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• December 15, 2020 15 Dec'20

  AWS expands cloud databases with data virtualization

  At AWS re:invent 2020 the public cloud giant unveiled enhancements to its database and analytics portfolio, including the Babelfish project for migrating from SQL Server to PostgreSQL.

• December 15, 2020 15 Dec'20

  Cloud data warehouse Firebolt secures $37 million at launch

  Firebolt, a new challenger to established cloud data storage vendors including Microsoft and Google, launched recently after securing $37 million in financing.

• December 11, 2020 11 Dec'20

  Stargate API brings GraphQL to Cassandra database

  DataStax has integrated the open source Stargate API 1.0 release into its Astra DBaaS platform, bringing GraphQL to the Apache Cassandra database.

• December 10, 2020 10 Dec'20

  Varada accelerates data virtualization with Presto

  The new Varada Data Platform combines data virtualization with the open source Presto SQL query engine to help enable rapid searches on cloud data lakes.

• December 08, 2020 08 Dec'20

  SingleStore raises $80M for distributed SQL database

  Raj Verma, CEO of SingleStore, explains why the vendor rebranded from MemSQL and how its platform is more than just an in-memory database, but is a general-purpose database.

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• December 04, 2020 04 Dec'20

  Collibra grows enterprise data governance for the cloud

  Collibra CEO discusses the importance of data governance for enterprises and how to tie data governance to business terminology to go beyond simply controlling data.

• December 02, 2020 02 Dec'20

  Oracle MySQL Database Service integrates analytics engine

  The enterprise edition of the MySQL database is being enhanced on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to enable users to run analytics queries on the same system as transactional queries.

• November 30, 2020 30 Nov'20

  MongoDB Atlas Online Archive brings data tiering to DBaaS

  MongoDB's online archive service gives organizations the ability to automatically archive data to lower-cost storage, while still enabling the data to be queried.

• November 25, 2020 25 Nov'20

  Ataccama automates data governance with Gen2 platform update

  Data management vendor Ataccama adds new automation features to its Gen2 platform to help organizations automatically discover metadata and build an accurate business glossary for data.

• November 24, 2020 24 Nov'20

  IBM to deliver refurbished Db2 for the AI and cloud era

  IBM has a tuned-up version of Db2 planned, featuring a handful of AI and machine learning capabilities to make it easier for users to send and manage Db2 data across clouds.

• November 23, 2020 23 Nov'20

  Fauna improves data API collaboration and security

  A database company founded by former Twitter engineers is pushing forward its vision of a way to consume database as a service using its own Fauna Query Language.

• November 20, 2020 20 Nov'20

  Yellowbrick data warehouse update boosts workload management

  Hybrid cloud data warehouse vendor updates platform with self-healing cluster capabilities and a "penalty box" feature to improve workload management.

• November 18, 2020 18 Nov'20

  DataStax optimizes Cassandra for Kubernetes with K8ssandra

  The data management vendor is combining monitoring tools, helm charts and an operator to improve Cassandra database deployment and management for cloud-native Kubernetes environments.

• November 17, 2020 17 Nov'20

  Snowflake builds out data cloud with Snowpark

  Snowflake is continuing to grow the capabilities of its cloud architecture with new developer and security capabilities that aim to help users optimize information.

• November 17, 2020 17 Nov'20

  Cockroach adds geospatial data to cloud-native database

  Cockroach Labs is updating its namesake database platform with new features that improve security and performance, as well as getting an open source Pebble storage engine.

• November 12, 2020 12 Nov'20

  AWS Glue DataBrew a new no-code data preparation tool

  AWS Glue DataBrew is a new feature that will enable users to extract, transmit and load data to get it ready for analysis without having to write code.

• November 12, 2020 12 Nov'20

  Databricks builds out SQL Analytics for data lakehouse

  Databricks is building out its lakehouse platform with a new SQL Analytics service that will make it easier to run SQL queries with better visualization in the cloud.

• November 12, 2020 12 Nov'20

  Google brings wizard approach to cloud database migration

  Google Cloud's top database executive details the tech giant's new tool for enterprises to move databases to the cloud, as the need has accelerated in the coronavirus pandemic era.

• November 12, 2020 12 Nov'20

  New Yugabyte release boosts distributed SQL database security

  Yugabyte now has row-level geo-partitioning for its open source distributed SQL database, enhanced multi-region features and several new features to improve security.

• November 03, 2020 03 Nov'20

  Informatica update improves cloud data management

  Informatica is out with its fall 2020 update, integrating capabilities from its July acquisition of Compact Solutions that advance its enterprise data catalog.

