//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, 22 May 2026 10:45:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Devart-dbForge-20261-Brings-Improved-AI-SQL-Generation-and-Augmented-PostgreSQL-Design-and-Development-174932.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Devart-dbForge-20261-Brings-Improved-AI-SQL-Generation-and-Augmented-PostgreSQL-Design-and-Development-174932.aspxDevart is releasing dbForge 2026.1, a major update that brings a variety of new features and long-anticipated enhancements to the entire dbForge ecosystem.Fri, 22 May 2026 10:45:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/The-CNCF-Announces-OpenTelemetrys-Newest-Milestone-Solidifying-Status-as-the-De-Facto-Observability-Standard-174935.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/The-CNCF-Announces-OpenTelemetrys-Newest-Milestone-Solidifying-Status-as-the-De-Facto-Observability-Standard-174935.aspxThe Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native software, announced the graduation of OpenTelemetry, a vendor-neutral, open source observability framework designed to standardize the collection, processing, and exporting of telemetry data?specifically metrics, logs, and traces.?Fri, 22 May 2026 10:45:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Delivering-Successfully-Governed-Self-Service-Analytics-with-Informatica-and-TrustLogix-174939.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Delivering-Successfully-Governed-Self-Service-Analytics-with-Informatica-and-TrustLogix-174939.aspxSelf-service analytics promises faster answers, yet many organizations end up with conflicting dashboards, duplicated or leaky data, and renewed reliance on IT. The issue is not control versus flexibility, its delivering governed, analytics-ready data that supports secure independent exploration and consistent reporting.Thu, 21 May 2026 09:05:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Teradata-Factory-Offers-an-On-Prem-Foundation-for-the-Agentic-Enterprise-174916.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Teradata-Factory-Offers-an-On-Prem-Foundation-for-the-Agentic-Enterprise-174916.aspxTeradata is introducing the Teradata Factory, extending the Teradata Autonomous Knowledge Platform with a fully integrated on-premises foundation for enterprises running AI and analytics in hybrid environments.Thu, 21 May 2026 09:05:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Jumio-Watch-Expands-Identity-Risk-Detection-Beyond-Onboarding-174920.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Jumio-Watch-Expands-Identity-Risk-Detection-Beyond-Onboarding-174920.aspxJumio, a leading provider of AI-powered identity intelligence, is introducing Jumio Watch, a first-of-its-kind continuous identity intelligence offering that fundamentally transforms how organizations understand and manage identity risk.Wed, 20 May 2026 12:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/BigDataQuarterly/Articles/Selector-Closes-the-Network-to-Cloud-Visibility-Gap-with-AI-Powered-Multi-Cloud-Observability-Solution-174891.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/BigDataQuarterly/Articles/Selector-Closes-the-Network-to-Cloud-Visibility-Gap-with-AI-Powered-Multi-Cloud-Observability-Solution-174891.aspxSelector, a leader in AI-driven network observability solutions, is expanding its platform with AI-powered multi-cloud observability capabilities, enabling organizations to correlate signals across the full hybrid path.Wed, 20 May 2026 10:25:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Percona-Joins-Sponsors-for-pgBackRest-to-Keep-PostgreSQL-Backups-Running-and-Open-Source-174894.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Percona-Joins-Sponsors-for-pgBackRest-to-Keep-PostgreSQL-Backups-Running-and-Open-Source-174894.aspxPercona is announcing it has joined a group of companies to sponsor pgBackRest, one of PostgreSQL's most widely used backup and recovery tools, restoring active development and giving users a clear path forward.Wed, 20 May 2026 10:25:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Informatica-Strengthens-Partnership-with-Google-Cloud-Provides-CLAIRE-GPT-to-the-Enterprise-174896.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Informatica-Strengthens-Partnership-with-Google-Cloud-Provides-CLAIRE-GPT-to-the-Enterprise-174896.aspxInformatica from Salesforce, a leader in AI-powered enterprise cloud data management, is introducing two new capabilities, further expanding its partnership with Google Cloud.Wed, 20 May 2026 10:25:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Data-Trust-is-the-Foundation-of-AI-Adoption-Readiness-174900.