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Three Ways AI Can Weaken Your Cybersecurity

Even before generative AI arrived on the scene, companies struggled to adequately secure their data, applications, and networks. In the never-ending cat-and-mouse game between the good guys and the bad guys, the bad guys Read more…

AI as the Catalyst for CX Innovation–Key Considerations for IT and Data Leaders

As organizations strive to deliver better customer experiences (CX), IT and data leaders are at the forefront of leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to drive meaningful change. In a world where trust and personalizat Read more…

There’s No Place Like Vegas for Dorothy, Google

When Dorothy Gale was picked up by a twister from her family’s Kansas farm 86 years ago, she was taken to a magical place called Oz. It turns out, Dorothy’s journey isn’t complete, and soon she will be landing in a Read more…

What Benchmarks Say About Agentic AI’s Coding Potential

Last week’s GTC 2025 show may have been agentic AI’s breakout moment, but the core technology behind it has been quietly improving behind the scenes. That progress is being tracked across a series of coding benchmark Read more…

Apache Pinot Co-Author Joins the Big Data Debrief

You might know LinkedIn as the place where Apache Kafka was created to standardize streaming data. But there are other compelling open source projects to come out of the company, including Apache Pinot, which was designe Read more…

News In Brief

New Benchmark for Real-Time Analytics Released by Timescale

Real-time analytics pushes the limits on data that distributed hardware and software can deliver. To adequately measure the relative performance of real-time analytics databases, Timescale today released a real-time anal Read more…

ServiceNow Nabs LLM-Powered Chatbot Pioneer Moveworks for $2.85B

Long before ChatGPT ignited the generative AI revolution, a company called Moveworks was busy using a promising new family of language models to help solve tough technological problems in customer service. All that work Read more…

Big Data Heads to the Moon

For most people in IT, “the edge” conjures images of small computers housed in retail outlets, hospitals, or maybe an oil rig. But the word takes on an entirely new meaning for Lonestar Data Holdings, which today too Read more…

IBM to Buy DataStax for Database, GenAI Capabilities

IBM today announced its intent to acquire DataStax, the longtime backer of the Apache Cassandra database that has recently broadened its reach into streaming data and generative AI. IBM cited DataStax’s capability to m Read more…

EDB Says It Tops Oracle, Other Databases in Benchmarks

EDB Postgres AI, the latest PostgreSQL-based database from EnterpriseDB (EDB), outperformed four other databases, including Oracle, SQL Server, MongoDB, and MySQL, on a pair of benchmark tests that span SQL and NoSQL wor Read more…

This Just In

Qlik Powers Alpha Auto Group’s Global Growth with Automotive-Focused Analytics

Apr 22, 2025 |

TORONTO, April 22, 2025 — Qlik, a global leader in data integration, data quality, analytics and artificial intelligence, is partnering with Alpha Auto Group (AAG), an part of Global Automotive Holdings (GAHL), a leading automotive dealership network operating across Canada, the U.S., the UK, and Europe. Read more…

COMPUTEX 2025 Keynotes to Highlight AI, Accelerated Computing, and Edge Innovation

Apr 10, 2025 |

TAIPEI, Taiwan, April 10, 2025 – COMPUTEX 2025, one of the world’s leading exhibitions for AIoT and startup innovation, will take place May 20–23 at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Halls 1 and 2. Read more…

NIQ Acquires Gastrograph AI to Enhance AI-Driven Consumer Insights

Apr 8, 2025 |

CHICAGO, April 8, 2025 — NielsenIQ (NIQ), a leader in consumer intelligence, has announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Gastrograph AI, a market leading discovery and inquiry platform for sensory insights. Read more…

UMD Study: AI Jobs Rise While Overall US Hiring Declines

Feb 4, 2025 |

COLLEGE PARK, Md., Feb. 4, 2025 — Since ChatGPT’s late-2022 launch, AI job postings in the United States “have ramped up dramatically, from 29,509 in Q4 2022 to 49,577 in Q4 2024, an uptick of 68 percent,” Read more…

FlutterFlow Announces AI-Powered Solution for CPG, Partners with Google Cloud and Accenture

Jan 30, 2025 |

NEW YORK and SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 30, 2025 — FlutterFlow has announced a new strategic solution under the Industry Value Network initiative (iVN) with Google Cloud and Accenture aimed at accelerating product development for the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry through the launch of the Product Innovation Accelerator. Read more…

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