Database Management Articles
While the emerging constellation of next-generation data architectures—fabric, mesh, and cloud—is extremely appealing, it's still full of unknowns. These approaches present opportunities for greater data democratization, but also increased complexity. Understanding the distinctions between data fabric and mesh are also important before moving to this architecture.
Posted February 09, 2023
Data analytics—and the people who make it happen—has emerged as the centerpiece of enterprises as they advance through the turbulent months ahead. Many of these efforts are gelling around the formation of dedicated C-level leaders, such as chief data officers and chief data analytics officers (CDOs and CDAOs, respectively).
Posted February 09, 2023
Though not completely post-Covid, 2023 looks to be an uncertain economic year due to a variety of factors. Businesses continue to deal with a new hybrid reality as employees work remotely or several days in the office, leading to increased security, tapping into the cloud, AI, and more. Some companies lost portions of their workforce or recruited new talent during this upheaval; others are searching for compatible workers.
Posted February 09, 2023
Designing a database is not a magic trick—the design process does not involve trap doors, mirrors, or unseen wires holding things up. Sometimes database designers and data architects fail to think ahead as their designs are composed. Rather than checking on each item, the designer believes that whoever provided them the requirement "knew what they were doing."
Posted February 09, 2023
Today, nobody argues about the importance of data. It is a given that data must be collected, managed, and analyzed to conduct business successfully in the modern era. But all too often the meaning of the data is not being preserved. This can result in large stores of data that are difficult to interpret and use in any meaningful manner. Situations that create unusable data can be minimized with appropriate metadata management. But this requires effort and time, and therefore metadata is frequently ignored (much like documentation).
Posted February 09, 2023
Sometime during the pandemic, I stopped carrying a wallet when leaving the house. Almost all shops supported—often insisted on—touchless payments, so there was no need to carry around paper money, and since my phone was fully able to perform touchless payments, my phone became all I needed to navigate the commercial world. I'm sure most of you have had a similar experience.
Posted February 09, 2023
In 2023, companies will live and die by their data strategies. Massive increases in information generation, the cloud, and innovative technologies will be top of mind for database managers, all while an uncertain economy continually threatens budgets. For companies to build and maintain exciting applications that customers love while increasing the bottom line, they need to plan, adapt, and execute effective strategies for their data and databases.
Posted February 09, 2023
It's time to submit nominations for the annual Database Trends and Applications Readers' Choice Awards, a competition in which the winning information management solutions, products, and services are selected by you, the users.
Posted February 09, 2023
Progress, a provider of application development and infrastructure software, announced it has completed the acquisition of MarkLogic, a leader in complex data and semantic metadata management and a Vector Capital portfolio company. MarkLogic extends Progress' capabilities beyond structured data with a powerful NoSQL database, informed search, and semantic AI.
Posted February 07, 2023
ThreatLocker, a provider of endpoint protection technologies, is launching ThreatLocker Ops, a community-driven threat detection tool that assists administrators to detect attempted breaches or weaknesses in their systems.
Posted February 06, 2023
FireCompass announced the company has secured $7 million in funding to revolutionize Red Teaming and Attack Surface Management. The round was led by Silicon Valley-based Cervin and Athera Venture Partners (previously Inventus Capital) along with existing investor BIF (Bharat Innovation Fund). The investment will be used to expand FireCompass' operations across U.S. and international markets and bring on new talent.
Posted February 06, 2023
Oracle announced that Oracle Aconex for Defense has become the first construction and engineering project management and collaboration software to earn Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Impact Level 4 (IL4) provisional authorization. This recognition signifies that the software meets the security requirements for the processing and storage of controlled unclassified information, enabling the Department of Defense (DOD) agencies and their delivery partners to access, share, and collaborate on construction and engineering mission information at a heightened security level.
Posted February 01, 2023
To help organizations increase the efficiency of global supply chains, Oracle is introducing new logistics capabilities within Oracle Fusion Cloud Supply Chain and Manufacturing (SCM). The updates to Oracle Transportation Management (OTM) and Oracle Global Trade Management (GTM), part of Oracle Cloud SCM, help customers reduce costs, improve accuracy, automate regulatory compliance, and enhance logistics flexibility.
Posted February 01, 2023
Red Hat, Inc., a leading provider of open source solutions, and Oracle are forming a multi-stage alliance to offer customers a greater choice of operating systems to run on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). The strategic collaboration starts with Red Hat Enterprise Linux running on OCI as a supported operating system, improving the experience for organizations that rely on both OCI and Red Hat Enterprise Linux to fuel digital transformation and migration of mission-critical applications to the cloud.
Posted February 01, 2023
A good data architect is a gift to their organization because they achieve results that advance an organization's data maturity. What kinds of characteristics lead to a data architect being considered good to great? One of the first traits needed is attention-to-detail. Many tasks that fall under the data architecture umbrella may have very repetitive and tedious aspects.