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Data-Trust-is-the-Foundation-of-AI-Adoption-Readiness-174900.aspxAI adoption is accelerating, but results are falling short, according to new DBTA research that will be released soon. Fewer than half of AI initiatives succeed, and most pilots never reach production. What's more, AI failures are expensive, with 36% costing more than $500K and 16% exceeding $1M. The root cause is clear: data and the gaps in quality, access, trust, and lineage that continue to limit outcomes and prevent AI from scaling. This is not a new problem; it is an unsolved one.Wed, 20 May 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Oracle-AI-Database-at-AWS-is-Now-Available-in-Switzerland-174876.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Oracle-AI-Database-at-AWS-is-Now-Available-in-Switzerland-174876.aspxOracle and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are now offering Oracle AI Database@AWS to customers in Switzerland. With the offering's debut in the AWS Europe (Zurich) Region, customers can now run Oracle Exadata Database Service, Oracle Autonomous AI Database, and Oracle Autonomous AI Lakehouse on dedicated infrastructure on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) within AWS.Wed, 20 May 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Enterprise-Grade-Managed-MCP-Servers-in-OCI-Provides-Agentic-Access-to-Any-Oracle-Database-in-the-Cloud-174878.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Enterprise-Grade-Managed-MCP-Servers-in-OCI-Provides-Agentic-Access-to-Any-Oracle-Database-in-the-Cloud-174878.aspxAfter introducing the MCP Server for Oracle AI Database through Oracle SQLcl last summer, the company is releasing the new OCI Managed MCP Service for Oracle AI Database. This provides native, managed MCP Servers as part of the OCI Database Tools Service, giving customers a cloud-native, HTTPS-based way to connect AI agents and assistants to Oracle databases running in the cloud.Wed, 20 May 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/BigDataQuarterly/Articles/Before-the-Wall-Falls-Rails-Digital-Reckoning-174890.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/BigDataQuarterly/Articles/Before-the-Wall-Falls-Rails-Digital-Reckoning-174890.aspxPreparing a presentation on the Internet of Things (IoT) in asset management for an executive rail infrastructure audi?ence does something unexpected to you?it forces you to con?front not just the technology, but the human cost of its absence. The deeper I dug into the research, the more I realized the story I was building for that room demanded a wider audience. What follows is the article that preparation forced me to write.Wed, 20 May 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Oracle-Java-Chosen-to-Power-Samsung-Electronics-Global-Semiconductor-Development-174859.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Oracle-Java-Chosen-to-Power-Samsung-Electronics-Global-Semiconductor-Development-174859.aspxOracle announced that the Oracle Java SE Universal Subscription will help standardize global software development at Samsung Electronics, a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology.Wed, 20 May 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/Think-About-It/Database-Resilience-Designing-Systems-That-Fail-Gracefully-174781.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/Think-About-It/Database-Resilience-Designing-Systems-That-Fail-Gracefully-174781.aspxMost organizations spend a great deal of time thinking about database performance. DBAs tune SQL, design indexes, and monitor workloads to ensure that applications run quickly and efficiently. Performance is important, of course, but there is another attribute that can be even more critical: resilience.Tue, 19 May 2026 10:25:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Qdrant-118-Adds-TurboQuant-Offers-Advanced-Quantization-174868.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Qdrant-118-Adds-TurboQuant-Offers-Advanced-Quantization-174868.aspxQdrant is launching version 1.18 of its platform, introducing TurboQuant, a new quantization method developed by Google Research. According to the company, TurboQuant applies a fast Hadamard rotation to vectors before compression, which redistributes values evenly across coordinates. Because this rotation normalizes the data distribution, TurboQuant works well with any embedding model.Tue, 19 May 2026 10:25:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Precisely-Forwards-Agentic-Ready-Data-with-Robust-Platform-Updates-174872.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Precisely-Forwards-Agentic-Ready-Data-with-Robust-Platform-Updates-174872.aspxPrecisely, a global leader in data integrity, is adding new capabilities to its Data Integrity Suite to help organizations build, share, and use agentic-ready data.Tue, 19 May 2026 10:25:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Arctera-Transitions-to-a-SaaS-Operating-Model-for-Consistent-Compliance-Across-the-Enterprise-174873.