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Three Industries, One Common Challenge: Getting Data Right Before MDM
Manufacturing

Three Industries, One Common Challenge: Getting Data Right Before MDM

Poor-quality records could undermine MDM programmes in finance, healthcare and manufacturing as AI begins acting on the data.

By Edmund Ng • 5 min read • 3 days ago
Google Cloud adds BigQuery streaming & Dataflow updates
Open source

Google Cloud adds BigQuery streaming & Dataflow updates

Live analytics get a boost as BigQuery now handles stateful streaming queries, while Dataflow and Kafka gain easier pipeline and testing controls.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 3 days ago
Yahoo cuts Spark cluster failures by 85% with flexible VMs
Data Analytics

Yahoo cuts Spark cluster failures by 85% with flexible VMs

Google Cloud's fallback machine selection has helped Yahoo keep analytics jobs running, cutting Spark cluster provisioning failures by 85%.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • 3 days ago
Exclusive: Cloudera builds Hadoop-free future platform
Private Cloud

Exclusive: Cloudera builds Hadoop-free future platform

Existing customers get six years of support as Cloudera shifts new AI and analytics workloads to a Hadoop-free platform due in November.

By Sean Mitchell • 7 min read • Last week
Safe Software plans 60-plus hires as AI demand grows
Software-as-a-Service

Safe Software plans 60-plus hires as AI demand grows

The Surrey software group will push past 400 staff this year as it adds customer-facing roles to meet surging demand for AI-ready data.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week
ClickHouse buys RunReveal to boost security analytics
Security Information and Event Management

ClickHouse buys RunReveal to boost security analytics

Security teams could get faster investigations as ClickHouse folds RunReveal's platform expertise into its database business.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last week
Equinix doubles foundation funding with USD $50m pledge
Data centers

Equinix doubles foundation funding with USD $50m pledge

The extra cash will widen internet access, digital skills training and job pathways for underserved communities across Equinix's global footprint.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month
Everpure raises outlook after record second-quarter revenue
Software-as-a-Service

Everpure raises outlook after record second-quarter revenue

Higher demand for AI and hyperscale products helped lift revenue 38% to USD $1.2 billion, prompting Everpure to raise full-year guidance.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month
Grafana Labs tops 10,000 customers as AI demand rises
Software-as-a-Service

Grafana Labs tops 10,000 customers as AI demand rises

Rising AI deployments are helping drive broader platform use, with most customers now buying several Grafana products and costs falling.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Last month

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Confluent: Stale, unreliable data could impair enterprise AI
Data Protection

Confluent: Stale, unreliable data could impair enterprise AI

Fresh data and tighter controls are becoming critical as businesses push AI into production, with weak lineage and quality seen as a major risk.

By David Shilovsky • 5 min read • Yesterday
Azira launches AI location platform for travel marketers
Software-as-a-Service

Azira launches AI location platform for travel marketers

Destination marketers could cut report turnaround times as Azira One puts complex location data into a natural language AI interface.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Yesterday
Logicalis boosts emissions cuts & green targets
Data centers

Logicalis boosts emissions cuts & green targets

Scope 1 and 2 emissions fell 34% from Logicalis's FY22 baseline, while renewable electricity use rose and supplier climate pledges advanced.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last week
VDURA backs New Mexico State University research platform
High Performance Computing

VDURA backs New Mexico State University research platform

The new system gives NMSU researchers more capacity for AI training and simulations as its annual research spend tops USD $141 million.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last week
Synology launches first Australia symposium on AI data
Data Protection

Synology launches first Australia symposium on AI data

Australian businesses face growing pressure to secure fragmented data as AI adoption outpaces the infrastructure needed to support it.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week
Uzbekistan unveils fintech plan to draw USD $1 billion
Fintech

Uzbekistan unveils fintech plan to draw USD $1 billion

Aiming to lure overseas capital, the country's six-year plan also targets 5,000 trained specialists and fresh cross-border payment links.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 5 min read • Last week
Preparing your data infrastructure for year-end demands
Disaster Recovery

Preparing your data infrastructure for year-end demands

Year-end reporting and AI growth are exposing costly data sprawl, as many firms struggle to safely retire legacy systems without disruption.

By Mark Christie • 5 min read • Last week
Aerospike names Don Dama as Chief Executive Officer
Digital Transformation

Aerospike names Don Dama as Chief Executive Officer

Its push into operational AI comes as about half of last year's revenue already came from machine learning and real-time data workloads.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last week
AI seen as key to Southeast Asia's energy transition
Data centers

AI seen as key to Southeast Asia's energy transition

Most energy professionals in Southeast Asia expect AI to aid the transition, but data gaps, costs and grid strain remain major hurdles.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month