//www.dbta.comRSS feeds from Database Trends and Applications .All Content Copyright 2026, Database Trends and Applications, a Division of Information Today Inc.60//www.dbta.com/Images/RSS.gif//www.dbta.comFri, 07 Aug 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/How-the-AI-Era-is-Transforming-Information-Professionals-Role-and-Responsibilities-176056.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/How-the-AI-Era-is-Transforming-Information-Professionals-Role-and-Responsibilities-176056.aspxIn this clip from Data Summit 2026, Fleur Levitz, principal consultant,?FDL consulting NYC LLC, explores the shifting roles of information professionals and the need to reposition info pros to support and serve AI governance with an eye to fostering more responsible AI leadership.Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Qdrant-119-Reduces-Vector-Storage-Improves-Throughput-176058.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Qdrant-119-Reduces-Vector-Storage-Improves-Throughput-176058.aspxQdrant is announcing the release of Qdrant 1.19.0, offering a new TurboQuant storage format that cuts vector storage. In version 1.19, Qdrant is introducing the new Turbo4 datatype that stores vectors using 4-bit TurboQuant compression as the only representation, with no full-precision copy kept.Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Sentra-Prevents-Sensitive-Data-From-Leaking-into-AI-Applications-with-Latest-Tool-176059.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Sentra-Prevents-Sensitive-Data-From-Leaking-into-AI-Applications-with-Latest-Tool-176059.aspxSentra, the AI data readiness platform that secures sensitive data at petabyte scale, announced Shadow AI DLP, a new capability within the Sentra Platform for AI Data Readiness that helps organizations securely adopt AI while preventing sensitive data from being shared with generative AI applications.Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:05:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Zilliz-Releases-Milvus-30-Making-its-Open-Source-Vector-Database-Lake-Native-176040.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Zilliz-Releases-Milvus-30-Making-its-Open-Source-Vector-Database-Lake-Native-176040.aspxZilliz, the company behind?Milvus?an open-source vector database?recently announced the release of?Milvus 3.0, a major architectural update that brings lake-native data access and a more expressive retrieval engine to developers building production AI applications.Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:05:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Nexsan-Introduces-Immutable-Backup-Storage-Designed-for-Veeam-Hardened-Repository-176050.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Nexsan-Introduces-Immutable-Backup-Storage-Designed-for-Veeam-Hardened-Repository-176050.aspxNexsan, a pioneer of cost-effective enterprise-class storage solutions, today introduced the Nexsan VHR-Series?a fully integrated, enterprise-class Hardened Repository appliance purpose-built for Veeam Software environments and designed to meet the most stringent requirements for immutability, security, and performance in ransomware-resilient backup.Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:05:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Making-Data-AI-Ready-with-insightsoftware-Reltio-Informatica-and-Precisely-176053.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Making-Data-AI-Ready-with-insightsoftware-Reltio-Informatica-and-Precisely-176053.aspxAs AI moves from experimentation to production, many organizations are discovering that their data foundations are not ready to support it. Critical data is scattered across cloud platforms, operational systems, and data lakes, making it difficult to deliver trusted data for AI.Wed, 05 Aug 2026 01:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/Actions/Winners-Circle-Denodo-Technologies-175999.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/Actions/Winners-Circle-Denodo-Technologies-175999.aspxWed, 05 Aug 2026 01:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/Actions/Winners-Circle-Simba-Intelligence-176000.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/Actions/Winners-Circle-Simba-Intelligence-176000.aspxWed, 05 Aug 2026 01:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/Actions/Winners-Circle-Google-176003.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/Actions/Winners-Circle-Google-176003.aspxWed, 05 Aug 2026 01:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/Actions/Winners-Circle-Couchbase-176011.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/Actions/Winners-Circle-Couchbase-176011.aspxWed, 05 Aug 2026 01:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/Actions/Winners-Circle-Devart-176012.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/Actions/Winners-Circle-Devart-176012.aspxWed, 05 Aug 2026 01:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/Actions/Winners-Circle-Navicat-176013.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/Actions/Winners-Circle-Navicat-176013.aspxWed, 05 Aug 2026 01:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/Trends-and-Applications/DBTA-Readers-Choice-Award-Winners-2026-175951.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/Trends-and-Applications/DBTA-Readers-Choice-Award-Winners-2026-175951.aspxThe influence of generative AI (GenAI) and decision intelligence continues to drive data-driven processes. While data quality and security remain essential, everyday components, organizations should also embrace AI/ machine language-driven automation and self-service analytics, while paying equal attention to the human element, thereby fostering a strong data culture, robust governance, and enhanced data literacy. With more data being created than ever before, making the right choices among the countless options for data management and analytics solutions is a top priority for many organizations. To help companies progress along their data-driven journeys, each year, DBTA presents the Readers' Choice Awards, offering the opportunity to recognize companies whose products have been selected by the experts?our readers!Wed, 05 Aug 2026 10:05:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Rapid7-Unites-SecOps-and-GRC-with-Security-Operations-Platform-176020.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Rapid7-Unites-SecOps-and-GRC-with-Security-Operations-Platform-176020.aspxRapid7, Inc., a global leader in AI-powered managed cybersecurity operations, announced the general availability of Rapid7 Cyber GRC, expanding the Rapid7 Command Platform with native governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) capabilities.Wed, 05 Aug 2026 10:05:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Dell-and-Nutanix-Expand-Partnership-to-Boost-Enterprise-Storage-Performance-176021.