DataStax makes AI tuning on enterprise data much faster in Astra DB
To make the most of AI, companies need to leverage their own data. It makes LLMs more accurate and therefore more useful. But how do you ensure this? DataStax and Nvidia want to help with that.
DataStax offers Astra DB as a NoSQL database. These types of databases are aimed at large volumes of d... Read more
Rubrik Enterprise Proactive Edition provides visibility into sensitive data
Rubrik has introduced Enterprise Proactive Edition (EPE), helping companies gain visibility into all sensitive data
With the new Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) solution, companies can better manage data distributed across all their environments. This should help with trends such as AI a... Read more
SAP expands Datasphere with knowledge graph and compass
New Datasphere features allow companies to discover hidden patterns and improve their planning and scheduling activities.
SAP launched Datasphere a year ago as the successor to its Data Warehouse Cloud and now thinks it's time for a major update. Many of Data Warehouse Cloud's users have automat... Read more
It’s Love Data Week: why you should treat your data with love
On Valentine's Day, we publish an article that you might not immediately expect from us. We want to talk about the love of data. After all, it is Love Data Week. We asked six companies to talk about their love for data and why businesses should continue to pay attention to it.
More and more comp... Read more
EU proposal gives medical data to product developers
Several organizations want the EU to reshape the European Health Data Space (EDHS) proposal to give citizens the choice not to share their medical data. In initial proposals of the EHDS, citizens are powerless and their data gets shared for commercial development by definition.
The European Heal... Read more
Cohesity buys Veritas unit for nearly 3 billion dollars
Cohesity has reached an agreement to acquire Veritas' data protection business. The combined company will be valued at $7 billion, about 6.5 billion euros.
CEO Sanjay Poonen told Reuters, "You've got the fastest growth on our side and the best profitably on their side, combined together to be a ... Read more
Reliable protection of IaaS and SaaS top enterprise priority
Large enterprises plan to invest more in data protection over the next 12 months. When choosing an enterprise backup solution, reliability and the protection of cloud-hosted workloads (IaaS and SaaS) are prioritised.
This is according to research from Veeam. It is the second consecutive year tha... Read more
AWS discontinues ‘scale-to-zero’ database Aurora
AWS will soon withdraw support for database manager Aurora Serverless version 1, ending Amazon's scale-to-zero database. Companies should switch to Aurora Serverless 2 to continue receiving support for the product.
However, the new version does not support scale-to-zero. Following the 'scale-to-... Read more
With Fabric, Microsoft aims for biggest launch since SQL Server
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella describes Fabric as perhaps the biggest launch of a data product since SQL Server.
Indeed, Fabric is intended to provide a new foundation for enterprise data and AI applications. If you have a mountain of quality data as an organization and want to build an AI applica... Read more
Data companies Experian and Focum silently sell the addresses of Europeans
The addresses of millions of Dutch citizens are being traded by data companies such as Experian and Focum. The trade might be illegal because the companies do not ask for consent or ensure it is hidden in a general consent form. The Dutch DPA is investigating whether the practices violate the GDPR.... Read more