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Arctera-Transitions-to-a-SaaS-Operating-Model-for-Consistent-Compliance-Across-the-Enterprise-174873.aspxArctera announced its transition to a focused SaaS operating model, removing traditional constraints on data volume, users, and environments, and enabling enterprises to apply consistent compliance controls across increasingly complex, data-intensive operations.Tue, 19 May 2026 09:10:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/BigDataQuarterly/Articles/Back-to-Basics-Decision-Design-174863.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/BigDataQuarterly/Articles/Back-to-Basics-Decision-Design-174863.aspxTraditional approaches to analytics and AI design con?sider outcomes in the context of the complete systems. As AI-driven systems become more prevalent and interconnected, profiling each decision point in the process becomes crucial.Mon, 18 May 2026 11:15:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/BigDataQuarterly/Articles/When-the-Clock-Starts-Your-Data-Has-to-Be-Ready-174858.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/BigDataQuarterly/Articles/When-the-Clock-Starts-Your-Data-Has-to-Be-Ready-174858.aspxMost people will watch the NFL draft for the picks, the trades, and the storylines. I see it as a data event. My hometown, Pittsburgh, hosted between 500,000 and 700,000 people across a dense downtown foot?print shaped by three rivers, limited bridges, and infrastructure that already runs close to capacity. For a few days, there was almost no margin for error. A familiar system became a real-time operational test.Mon, 18 May 2026 10:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/SecurityScorecard-Completes-Acquisition-of-Driftnet-Increasing-Support-for-Threat-Informed-Third-Party-Risk-Management-174846.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/SecurityScorecard-Completes-Acquisition-of-Driftnet-Increasing-Support-for-Threat-Informed-Third-Party-Risk-Management-174846.aspxSecurityScorecard, the global leader in threat-informed third-party risk management (TPRM), announced it has completed the acquisition of Driftnet, a pioneer in global internet scanning and next-generation threat intelligence?bringing Driftnet's high-fidelity internet discovery engine into SecurityScorecard's TITAN AI platform.Mon, 18 May 2026 10:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Versa-Provides-Cloud-Security-Posture-Management-for-the-VersaONE-Universal-SASE-Platform-174850.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Versa-Provides-Cloud-Security-Posture-Management-for-the-VersaONE-Universal-SASE-Platform-174850.aspxVersa, a global leader in unified security and networking, is introducing Versa Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM), extending the VersaONE Universal SASE Platform to provide continuous visibility, prioritization, and remediation of cloud risk across environments.Mon, 18 May 2026 10:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Amazon-Aurora-DSQL-Announces-Support-for-Change-Data-Capture-in-Preview-174853.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Amazon-Aurora-DSQL-Announces-Support-for-Change-Data-Capture-in-Preview-174853.aspxAmazon Aurora DSQL is offering support for change data capture (CDC), in preview, enabling users to stream real-time database changes directly to Amazon Kinesis Data Streams.Mon, 18 May 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Druva-Provides-Integration-with-Dell-PowerProtect-Data-Domain-to-Boost-Cyber-Resilience-174814.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Druva-Provides-Integration-with-Dell-PowerProtect-Data-Domain-to-Boost-Cyber-Resilience-174814.aspxDruva, a leading provider of data security, is introducing a new integration with Dell PowerProtect Data Domain to enable enterprises to extend their Data Domain environments with SaaS-powered cyber resilience.Mon, 18 May 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Red-Hat-AI-Inference-and-Red-Hat-OpenShift-Virtualization-Service-are-Coming-to-IBM-Cloud-174817.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Red-Hat-AI-Inference-and-Red-Hat-OpenShift-Virtualization-Service-are-Coming-to-IBM-Cloud-174817.aspxIBM, in partnership with Red Hat, is offering two new managed services, Red Hat AI Inference on IBM Cloud and Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Service on IBM Cloud?to help enterprises accelerate AI adoption and run security-forward, scalable and predictable virtualization environments.Mon, 18 May 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/LogicMonitor-Collaborates-with-IBM-and-Red-Hat-to-Support-Autonomous-Data-Centers-174819.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/LogicMonitor-Collaborates-with-IBM-and-Red-Hat-to-Support-Autonomous-Data-Centers-174819.aspxLogicMonitor, the AI-first platform for Autonomous IT, is partnering with IBM to integrate IBM watsonx and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform with automation coding assistant into Edwin AI, LogicMonitor's AI Agent for IT Operations.