases’ falls to its lowest ranking ever in the Tiobe index of programming language popularity.

By Paul Krill

Jun 9, 2025 3 mins

NoSQL DatabasesProgramming LanguagesRelational Databases

Building a multi-zone and multi-region SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance in Azure

A step-by-step guide to deploying, configuring, and testing a multi-AZ, multi-region SQL Server FCI in the Azure cloud, complete with a PowerShell script that handles the networking configuration.

By Dave Bermingham

Jun 9, 2025 20 mins

DatabasesMicrosoft AzureMicrosoft SQL Server

Snowflake acquires Crunchy Data for enterprise-grade PostgreSQL to counter Databricks’ Neon buy

Analysts say that the chess match between Snowflake and Databricks isn’t about big data analytics anymore, but about becoming the 'AI-native data foundation unifying analytics, operational storage, and machine learning.'

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jun 3, 2025 5 mins

Artificial IntelligenceDeveloperPostgreSQL

Snowflake takes aim at legacy data workloads with SnowConvert AI migration tools

With the free agent-based suite of migration tools, Snowflake says enterprises can move workloads without increasing complexity.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jun 3, 2025 3 mins

Data ManagementData Warehousing

Snowflake’s Cortex AISQL aims to simplify unstructured data analysis

Snowflake wants to reduce enterprises’ reliance on data engineers and data scientists for unstructured data analysis with its new SQL functions powered by generative AI.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jun 3, 2025 3 mins

Generative AISQL

Real-time analytics with StarTree Cloud and Apache Pinot

Open-source distributed OLAP database and powerful SaaS counterpart shine with plug-in indexes, signature tunable star-tree index, and ability to combine batch data with streaming data.

By Martin Heller

Jun 3, 2025 16 mins

Big DataDatabasesSaaS

Demystifying serverless in the modern data and AI landscape

It’s time to clarify misperceptions and examine what serverless really looks like, especially in a world increasingly shaped by AI and the need for rapid innovation and scaling.

By Artin Avanes

Jun 2, 2025 6 mins

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AIServerless Computing

MariaDB’s acquisition of Codership: Why enterprises should care

The acquisition could be another step in MariaDB PLC’s evolution towards becoming a trustworthy, recurring-revenue open source database platform, analysts say.

By Anirban Ghoshal

May 30, 2025 4 mins

Data ManagementDatabasesTechnology Industry