• October 30, 2020 30 Oct'20

  Dremio speeds up cloud data lakes for business intelligence

  The Dremio fall 2020 update brings new performance to the vendor's cloud data lake engine technology, including Apache Arrow-based caching and runtime filtering.

• October 29, 2020 29 Oct'20

  Cazena launches Instant AWS Cloud Data Lake service

  Cazena advanced its cloud data platform with an integrated service that helps organizations to more quickly benefit from a cloud data lake running on AWS.

• October 27, 2020 27 Oct'20

  Rockset raises $40M for real-time indexing database

  The CEO and co-founder of real-time indexing database vendor details the evolution of the company from its origins in the open source RocksDB project to future development projects.

• October 20, 2020 20 Oct'20

  MongoDB Atlas now enables multi-cloud database clusters

  Multi-cloud data portability comes to MongoDB Atlas with a new capability that will enable users to run a database application across multiple clouds simultaneously.

• October 16, 2020 16 Oct'20

  The new normal for enterprise data governance

  Mastercard data exec highlights the foundational role of enterprise data governance during the pandemic era with more people working from home and new demands on businesses.

• October 15, 2020 15 Oct'20

  Oracle accelerates Exadata database cloud service

  More powerful server hardware is coming to the Exadata database service, bringing increased scalability and throughput for Oracle's database and analytics workloads.

• October 14, 2020 14 Oct'20

  Idera targets cloud data lake market with Qubole acquisition

  Qubole joins the Idera Inc. group of software companies, bringing data pipeline capabilities into the group to target customers that need more cloud data storage.

• October 13, 2020 13 Oct'20

  Upsolver advances open cloud data lake, data pipeline efforts

  Upsolver enhanced its data preparation platform to transform data lake content into a data lakehouse structure that enables data queries and analysis.

• October 09, 2020 09 Oct'20

  Nutanix brings database management into Era 2.0

  Nutanix is now looking beyond just on-premises hardware and private clouds to help its users deploy and manage data based across hybrid cloud deployments.

• October 08, 2020 08 Oct'20

  Denodo Platform 8.0 expands data virtualization features

  The updated platform from Denodo looks to help organizations via enhanced features that connect and query disparate sources of data across different environments.

• October 07, 2020 07 Oct'20

  SODA Foundation improves Open Data Framework

  An open source data management group enhanced its Open Data Framework with the Greenland 1.1 update, improving multi-cloud file support and expanding connectivity to data storage options.

• October 02, 2020 02 Oct'20

  Amazon Timestream time series database generally available

  AWS continues to grow its portfolio of cloud database services, as the Amazon Timestream database emerges out of preview to help serve the growing market demand for time series databases.

• October 01, 2020 01 Oct'20

  PostgreSQL 13 advances popular open source database

  The open source database project has its first major milestone release of 2020, bringing users accelerated data query performance and optimizations to improve overall operations.

• September 29, 2020 29 Sep'20

  Cloudera adds data engineering capability to enable DataOps

  Big data vendor Cloudera is looking to help data engineers use its platform with a new service that brings more power and management to running Spark for building data pipelines.

• September 24, 2020 24 Sep'20

  Talend evolves enterprise data integration efforts

  The CTO of Talend outlines the path the data integration vendor has taken in recent years as the market for big data has evolved along with the need to treat data as an asset.

• September 22, 2020 22 Sep'20

  Ahana releases managed Cloud for Presto service

  New Ahana cloud system brings a managed service to market that integrates data management and visualization capabilities to aid in business intelligence and data analytics.

• September 18, 2020 18 Sep'20

  Aerospike Connect improves integrations with NoSQL database

  Aerospike updates connectors for popular data query and event streaming tools, including Kafka, Spark, Pulsar and soon Presto, helping users to get more real-time data.

• September 15, 2020 15 Sep'20

  The evolving role of the chief data officer

  The job of the chief data officer is expanding to be more strategic as the need for organizations to connect and make sense of vast sums of data continues to grow.

• September 10, 2020 10 Sep'20

  Data mapping as a service, a modern form of data discovery

  The CEO of ActiveNav provides insight into how data mapping fits into the data management landscape as the vendor launches a new data mapping-as-a-service platform.

• September 03, 2020 03 Sep'20

  Reltio sets new course for master data management strategy

  The founder of data management firm Reltio provides insight into the evolving nature of master data management, as organizations look to get a more complete view of their data.

