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IBM Embraces Iceberg, Presto in New Watsonx Data Lakehouse

IBM yesterday unveiled watsonx.data, a new data lakehouse offering for cloud and on-prem that will use object storage and Apache Iceberg, an open data format. Big Blue launched two other offerings in the new watsonx fami Read more…

What’s Moving the Analytics and BI Tool Business Now

While the addition of AI-powered insights to analytics and business intelligence (ABI) tools is certainly still occurring, a bigger trend currently is the addition of low-code and no-code automation capabilities to ABI t Read more…

IBM Joins the Presto Foundation with Acquisition of Ahana

IBM has acquired Ahana, a startup providing managed and commercial versions of the Presto open source distributed query engine, for an undisclosed amount. “We believe that this is an exciting time for the Presto pro Read more…

Wanted: An Integration Layer for Data Management That Actually Works

As data silos continues to expand and data management difficulties continue to compound, a consensus is starting to build that what the industry needs now is a standard, repeatable, and efficient way of managing all that Read more…

Open Table Formats Square Off in Lakehouse Data Smackdown

If you’re constructing a data lakehouse today, you’ll need a table format to build on. But which open table format should you choose: Apache Iceberg, Databricks Delta Table, or Apache Hudi? A good place to start is i Read more…

Cloud Databases Are Maturing Rapidly, Gartner Says

The mad dash to the cloud continues, but now we’re entering a maturation phase that’s bringing more advanced capabilities for both analytical and transactional workloads in the cloud, Gartner analysts wrote in their Read more…

What’s Up with Cloud in 2023? Industry Predictions

The cloud is unavoidable these days, as it has become the default infrastructure for many data workloads. But cracks are appearing in the cloud’s walls, thanks to cost overruns and fear of lock-in. Those are just some Read more…

IBM Collaboration Looks to Bring Massive AI Models to Any Cloud

Training machine learning foundation models with sometimes billions of parameters demands serious computing power. For example, the largest version of GPT-3, the famous large language model behind OpenAI’s DALL-E 2, ha Read more…

EdgeDB Seeks to Bring Relational Databases Out of the 1970s

Disco. Bell-bottom pants. Platform shoes. Relational database management systems. Some of us have soft spots for the 1970s. But if you’re EdgeDB CEO Yury Selivanov, you would prefer to put relational databases behind u Read more…

Object and File Storage Have Merged, But Product Differences Remain, Gartner Says

Companies that were looking to store tens of petabytes of unstructured data previously had two main flavors of storage they could turn to: object storage and distributed file systems. Those two classes of storage have no Read more…

This Just In

IBM Launches $500M Enterprise AI Venture Fund

Nov 7, 2023 |

ARMONK, N.Y., Nov. 7, 2023 — IBM today announced that it is launching a $500 million venture fund to invest in a range of AI companies – from early-stage to hyper-growth startups – Read more…

NatWest and IBM Collaborate on Generative AI Initiative to Enhance Customer Experience

Nov 7, 2023 |

LONDON and ARMONK, N.Y., Nov. 7, 2023 — NatWest and IBM announced enhancements to the bank’s virtual assistant, Cora, that will use generative AI to provide customers with access to a wider range of information through conversational interactions. Read more…

IBM Unleashes the Potential of Data and AI with its Next-Gen IBM Storage Scale System 6000

Nov 1, 2023 |

ARMONK, N.Y., Nov. 1, 2023 — IBM has introduced the new IBM Storage Scale System 6000, a cloud-scale global data platform designed to meet today’s data intensive and AI workload demands, and the latest offering in the IBM Storage for Data and AI portfolio. Read more…

IBM Launches watsonx Code Assistant, Delivers Generative AI-powered Code Generation Capabilities Built for Enterprise Application Modernization

Oct 26, 2023 |

ARMONK, N.Y.Oct. 26, 2023 — Today IBM launched watsonx Code Assistant, a generative AI-powered assistant that helps enterprise developers and IT operators code more quickly and more accurately using natural language prompts. Read more…

IBM Expands Relationship with AWS to Bring Generative AI Solutions and Dedicated Expertise to Clients

Oct 18, 2023 |

ARMONK, N.Y, Oct. 18, 2023 — IBM today announced an expansion of its relationship with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help more mutual clients operationalize and derive value from generative artificial intelligence (AI). Read more…

IBM Announces New AI-Powered Threat Detection and Response Services

Oct 5, 2023 |

ARMONK, N.Y., Oct. 5, 2023 — IBM today unveiled the next evolution of its managed detection and response service offerings with new AI technologies, including the ability to automatically escalate or close up to 85% of alerts, helping to accelerate security response timelines for clients. Read more…

IBM Accelerates Enterprise AI for Clients with New Capabilities on IBM Z

Sep 26, 2023 |

Sept. 26, 2023 — Today, IBM is excited to unveil a new suite of AI offerings for IBM Z that are designed to help clients improve business outcomes by speeding the implementation of enterprise AI on IBM Z across a wide variety of use cases and industries. Read more…

Presto Foundation Announces Contributions by IBM and Uber that Reinforce Commitment to the Presto Open Source Community

Sep 21, 2023 |

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21, 2023 — The Presto Foundation announced two significant new contributions to Presto, the open source SQL query engine for data analytics and the open data lakehouse. Read more…

IBM Commits to Train 2M in Artificial Intelligence in 3 Years, with a Focus on Underrepresented Communities

Sep 20, 2023 |

NEW YORK, Sept. 20, 2023 — To help close the global artificial intelligence (AI) skills gap, IBM announced a commitment to train two million learners in AI by the end of 2026, with a focus on underrepresented communities. Read more…

IBM Announces Advanced Generative AI Models and Upgrades for watsonx Platform

Sep 7, 2023 |

ARMONK, N.Y., Sept. 7, 2023 — IBM today announced plans for new generative AI foundation models and enhancements coming to watsonx – its AI and data platform with a set of AI capabilities designed to help enterprises scale and accelerate the impact of AI. Read more…

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