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Dell-and-Nutanix-Expand-Partnership-to-Boost-Enterprise-Storage-Performance-176021.aspxDell and Nutanix are partnering to simplify enterprise storage with PowerStore now supporting the Nutanix Cloud Platform, available with NCI 7.6, with validated deployment and managed through Dell Private Cloud.Wed, 05 Aug 2026 10:05:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/DataStrike-Supercharges-Snowflake-Managed-Services-as-Cloud-Data-Platform-Adoption-Rises-176025.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/DataStrike-Supercharges-Snowflake-Managed-Services-as-Cloud-Data-Platform-Adoption-Rises-176025.aspxDataStrike, a leader in data infrastructure managed services, is expanding its Snowflake managed services practice to meet growing demand from mid-market organizations running production workloads on the platform.Wed, 05 Aug 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Oracle-and-Google-Cloud-Make-Gemini-Models-Available-to-Enterprise-Applications-Customers-175992.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Oracle-and-Google-Cloud-Make-Gemini-Models-Available-to-Enterprise-Applications-Customers-175992.aspxOracle and Google Cloud are expanding their partnership to bring Google's Gemini models to Oracle's extensive portfolio of enterprise applications. The collaboration builds on customers' existing access to Gemini models through Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Enterprise AI and is planned to make Gemini models available in?Oracle AI Agent Studio for Fusion Applications, a complete development platform that enables organizations to build, connect, execute, and run AI automation and agentic applications using reusable Oracle, partner, and external agents, according to the companies.Wed, 05 Aug 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Oracle-Chosen-by-the-US-Department-of-War-Through-Enterprise-Software-Initiative-ESI-175964.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Oracle-Chosen-by-the-US-Department-of-War-Through-Enterprise-Software-Initiative-ESI-175964.aspxOracle has been awarded a 10-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract under the U.S. Department of War (DoW) Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI), with a base value of $3.31 billion for the first five years of the agreement and a total value of $6.99 billion if option years are exercised.Wed, 05 Aug 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Oracle-AI-Database-26ai-Offers-EBCDIC-Compatibility-Features-for-Mainframe-Re-Platforming-175976.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Oracle-AI-Database-26ai-Offers-EBCDIC-Compatibility-Features-for-Mainframe-Re-Platforming-175976.aspxOracle announced Oracle AI Database 26ai now includes EBCDIC compatibility capabilities that address two fundamental challenges of preserving EBCDIC compatibility: accurate character encoding conversion and preservation of EBCDIC binary ordering.Wed, 05 Aug 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/Think-About-It/Crafting-a-Strategic-Business-Use-Case-for-Your-Data-Foundation-175398.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/Think-About-It/Crafting-a-Strategic-Business-Use-Case-for-Your-Data-Foundation-175398.aspxWith every organization currently wondering if their data is sufficient for AI,?closing the gap between data ambition and operational reality requires more than just a technical roadmap.?It requires the strategic discipline to translate major pain points into a narrative leadership can fund.Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Industry-Experts-Discuss-Whats-Next-for-the-Future-of-Virtualization-175983.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Industry-Experts-Discuss-Whats-Next-for-the-Future-of-Virtualization-175983.aspxOrganizations are adapting to a new era of IT virtualization and data center infrastructure management as VMware shifts to costly subscription models and ends support for vSphere 8 perpetual licenses in October 2027. DBTA recently held a webinar, 2026 IT Virtualization Survey: What's Next for VMware Users, with industry experts who broke down the findings of the new "2026 IT Virtualization Survey: What's Next for VMware Users," which gathered data from 269 global IT infrastructure and security leaders.Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Sumo-Logic-Introduces-New-Dojo-AI-Agents-for-Security-and-Cloud-Operations-Teams-175984.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Sumo-Logic-Introduces-New-Dojo-AI-Agents-for-Security-and-Cloud-Operations-Teams-175984.aspxSumo Logic, the Intelligent Operations Platform, is introducing new and expanded agentic AI capabilities that translate telemetry into actionable signals and insights for security and cloud operations teams.Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Infoblox-Enters-the-External-Attack-Surface-Management-Market-with-Platform-that-Helps-Organizations-Act-Against-AI-Driven-Threats-175990.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Infoblox-Enters-the-External-Attack-Surface-Management-Market-with-Platform-that-Helps-Organizations-Act-Against-AI-Driven-Threats-175990.aspxInfoblox, a leading platform for preemptive security and critical network services, announced its entry into the external attack surface management (EASM) market?with the introduction of Supply Chain Intelligence, the launch expands the?Infoblox Exposure Management?portfolio.Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:45:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/KIOXIA-Introduces-Direct-Liquid-Cooling-Capability-Provides-New-Levels-of-Performance-and-Power-Efficiency-175971.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/KIOXIA-Introduces-Direct-Liquid-Cooling-Capability-Provides-New-Levels-of-Performance-and-Power-Efficiency-175971.aspxKIOXIA America, Inc.?is announcing the launch of KIOXIA CM10 Series of solid-state drives (SSDs), featuring the company's latest BiCS FLASH generation 10 TLC memory.Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:45:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Tricentis-to-Acquire-Tabnine-to-Further-Scale-Quality-Agentic-Engineering-175972.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Tricentis-to-Acquire-Tabnine-to-Further-Scale-Quality-Agentic-Engineering-175972.aspxTricentis, a global leader in agentic quality engineering, is acquiring Tabnine, the AI-coding platform purpose-built for secure, context-aware enterprise software development?enabling Tricentis to integrate Tabnine's Enterprise Context Engine?technology into the Tricentis Agentic Quality Engineering Platform, further enhancing its quality and testing agents for large enterprise environments they operate within.