• August 27, 2020 27 Aug'20

  Kafka users Northrop Grumman, Walmart highlight event streaming

  Walmart and Northrop Grumman talk about deployment and the benefits of using the open source Kafka technology to enable modern data-driven applications.

• August 26, 2020 26 Aug'20

  Confluent Platform 6 brings cluster linking to Apache Kafka

  Event streaming vendor Confluent adds new cluster linking capabilities in its latest platform update, bringing more scalability for deployments that span multiple clouds.

• August 26, 2020 26 Aug'20

  Snowflake IPO shows strength of cloud data warehouse

  The cloud data warehouse services vendor files for an IPO as it looks to build out and expand its data portfolio to help organizations manage and analyze data assets.

• August 25, 2020 25 Aug'20

  Redis Labs looks to grow database with $100M funding

  Redis Labs CEO Ofer Bengal gives insight into the state of the open source Redis database and caching layer, and where the vendor is headed, with a possible IPO on the horizon.

• August 20, 2020 20 Aug'20

  Google enhances Cloud Spanner and other databases

  Google is adding a series of enhancements to its cloud database portfolio, with new capabilities for the Bigtable data store, Firestore mobile database and other platforms.

• August 18, 2020 18 Aug'20

  Informatica CEO outlines digital transformation challenges

  Informatica chief Amit Walia gives insight into what organizations need most to enable digital transformation and why enterprise data management is at the foundation.

• August 13, 2020 13 Aug'20

  Oracle Autonomous JSON Database takes on MongoDB, Couchbase

  The new Autonomous JSON Database is an attempt by Oracle to specifically support customers who only want document database capabilities and not a full multimodel database.

• August 12, 2020 12 Aug'20

  K2View takes aim at DataOps with new funding

  K2View CEO and co-founder talks about how his company's micro-database fabric approach to user data aims to improve data management by consolidating data in one place.

• August 11, 2020 11 Aug'20

  How Riot Games upped its enterprise data governance game

  Data governance product manager at Riot Games details how the game vendor dealt with data ownership challenges by embracing new processes and technologies for data management.

• August 04, 2020 04 Aug'20

  Isima emerges with bi(OS) converged data platform

  Startup launches with the general availability of a converged platform that offers the promise of integrating multiple data management and analysis steps into a single offering.

• July 31, 2020 31 Jul'20

  Subsurface event reveals what lies below the cloud data lake

  Users at the Dremio-sponsored Subsurface virtual conference detail data lake efforts and trends, including the emerging Apache Iceberg project, originally created by Netflix.

• July 30, 2020 30 Jul'20

  Hasura Cloud launches GraphQL-as-a-service platform

  Hasura made its GraphQL platform available as a managed service, enabling organizations to connect and query different data sources using the open source GraphQL language.

• July 29, 2020 29 Jul'20

  Rockset updates real-time indexing cloud database

  Technology based on the open source RocksDB project is helping cloud database vendor Rockset improve scalability for real-time data applications that don't benefit from data lakes.

• July 28, 2020 28 Jul'20

  Data accuracy vendor boosts MDM data quality

  Naveego's latest platform update introduces a new user interface that looks to make it easier for users to integrate different data sources while ensuring data quality.

• July 23, 2020 23 Jul'20

  Immuta adds automated data governance for Databricks

  Immuta has extended its data governance with new features that help enterprises with data privacy compliance for Databricks Unified Data Analytics Platform workloads.

• July 23, 2020 23 Jul'20

  Starburst advances Presto to handle Hadoop data better

  Enterprise Presto SQL vendor Starburst updated its data query platform with expanded support for legacy Hadoop workloads as well as modern cloud data lake deployments.

• July 21, 2020 21 Jul'20

  Startup TileDB raises funds to advance universal data engine

  A database technology project originally developed at MIT gets new funding that will help the startup database vendor grow and aim at a broader market.

• July 16, 2020 16 Jul'20

  Distributed SQL database capabilities come to MariaDB X5

  Open source database vendor updates its MariaDB platform with a new release that integrates improved Kafka support and a faster InnoDB storage engine to accelerate performance.

• July 15, 2020 15 Jul'20

  YugabyteDB 2.2 improves open source distributed SQL database

  Yugabyte updates its open source database platform that is API compatible with both Apache Cassandra and PostgreSQL with improved scalability capabilities.

• July 14, 2020 14 Jul'20

  BigQuery Omni enables Google multi-cloud data analytics

  Google BigQuery data analytics users can now query data across clouds from multiple providers, including AWS and Microsoft Azure, without the need to first move the data.

