Database Security Articles
Domino Data Lab, the provider of the Enterprise AI platform trusted by over 20% of the Fortune 100, is launching new capabilities for Domino's AI Project Hub, enabling enterprises to accelerate AI innovation and production with scalability and safety in mind. As part of the fall 2023 platform release, Domino reimagines the AI Project Hub by incorporating a robust ecosystem—which sees participation from cutting-edge AI companies—aimed at reducing time-to-value for AI projects and increasing overall AI responsibility.
Posted November 15, 2023
SAP announced the introduction of new capabilities and advancements aimed at empowering developers of all skill levels to supercharge their businesses in the age of AI. These announcements were made at SAP TechEd 2023. Uniquely built for SAP applications and the SAP ecosystem, SAP Build Code solutions offer AI-powered productivity tools for developers and are optimized for Java and JavaScript development.
Posted November 15, 2023
Syntax Systems, a global technology solutions and services provider for cloud application implementation and management, has officially acquired Montreal-based Beyond Technologies, enabling the company to further specialize in SAP solution integration and business performance optimization. The deal, which was announced October 3, 2023, brings Beyond, a professional services firm specializing in SAP solution integration and business performance optimization, into the Syntax family.
Posted November 15, 2023
Onapsis, a provider of business application security and compliance, is making pivotal advancements to the Onapsis Platform, catering to cloud, hybrid, and on-premise solutions. The standout updates spotlight the Onapsis Security Advisor, which now boasts enhanced artificial intelligence (AI) engines that facilitate dynamic industry peer comparisons against hundreds of the world's leading SAP customers.
Posted November 15, 2023
SAP is extending its cloud-native, in-memory database to AWS Graviton-powered Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances to take advantage of AWS's price, performance, and energy efficiency benefits. Arm-based AWS Graviton processors leverage AWS's extensive expertise in systems design and cloud infrastructure to deliver the best price performance over comparable x86-based instances for a variety of workloads running in Amazon EC2.
Posted November 15, 2023
Business intelligence and data analytics software enable insurance agencies to better their risk assessment and underwriting processes. Entrinsik's MV platform Informer offers a BI tool that can customize dashboards and pinpoint risks. By examining historical data and distinguishing risk indicators, agencies can accurately measure the risks associated with insuring a particular person or company.
Posted November 15, 2023
BlueFinity's Evoke platform can help modernize MV applications with enriched features that offer several advantages to the MultiValue marketplace for application modernization and new app development. The platform is designed to empower organizations with MultiValue (and DB2, Oracle, or SQL Server) database systems to modernize and extend their applications in a highly efficient and cost-effective manner.
Posted November 15, 2023
OpenELA announced the public release of the Enterprise Linux source code along with important technical and governance milestones. OpenELA is a trade association of open source Enterprise Linux distribution developers originally founded by CIQ, Oracle, and SUSE. It exists to encourage development and collaboration of distributions compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) by providing open and free Enterprise Linux (EL) source code.
Posted November 15, 2023
Oracle is entering a multi-year agreement with Microsoft to support the explosive growth of AI services, enabling Microsoft to use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) AI infrastructure, along with Microsoft Azure AI infrastructure, for inferencing of AI models that are being optimized to power Microsoft Bing conversational searches.
Posted November 15, 2023
Oracle is announcing several key contributions to the open source community aimed at accelerating the adoption of cloud native computing and collaboration across the open source ecosystem. At KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2023, Oracle announced plans to donate $3 million in Ampere Arm-based compute credits on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) per year for three years to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).
Posted November 15, 2023
An age-old question when it comes to staffing a DBA group is how to determine the right number of DBAs required to keep your organization's databases online and operating efficiently. Many organizations try to operate with the minimal number of DBAs that they can. The general idea here is that the fewer staff members you hire, the lower overall cost will be. However, that assumption is probably not entirely true. An overworked DBA staff can make mistakes that cause downtime and operational problems far in excess of the salary requirements of an additional DBA.
Posted November 15, 2023
LogicMonitor, a leading SaaS-based hybrid observability platform powered by AI, is introducing its generative AI-based tool, LM Co-Pilot, which uses generative intelligence to assist users in their day-to-day operations, recognize issues and offer solutions, and empower IT and cloud operations teams to focus on innovation.
Posted November 13, 2023
IBM is releasing 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. According to the company, the new IBM Storage Scale System 6000 seeks to build on IBM's leadership position with an enhanced high performance parallel file system designed for data intensive use-cases. It provides up to 7M IOPs and up to 256GB/s throughput for read only workloads per system in a 4U (four rack units) footprint.
Posted November 13, 2023
IBM is evolving its flagship IBM QRadar SIEM product, redesigning on a new cloud-native architecture, built specifically for hybrid cloud scale, speed, and flexibility. IBM also unveiled plans for delivering generative AI capabilities within its threat detection and response portfolio—leveraging watsonx, the company's enterprise-ready data and AI platform.