Posted February 01, 2023
KX, maker of kdb+, and EnterpriseWeb, a provider of telecom virtualization and automation solutions, are partnering to deliver network observability and automation solutions for performance-critical systems. Bringing together highly complementary technologies, KX and EnterpriseWeb offer an incredibly flexible and powerful closed-loop control mechanism that can be deployed on any system or distributed network, according to the vendors.
Posted January 26, 2023
Ensono, an expert technology advisor, innovation partner, and managed service provider, is releasing Ensono Envision Advisor, a multi-platform optimization solution combining data and guidance from certified expert engineers who offer unbiased actionable advice that enables optimization of a client's IT estate across cost, security, performance, availability, and reliability.
Posted January 26, 2023
Lee Atchison, cloud strategist and author of Architecting for Scale, and Andrew Marshall, VP of product marketing and developer relations at Cockroach Labs, gathered for DBTA's webinar, "How to Architect Highly Available Apps for Scale in the Cloud," to explore the ways in which modern applications are challenged by real-time needs, as well as how to adapt to these complicated requirements.
Posted January 26, 2023
SymphonyAI, a provider of high-value enterprise AI SaaS for strategic industries, is collaborating with Oracle to offer SymphonyAI solutions on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) using key services including Oracle Exadata Database Service, GPU-accelerated compute, and performance monitoring.
Posted January 26, 2023
Aptum, a hybrid multi-cloud managed service provider, is acquiring CloudOps, a Montreal, Canada-based cloud consulting, managed services and software company focused on open source, cloud native platforms, networking, and DevOps. This strategic acquisition will further enable Aptum to deliver comprehensive hybrid multi-cloud solutions and services, which include advanced cloud migration services and DevOps, to its customers in 43 countries.
Posted January 26, 2023
Qlik has announced its intention to acquire Talend, potentially bringing together two Thoma Bravo-backed industry leaders with a shared focus on adding value to data to deliver business outcomes for customers. "Bringing together Qlik and Talend would be a game-changer," said Mike Capone, Qlik CEO.
Posted January 26, 2023
Satori, a leading data security platform, is adding support for MongoDB, a scalable and flexible NoSQL document database used for high-volume data storage and processing. MongoDB users can now take advantage of Satori's data security platform to reduce risk, improve productivity, and ensure compliance.
Posted January 25, 2023
Forward Networks announced that it has secured $50 million in Series D funding, enabling the company to continue investing in its digital twin network modeling software that delivers security, reliability, and agility to large enterprise networks. The funding round, led by MSD Partners, L.P., includes new investors Section 32 and Omega Venture Partners as well as existing investors Goldman Sachs Asset Management (Goldman Sachs), Threshold Ventures, A. Capital, and Andreessen Horowitz. Additionally, Victor Hwang, managing director and co-head of MSD Growth, joins the Forward Networks board of directors.
Posted January 25, 2023
MSRcosmos is launching an SAP modernization-in-a-box solution, powered by Microsoft Azure, the solution aims to transform the SAP landscape into an agile and intelligent enterprise architecture by extracting full capabilities of cloud, data and AI, and intelligent automation.
Posted January 25, 2023
Panaya, a provider of SaaS-based Change Intelligence and testing for ERP, CRM, and enterprise cloud applications, is releasing a holistic solution for SAP S/4HANA migrations. The Panaya 360 suite is a one-stop shop, providing companies a complete package for gaining full coverage, visibility, and control throughout all stages of their digital transformation journey, according to the vendor.
Posted January 25, 2023
SAP and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are collaborating to accelerate digital transformation to support their customers, building on the success of their longstanding partnership. The collaboration brings together the technology, solutions, and flexibility that customers need to help them succeed in the digital economy, according to the vendors. The companies have had a strategic relationship for more than a decade with thousands of customers.
Posted January 25, 2023
Onapsis, a leader in business application cybersecurity and compliance, today announced a strategic collaboration with Wipro Limited, a technology services and consulting company, to drive digital transformation and business growth for customers. Enterprises embarking on their digital transformation journey are often faced with a complex SAP landscape and a limited understanding of how to secure these applications.
Posted January 25, 2023
The Rocket Software MV team announced the release of UniVerse 11.3.5, increasing supportability, stability, and performance. UniVerse 11.3.5 contains a total of 70 bug fixes and 15 enhancements encompassing audit logging, Python, replication, security, encryption, and more.
Posted January 25, 2023
Rocket Software is introducing a new person to the role of MV Product Evangelist, who will help underscore the importance of its MultiValue technologies, and advocate for MV customers. The MultiValue Product Evangelist, which is Mike Rajkowski, is a multifaceted, bidirectional advocate. He will promote what MV can do for customers and encourage feedback to understand what the customer may need in addition to what Rocket Software provides.