• July 10, 2020 10 Jul'20

  AWS and Oracle battle for hybrid cloud database deployment

  Oracle's Autonomous Database and the Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) are coming down from the cloud and are now available for users to run on premises.

• July 08, 2020 08 Jul'20

  SODA Foundation launches to unify open source data management

  A new Linux Foundation-sponsored group will support open source data management and promote interoperability between applications and data sources, on premises or cloud-based.

• July 07, 2020 07 Jul'20

  Informatica expands enterprise data catalog capabilities

  Informatica brought new features to its enterprise data catalog, including Data Asset Analytics, a tool to help organizations understand the value of their data.

• July 02, 2020 02 Jul'20

  Ahana brings PrestoDB SQL query engine to the cloud

  Soon after announcing its seed round of funding, Ahana launched commercial support services for the open source federated SQL data query technology.

• July 01, 2020 01 Jul'20

  Confluent enables infinite Kafka scalability in the cloud

  Kafka gets data retention boost that can make it easier for users to store event streaming data for long periods of time, which can help with data analysis.

• June 30, 2020 30 Jun'20

  Fivetran raises $100M to advance enterprise data integration

  The co-founder and CEO of Fivetran talks about what the vendor is doing to help organizations meet the challenges of enterprise data integration.

• June 25, 2020 25 Jun'20

  Databricks debuts Delta Engine built on top of Spark 3.0

  At the Spark + AI Summit 2020, Starbucks and health IT vendor Cerner Corp. outlined how they use Databricks' Data Lake architecture to accelerate data analytics.

• June 24, 2020 24 Jun'20

  Taking a practical approach to open source PostgreSQL

  PostgreSQL database users including Ikea and Konica Minolta Healthcare detail how and why they chose to use the open source database at the Postgres Vision 2020 virtual conference.

• June 23, 2020 23 Jun'20

  IBM advances its Cloudant cloud database as DBaaS grows

  Adam Kocoloski, VP and CTO of IBM cloud data services, details IBM's direction and strategy for cloud databases and explains why Cloudant is changing to boost scalability.

• June 19, 2020 19 Jun'20

  Yellowbrick CEO outlines hybrid path to cloud data warehouse

  Neil Carson, co-founder and CEO of Yellowbrick, details the state of data warehouse market and outlines use cases for hybrid on-premises and cloud deployments.

• June 18, 2020 18 Jun'20

  Why the open source DBaaS market is hot

  Open source database vendors face an array of challenges and opportunities as they flock to the cloud with new database-as-a-service platforms.

• June 16, 2020 16 Jun'20

  Apache Hudi grows cloud data lake maturity

  The open source Apache Hudi project helps large organizations like Uber with stream processing capabilities that handle billions of records on data lakes every day.

• June 09, 2020 09 Jun'20

  Snowflake files for IPO after months of speculation

  Cloud data warehouse vendor Snowflake took a major step toward going public on Tuesday, filing an initial public stock offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

• June 09, 2020 09 Jun'20

  Yugabyte boosts distributed SQL database with new funding

  The new CEO of Yugabyte, Bill Cook, explains why his distributed SQL database firm is growing as it raises its Series B round of funding with open source at the foundation.

• June 05, 2020 05 Jun'20

  Data growth spawns enterprise data management system challenges

  Enterprises are creating and using more data and storing more of it in the cloud. If they use that data strategically, they can improve business outcomes.

• June 02, 2020 02 Jun'20

  Snowflake expands cloud data warehouse capabilities

  Snowflake is building out its platform with new integrations to enable users to more easily connect to different data sources, including Salesforce Einstein Analytics.

• May 29, 2020 29 May'20

  Improving enterprise data governance with data trust

  Talend users from Covanta and AutoZone provide insight into data management challenges amid growing data complexity at the Talend Connect virtual conference.

• May 28, 2020 28 May'20

  Couchbase sees a blurring line between cloud NoSQL and SQL

  Matt Cain, president and CEO of Couchbase, explains why NoSQL is part of digital transformation efforts, as his company prepares to launch a database as a service.

• May 27, 2020 27 May'20

  Apache Pulsar joins Kafka in Splunk Data Stream Processor

  Splunk is integrating open source Apache Kafka capabilities alongside Apache Pulsar support to better enable its latest Data Stream Processor release.

• May 22, 2020 22 May'20

  Instaclustr CTO on open source database as a service

  Ben Bromhead, co-founder and CTO of Instaclustr, provides insight into the state of the open source database-as-a-service market as COVID-19 changes priorities and traffic flows.