Posted November 13, 2023
IBM 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—focused on accelerating generative AI technology and research for the enterprise. According to the company, with a differentiated model and strategy consisting of domain expertise from across IBM and a dedicated portfolio development team, the IBM Enterprise AI Venture Fund will invest in current and future AI leaders that are helping businesses around the world realize the potential of AI for business.
Posted November 13, 2023
CAST, the software intelligence leader, is upgrading CAST Imaging, a software imaging system, adding a suite of "Advisors" to provide personalized recommendations to help companies accelerate and de-risk application modernization and cloud migration. According to the company, these Advisors serve as guiding beacons for software architects and developers as they embark on significant transformations within their applications.
Posted November 10, 2023
Datadog, the monitoring and security platform for cloud applications, is expanding its strategic partnership with Google Cloud, enabling Google Cloud customers to proactively observe and secure their cloud-native and hybrid applications within Datadog's unified platform.
Posted November 10, 2023
Flip AI is debuting its observability intelligence platform, Flip, powered by a large language model (LLM) that predicts incidents and generates root cause analyses in seconds. In addition to the company's launch, Flip AI announced $6.5 million in seed funding led by Factory.
Posted November 09, 2023
To offer partners the simplest and most scalable solutions to help customers get their infrastructure AI-ready, Cisco is collaborating with leading ecosystem partners—including NVIDIA, Intel, AMD, NetApp, Nutanix, Pure Storage and Red Hat—on Cisco Validated Designs (CVDs) for AI use cases. This announcement was made at Cisco Partner Summit 2023.
Posted November 09, 2023
I can't remember the first time a database or storage vendor told me, "Disk is cheap," but it was probably in the 1990s. Vendors like to say disk is cheap because it helps them sell more of it and to encourage bigger deployments. The fact is that data storage is getting cheaper all the time. When I entered the business, one GB of storage cost about $1000. Today, it's more like 10 cents—10,000 times less!
Posted November 09, 2023
Entrinsik is announcing the launch of Informer AI, a game-changing solution that promises to revolutionize how users interact with Informer by leveraging artificial intelligence. According to the company, utilizing state-of-the-art artificial intelligence, Informer AI automates tasks, simplifies workflows, and offers real-time analytics and trend analysis.
Posted November 09, 2023
Absolute Software, a provider of self-healing, intelligent security solutions, is releasing Absolute Application Health, empowering digital enterprises to strengthen cyber resilience and boost end user productivity with resilient application health monitoring capabilities.
Posted November 02, 2023
Stratus Technologies, Inc., an SGH company and provider of simple, protected, and autonomous edge computing platforms, is debuting the Stratus ztC Endurance platform, a set of fault-tolerant computing platforms enabling organizations to confidently run complex software stacks with 99.99999% availability.
Posted November 01, 2023
Lacework, the data-driven cloud security company, is unveiling several updates to the platform—including expanded multi-cloud support and operationalized risk management with new integrations—that enable Lacework customers to do more in the cloud, securely, according to the company.
Posted November 01, 2023
TigerGraph, provider of an ML and AI graph analytics platform, is releasing TigerGraph graph database v 3.9.3, introducing extended support for workload management, Kubernetes, and OpenCypher. Developed in collaboration with TigerGraph customers, this latest release builds on TigerGraph's existing enterprise readiness in the areas of fine-grained access control, activity monitoring, security, and data integrity, according to the company.
Posted November 01, 2023
Straive, a leader in helping organizations operationalize the data, insights, knowledge, AI value chain, is acquiring Gramener, a design-led data science company. Straive is owned by BPEA EQT, part of EQT, a purpose-driven global investment organization focused on active ownership strategies.
Posted November 01, 2023
VMware, Inc. announced that VMware Cross-Cloud services are available to customers through the Oracle Cloud Marketplace, enabling VMware customers the ability to take advantage of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to migrate and operate applications on OCI more efficiently, innovate faster, and improve resiliency.
Posted November 01, 2023
Oracle announced that NVIDIA AI Enterprise, an enterprise-grade software that accelerates data science and streamlines development and deployment of production-ready AI, and the NVIDIA DGX Cloud AI supercomputing platform are now available through the Oracle Cloud Marketplace.
Posted November 01, 2023
CAST, the software intelligence leader, is debuting the fall release of CAST Highlight, featuring capabilities for faster, safer cloud migration, continuous optimization, expanded cloud service recommendations, and cloud native services for Oracle Cloud infrastructure.
Posted November 01, 2023
What if you could free up 1% of your day? Would one small improvement make a difference in the life of your business?With Oracle Autonomous Database even the smallest tweaks in efficiency (powered by data) can lead to huge advancements. At Quest's BLUEPRINT 4D Conference in May 2023, Sean Stacey, director of database product development at Oracle, shared how Oracle Autonomous Database can complete and simplify your data management.
Posted November 01, 2023
Graylog, the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and log management company, announced it has secured $39 million in funding to help continue its significant growth momentum along with accelerating product development and differentiation, scale global go-to-market operations, and bridge to profitability.
