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Confluent Unifies Batch and Stream to Power Agentic AI at Scale

Data streaming platform Confluent has introduced new improvements to Confluent Cloud, its fully managed service built on Apache Kafka. A key upgrade is the introduction of Snapshot queries that allow users to query both Read more…

VAST Says It’s Built an Operating System for AI

It’s not every day that you see a new operating system launched. But VAST Data today claims to have done exactly that with the launch of what it’s calling a new operating system for AI. The VAST AI Operating System b Read more…

AI Jobs Jump Amid IT Job Slump

If you’re looking for a job in IT, chances are good that it’s an AI-related job, according to data from the University of Maryland and LinkUp, which found that the number of AI jobs has increased dramatically since t Read more…

NTT DATA Launches Industry-Ready AI Agents

Autonomous agents continue to reshape the trajectory of enterprise AI. Evolving beyond basic automation, these systems can analyze dynamic data, adapt in real time, and make informed business decisions. Recognizing th Read more…

Starburst Brings AI Agents Into Data Platform

Starburst is adding agentic AI capabilities to its platform, including a pre-built agent for insight exploration as well as tools and tech for building custom agents. It also added a new data catalog, moved a number of p Read more…

With Agentic AI and Open Lakehouse, Qlik Charts a New Course for Enterprise Data

Data analytics company Qlik unveiled two major product innovations at Qlik Connect 2025 in Orlando, FL. The company launched Qlik Open Lakehouse, a fully managed Apache Iceberg solution embedded into Qlik Talend Cloud. I Read more…

Meet 2025 BigDATAwire Person to Watch Dipti Borkar

Dipti Borkar is a big data veteran who has been there and done that. From stints at NoSQL database companies like Couchbase and MarkLogic to data platforms like Alluxio and Ahana, Borkar has accumulated valuable experien Read more…

Risk and Reward in Data Management

If you can’t justify spending large sums of time and money to implement a top-notch data management system, you might not only be hurting your business’ potential to utilize AI for a competitive advantage, but you mi Read more…

Alteryx One Debuts as a Centralized Platform for Scalable AI and Analytics

Alteryx has introduced a unified platform, named Alteryx One, that combines the company’s AI-powered analytics and data preparation capabilities into a single centralized portal. The company claims that the new platfor Read more…

Databricks Nabs Neon to Solve AI Database Bottleneck

Databricks today announced its intent to buy Neon, a database startup founded by Nikita Shamgunov that develops a serverless and infinitely scalable version of the open source Postgres database. Databricks, which is repo Read more…

Informatica Goes All-In on AI Agents for Data Management

Informatica made a series of agentic AI announcements today at its annual user conference today in Las Vegas, including the introduction of AI Agent Engineering, a new offering that will enable customers to build their o Read more…

The Data Hat Trick: Three Winning Plays for AI-Ready Data

If you’ve ever watched a hockey game, you know that a hat trick—scoring three goals in a single game—is a major feat. It requires precision, teamwork, and a deep understanding of the game. When it comes to artifici Read more…

Anaconda Simplifies Open Source Python Stack with AI Platform Launch

Anaconda today unveiled the AI Platform, a new flagship offering that provides a standardized user experience that should be easier to administer. The company also tripled the number of Python libraries in the stack, and Read more…

SuperAnnotate and the Quest for Superior AI Training Data

If data is the source of AI, then it follows that the best data creates the best AI. But where does one find ultra high-quality data? According to the folks at SuperAnnotate, that type of data does not exist naturally. I Read more…

BigID Deepens Its AI-Driven Capabilities for Enterprise Privacy and Compliance

As data privacy faces relentless scrutiny, companies are racing to modernize their compliance strategies and adopt technologies that can manage risk at scale. A critical priority is establishing automated mechanisms for Read more…

Neo4j Promises ‘No More ETL’ with Aura Graph Analytics

Neo4j this week launched Aura Graph Analytics, a new offering designed to lower the barrier to using powerful graph algorithms. Neo4j says Aura Graph Analytics is a serverless service that brings 65 graph algorithms to b Read more…

SAS Rolls Out AI Agents, Digital Twins, and Industry Models at Innovate 2025

At its SAS Innovate 2025 conference in Orlando, SAS rolled out a series of updates aimed at helping businesses make better decisions with AI. The announcements touched on a broad set of topics, from digital twins and qua Read more…

Colossus AI Hits 200,000 GPUs as Musk Ramps Up AI Ambitions

Elon Musk's Colossus AI infrastructure, said to be one of the most powerful AI computing clusters in the world, has just reached full operational capacity. Designed to push the boundaries of AI, this massive computing sy Read more…

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