• May 20, 2020 20 May'20

  Percona users detail open source database challenges

  Speakers from Shopify and LinkedIn outline open source database cloud and security challenges and best practices at the Percona Live Online conference.

• May 18, 2020 18 May'20

  Grafana 7.0 from Grafana Labs expands data visualization

  Distributed tracing data joins log metrics in Grafana 7.0 release, providing users with more ways to connect, observe and visualize data coming from different services.

• May 18, 2020 18 May'20

  How a synthetic data approach is helping COVID-19 research

  Israeli researchers are using a system developed by big data vendor MDClone to collaborate on COVID-19 data to help find ways to deal with the pandemic.

• May 14, 2020 14 May'20

  IBM fast-tracks updates to key middleware, Db2 for cloud era

  Hoping to close the competitive gap with rivals AWS and Microsoft, IBM plans to revamp its lineup of legacy middleware products with improved cloud and AI technologies.

• May 13, 2020 13 May'20

  Redis Labs expands database to real-time data processing

  Open source database vendor Redis Labs released RedisGears and RedisAI in an effort to expand the Redis platform beyond database to enable a real-time data processing system.

• May 12, 2020 12 May'20

  Cockroach Labs looks to accelerate cloud-native database

  Spencer Kimball, co-founder and CEO of Cockroach Labs, talks about the distributed SQL database vendor and its future, with new financing and a new cloud-native database release.

• May 07, 2020 07 May'20

  ScyllaDB 4.0 brings DynamoDB to open source NoSQL database

  After years of focusing on Apache Cassandra compatibility, ScyllaDB 4.0 now also is compatible with Amazon's DynamoDB, bringing new deployment options for users.

• May 06, 2020 06 May'20

  Confluent improves Kafka event streaming in the cloud

  Confluent unveiled the first new capabilities of its Project Metamorphosis, designed to help users deploy and manage event streaming in the cloud.

• May 05, 2020 05 May'20

  Dremio accelerates cloud data lake queries for AWS

  New features in the AWS Edition of Dremio's data lake engine make it easier for organizations to scale and manage data lake queries in the cloud.

• April 30, 2020 30 Apr'20

  How a logical data fabric can improve data management

  As data continues to grow across different sources, speakers at the Fast Data Strategy virtual summit outline how a logical data fabric approach can help.

• April 29, 2020 29 Apr'20

  Couchbase automates cloud-native database management

  New version of NoSQL database vendor Couchbase's Autonomous Operator brings more management to cluster administrators for automated cloud-native database deployments.

• April 28, 2020 28 Apr'20

  Actian Avalanche Real-Time Connected Data Warehouse adds integration

  Actian is expanding its Cloud Data Warehouse with data integration capabilities to enable users to onboard and search data from both cloud and on-premises data sources.

• April 27, 2020 27 Apr'20

  Elastic expands data management efforts to workplace search

  Elastic previewed a new search service that brings enterprise and software-as-a-service data sources together to help users find relevant data, where it resides.

• April 22, 2020 22 Apr'20

  How the GraphQL Foundation is enabling data graphs

  The GraphQL Foundation has grown over the course of its first year as database and application developers adopt the API layer approach to connecting different data sources.

• April 20, 2020 20 Apr'20

  AWS brings cloud data lake services to bear against COVID-19

  AWS has set up a large cloud data lake filled with information and resources on COVID-19 in an effort to help medical researchers fight the global pandemic.

• April 14, 2020 14 Apr'20

  Chief data officer role advances enterprise data governance

  With organizations of all sizes coping with the impact of COVID-19, the importance of enterprise data governance and chief data officers is coming into sharper focus.

• April 09, 2020 09 Apr'20

  How graph data science is helping the fight against COVID-19

  Technology to rapidly correlate and connect disparate data sets in a knowledge graph is being used by German researchers and others in the fight against the coronavirus.

• April 07, 2020 07 Apr'20

  Okera sees increasing demand for enterprise data governance

  Data governance and access vendor raises $14 million as incoming CEO Nick Halsey sees a continuing need for enterprise data governance and secure data access in the COVID-19 era.

• April 03, 2020 03 Apr'20

  PlanetScale extends multi-cloud database as a service

  Open source-based PlanetScaleDB adds support for Microsoft Azure, enabling a multi-cloud database as a service platform that supports the three major public cloud providers.

• April 02, 2020 02 Apr'20

  Oracle NoSQL database comes to the cloud

  Another Oracle database is coming to the cloud with the general availability of Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service as the demand for database as a service continues to grow.