Posted January 25, 2023
Hitachi Vantara, the modern infrastructure, data management and digital solutions subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd., is partnering with Model9, a leader in cloud data management for mainframe, to offer greater access, visibility, and value from critical data for enterprises with mainframes as their core business platform. This partnership is key for enterprises that utilize hybrid cloud environments, according to the vendors.
Posted January 23, 2023
The IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV), IBM's thought leadership think tank, published its Security in the Quantum Era report, detailing the steps needed to secure data in the Quantum Era. This in-depth analysis of the quantum security landscape unveils the need for "quantum-safe" strategies today to maintain the integrity and security of highly sensitive data in the future.
Posted January 23, 2023
Couchbase, Inc., the cloud database platform company, is announcing the availability of Couchbase Capella, the company's database-as-a-service (DBaaS) offering, on Azure.
Posted January 19, 2023
Immuta, provider of sensitive data discovery, security and access control, and data activity monitoring, is unveiling its latest continuous data security product, Immuta Detect.
Posted January 19, 2023
Introduced in a DBTA webinar, "Exploring Amazon DocumentDB Elastic Clusters," Vin Yu, senior technical product manager at AWS, highlighted DocumentDB's new elastic clusters feature which allows users to quickly scale and support massive read and writes workloads, all while mitigating cost and alleviating menial administrative labor.
Posted January 19, 2023
Dremio, provider of an open data lakehouse platform, announced it is HIPAA compliant, reflecting the company's commitment to data security. Dremio also announced that it has renewed its SOC 2 Type II report, which now includes both Dremio Cloud and Dremio Software. Dremio meets the Information Security control requirements for a multitude of other compliance frameworks and certifications including ISO 270001 and GDPR.
Posted January 19, 2023
Introduced in a DBTA webinar, "Exploring Amazon DocumentDB Elastic Clusters," Vin Yu, senior technical product manager at AWS, highlighted DocumentDB's new elastic clusters feature which allows users to quickly scale and support massive read and writes workloads, all while mitigating cost and alleviating menial administrative labor.
Posted January 19, 2023
Shane Murray, field CTO at Monte Carlo, and Samia Rahman, director of enterprise data strategy and governance at Seagen, gathered for a DBTA webinar, "2023 Predictions: Challenges and Opportunities for Data Engineering Teams," to discuss their predictions for the most critical challenges and opportunities facing data engineering teams in the coming year.
Posted January 19, 2023
Kintent, the programmatic, predictive Trust Assurance platform, is releasing its new TrustShare application, allowing software companies to pass security reviews quickly with AI-powered security questionnaire responses while also offering a dynamic trust portal to share security and privacy compliance status with prospects and partners.
Posted January 19, 2023
Styra, Inc., the creator and maintainer of Open Policy Agent (OPA) and leader of cloud-native authorization, is adding the industry's broadest policy library and toolset for infrastructure to its Styra Declarative Authorization Service (DAS). To address security concerns associated with the use of containers, Styra now provides NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-190 compliant policies within its expanded library that includes hundreds of validated policies.
Posted January 18, 2023
UiPath, a leading enterprise automation software company, is introducing significant upgrades to its platform to allow customers to modernize their software testing practices by migrating testing to the UiPath Business Automation Platform. With migration streamlined and comprehensive software testing natively available to all customers, UiPath provides CIOs and IT decision makers the opportunity to save costs by consolidating and automating testing in a single platform, according to the vendor.
Posted January 18, 2023
NS1, a provider of authoritative DNS solutions, is releasing DNS Insights, a DNS observability solution that unlocks improved reliability, real-time analysis, and cost control by collecting DNS and network metrics at the edge to empower networking professionals as they troubleshoot and optimize infrastructure at scale.
Posted January 18, 2023
Quest Software, a global systems management, data protection, and security software provider, is announcing the general availability of SharePlex 11, a data replication solution that aids enterprises in mission-critical database replication while ensuring data synchronization and high performance—now supporting PostgreSQL and Snowflake.
Posted January 18, 2023
Data lineage platform MANTA, and Prolifics, a provider of digital engineering and digital innovation consulting, is expanding their strategic partnership, equipping Prolifics' clients with MANTA's data lineage expertise to support a range of digital transformation projects.
Posted January 17, 2023
TDengine, the provider of an open source data platform purpose-built for time-series data, is unveiling a brand new data-sharing feature for TDengine Cloud.
Posted January 17, 2023
Cisco and Intel are releasing the 7th generation of UCS C-Series and X-Series servers that will be powered by 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, providing customers with greater flexibility and more performance for modern workloads with new C-Series and X-Series servers.
Posted January 17, 2023
Alation Inc., a provider of enterprise data intelligence solutions, is launching the Partner Program for Open Connector Framework to deliver connectivity to new data sources, aiming to build an ecosystem of partners to expand connectivity options using the Alation Open Connector Framework, an SDK to simplify the development of Alation connectors.
Posted January 16, 2023