Posted October 31, 2023
Denodo, a leader in data management, is enhancing the Denodo Platform, helping organizations to democratize data usage across the enterprise using generative AI, enforcing consistent security and cost management policies, and enabling self-service for business users, so they can create their own data products.
Posted October 31, 2023
U.S. President Joe Biden signed an ambitious executive order on artificial intelligence that aims to balance the needs of cutting-edge technology companies with national security and consumer rights, creating an early set of guardrails that could be fortified by legislation and global agreements. The order is an initial step that is meant to ensure that AI is trustworthy and helpful, rather than deceptive and destructive. The order—which will likely need to be augmented by congressional action—seeks to steer how AI is developed so that companies can profit without putting public safety in jeopardy.
Posted October 31, 2023
Alation, Inc., the data intelligence company, is expanding its partner ecosystem with the addition of Monte Carlo, Sigma Computing, and ThoughtSpot, extending Alation's connectivity to new data sources, building upon more than 100 existing connectors that enable organizations to gain insight across the modern data stack.
Posted October 30, 2023
Fivetran, the company automating data movement out of, into, and across cloud data platforms, is announcing its recent achievement of HITRUST certification for the Fivetran Automated Data Movement Platform in all of its cloud regions, worldwide.
Posted October 27, 2023
Semgrep, a code security solution designed for engineering-centric security programs, is launching its public beta of Semgrep Secrets, a product for detecting and securing sensitive credentials during the software development process. Semgrep is designed for engineers—software and security alike—who need to maintain a fast cadence of software development and solve the root causes of security issues, according to the company.
Posted October 27, 2023
Digital.ai, a provider of AI-powered software delivery solutions for the enterprise, is releasing Denali, the latest version of its AI-powered DevSecOps platform, exemplifying its commitment to delivering an open platform tailored to the needs of the modern enterprise.
Posted October 27, 2023
Acorn Labs is launching the public beta availability of its cloud developer platform Acorn, a service that makes it simple for anyone to run software in their own cloud sandbox and easily share their creations. From the creators of Rancher and k3s, Acorn aims to make cloud computing accessible, collaborative, and delightful for developers, according to the company.
Posted October 26, 2023
Stacklet, creators and lead maintainers of CNCF's Cloud Custodian project, is unveiling Jun0, a powerful new assistant powered by artificial intelligence (AI) to help teams speed up cloud governance tasks, reporting, and initiatives using simple text-based queries.
Posted October 26, 2023
According to Gartner, global spending on the public cloud is expected to increase by approximately 20.7% to reach $591.8 billion (about $1,800 per person in the U.S.) in 2023. The advantages of migrating to the cloud are widely recognized. By adopting cloud-first models, businesses can move away from traditional, fixed-cost methods of managing IT infrastructure. Cloud migration allows for controllable, agile, and secure operations that can easily scale as needed while optimizing costs.
Posted October 26, 2023
Deep Instinct, the prevention-first cybersecurity company, is releasing Deep Instinct Prevention for Storage (DPS), applying a prevention-first approach to storage protection, wherever data is stored—Network Attached Storage (NAS), hybrid, or public cloud environments. The solution seamlessly integrates into existing environments to deliver unparalleled efficacy and accuracy along with enterprise-grade scalability, according to the company.
Posted October 26, 2023
Immuta, a data security leader, is debuting a new integration with Data Fabric Security (DFS) on AWS, further expanding DFS' governance capabilities and data access control during data integration.
Posted October 26, 2023
Acceldata, provider of enterprise data observability, announced the company has received a $10 million Series C funding addition from new investor Prosperity7 Ventures to fuel its go-to-market expansion. The investment brings the company's total capital raised to over $100 million as it reports significant corporate momentum fueled by customer growth, product innovation, global expansion, and the acquisition of Bewgle, according to the company.
Posted October 25, 2023
Digitate, a provider of SaaS-based enterprise software for IT and business operations, today released a study conducted in partnership with ASUG, America's largest network of SAP customers, partners, and professionals, focusing on the issues that are at the forefront in the mind of SAP users.
Posted October 25, 2023
KaarTech, a global Digital Transformation Consulting company, is acquiring Dunn Solutions Group Inc., a leading Customer Experience Solutions Consultancy headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. This strategic acquisition facilitated by Eiliant Advisors, a Bangalore based Investment Banking Firm, marks a watershed moment for KaarTech as it combines its extensive SAP domain expertise, especially in SAP S/4HANA, with Dunn Solutions' prowess in Digital Customer Experience.
Posted October 25, 2023
Zumasys is introducing Rover Pay, a unified payment processing service specifically designed with the needs of wholesale distributors in mind. Rover Pay leverages credit card processing technology to link each transaction to your payment processing network. This innovative solution not only saves money on monthly bills but streamlines the entire process, according to Zumasys.
Posted October 25, 2023