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After job cuts, MariaDB faces uncertain financial future
In addition to laying off 26 staffers out of its 340-strong workforce in February, the company warns that revenue won't be enough to support operations for the next 12 months, and is looking for financing.
IBM acquires SaaS-based PrestoDB provider Ahana
IBM’s will join the Presto Foundation and aid in the development of PrestoDB.
Making the most of geospatial intelligence
How the HEAVY.AI platform accelerates geospatial intelligence and delivers advanced analytics and real-time data visualizations that help telcos, utilities, and government agencies improve operations and minimize risk.
Open source FerretDB offers ‘drop-in replacement’ for MongoDB
FerretDB 1.0 is a stateless proxy that converts MongoDB protocol queries to SQL, using PostgreSQL as the database engine.
How InfluxDB revved up for real-time analytics
A new Rust-based database engine, InfluxDB IOx, brings an in-memory columnar store, unlimited cardinality, and SQL language support to the open source time series database, raising the bar for advanced analytics across time series...
Modern data infrastructures don’t do ETL
Business happens in real time but many business systems don’t. It’s time to move past client-server databases, data warehouses, and batch processes.
Here’s why Oracle is offering Database 23c free to developers
Oracle’s change in strategy to release a developer-first version of its new database is linked to the company’s plans to defend its market dominance and look at innovative ways to acquire new customers, analysts said.
10 best practices for every MongoDB deployment
From security musts and indexing gotchas to replication and sharding tips, follow these essential dos and don’ts to make the most of your MongoDB database systems.
Databricks launches lakehouse for manufacturing sector
The new industry-specific lakehouse could help Databricks increase lakehouse adoption, according to analysts.
MariaDB SkySQL adds serverless analytics, cost management features
The new release of the managed database as a service removes the need for extracting, transforming, and loading data by adding a ‘serverless’ layer powered by Apache Spark SQL.
Google ambushes on-prem PostgreSQL with AlloyDB Omni
Google is previewing a downloadable, ML-tuned version of its PostgreSQL-compatible AlloyDB, which it claims is 2x faster than standard Postgres for transactional workloads and 100x faster for analytical queries.
Working with Azure’s Data API builder
Add REST and GraphQL APIs to any database with a handy .NET CLI tool.
YugabyteDB Managed adds managed command line interface
The new updates to the managed version of Yugabyte’s open source distributed SQL database include support for AWS PrivateLink, improved observability, and faster scalability.
Oracle adds machine learning features to MySQL HeatWave
In addition to updating MySQL HeatWave’s AutoML and Autopilot, Oracle will now offer a small shape for the service, targeting customers with smaller volumes of data.
Tibco's Spotfire 12.2 release adds streaming and data science tools
The latest iteration of Spotfire makes it an end-to-end data visualization and analytics platform combining data science, streaming and data management tools.
What’s new in Apache Cassandra 4.1
Cassandra 4.1 makes the distributed database built for internet companies easier to configure and manage for new users, and delivers new storage, network encryption, and authentication options. ACID transactions are on the way.
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Dremio adds new Apache Iceberg features to its data lakehouse
The new features include the ability to copy data and roll back changes in Apache Iceberg tables.
Next-gen data engines transform metadata performance
New data engine architectures such as Speedb boost metadata performance, reduce latency, accelerate search time, and optimize CPU consumption. Here’s how.
EDB’s Postgres Distributed 5.0 boosts availability, performance
The distributed version of the open source, object-relational database system is available as an add-on, dubbed EDB Extreme High Availability, for EDB Enterprise and Standard plans, the company said.
