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Agentic AI Spurs Data Stack Updates at Snowflake Summit
How do you move, store, access, and track data in the age of AI? It sounds like a simple question, but it has complex implications for the companies that are actually doing it. This challenge was front and center at the Read more…
Why Snowflake Bought Crunchy Data
Monday brought the first surprise from Snowflake Summit 25: the acquisition of Crunchy Data for a reported $250 million. Crunchy Data is an established South Carolina company that has been running and building upon the o Read more…
Snowflake Widens Analytics and AI Reach at Summit 25
Snowflake unleashed a torrent of news today at its annual user conference, ranging from a new adaptive compute capability and Openflow data integration to new analytic capabilities and AI enhancements, such as AI SQL and Read more…
Row Zero Provides Excel-Like Experience for Billion-Row Data Sets
What do you do when your data set exceeds Microsoft Excel’s limit of 1 million rows? You could shell out thousands for analytics tools or even a big data warehouse, but you’ll probably still find yourself exporting C Read more…
ClickHouse Secures $350 Million to Build the Data Backbone for the AI Era
ClickHouse, known for its high-performance columnar database technology, has secured $350 million in Series C funding to address the growing demand for real-time and scalable analytics in the AI era. In a market whe Read more…
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Ryft Raises $8M to Help Companies Manage Their Own Data Without Relying on Vendors
Over the past decade, companies like Snowflake, Databricks, Microsoft, and Google have made it easier for enterprises to store, process, and analyze data at scale. Their platforms offer powerful capabilities out of the b Read more…
Study Reveals Two Human Factors Behind Big Data Success
As data infrastructure becomes more accessible, small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) are steadily catching up to larger firms in big data and analytics capabilities. However, performance outcomes remain uneven. Some or Read more…
Cloudflare Now Blocks Data Scrapers by Default
Organizations that are concerned about big AI companies scraping their websites for training data may be interested to learn that Cloudflare, which handles 20% of Internet traffic, now blocks all data scraping by default Read more…
Lucidworks Report Breaks Down What It Takes to Win with GenAI
Only 15% of companies are effectively using GenAI today, and they’re seeing up to 2x higher performance in key metrics like conversion and engagement compared to peers still relying on older tools. At the same time, 44 Read more…
With $17M in Funding, DataBahn Pushes AI Agents to Reinvent the Enterprise Data Pipeline
The world is creating more data than enterprises can realistically manage. In 2024, global data creation is expected to hit 149 zettabytes. By 2028, that number is projected to nearly triple, reaching more than 394 zetta Read more…
This Just In
SAN JOSE, Calif., July 30, 2025 — Nutanix, a leader in hybrid multicloud computing, announced it has been positioned as a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Read more…
SEATTLE, Wash., July 30, 2025 — RAVEL, a leader in IT and workload orchestration software, announced major updates to its flagship AI offering, RAVEL Orchestrate AI, as well as the launch of solutions leveraging Supermicro Turnkey AI Workload Solution—a powerful and ready-to-deploy AI offering. Read more…
ARMONK, N.Y., July 30, 2025 — IBM today released its Cost of a Data Breach Report, which revealed AI adoption is greatly outpacing AI security and governance. Read more…
SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 30, 2025 — Hitachi Vantara, the data storage, infrastructure and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., today announced new capabilities for Virtual Storage Platform One Software-Defined Storage, now available on Google Cloud Marketplace. Read more…
TEANECK, N.J., July 30, 2025 — Cognizant today announced the launch of AI Training Data Services, a new offering designed to help enterprises build, fine-tune, and implement AI models at speed and scale. Read more…