//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, 14 Aug 2026 10:15:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/ScienceLogics-Skylar-AI-25-Provides-Always-On-Guidance-Across-Complex-IT-Environments-176143.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/ScienceLogics-Skylar-AI-25-Provides-Always-On-Guidance-Across-Complex-IT-Environments-176143.aspxScienceLogic, delivering trusted operational intelligence through service-centric observability, AI-driven operations, and intelligent automation, is introducing Skylar AI 2.5, expanding secure deployment options for organizations with stringent security, sovereignty, and compliance requirements. The updates also introduce enhancements that strengthen AI performance, operational intelligence, and enterprise integrations.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 10:15:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Citrix-Adds-New-Services-for-Workspace-Observability-to-Platform-Flex-176145.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Citrix-Adds-New-Services-for-Workspace-Observability-to-Platform-Flex-176145.aspxCitrix, a Cloud Software Group company, is adding new services for Citrix Platform Flex, expanding the company's flexible credit model to help enterprises simplify how they deliver, monitor, and secure modern work.Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:05:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Airbyte-Migration-Service-Empowers-Organizations-to-Move-Production-Workloads-from-Airbyte-Open-Source-to-Airbyte-Cloud-with-Minimal-Downtime-176131.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Airbyte-Migration-Service-Empowers-Organizations-to-Move-Production-Workloads-from-Airbyte-Open-Source-to-Airbyte-Cloud-with-Minimal-Downtime-176131.aspxAirbyte, creator of the open data movement platform, is introducing a new service that enables organizations to migrate from Airbyte Core (open source) to Airbyte Cloud without rebuilding pipelines or performing historical data re-syncs.Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:05:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Percona-Helps-Database-Teams-Tackle-Critical-Priorities-with-New-Professional-Services-Offerings-176136.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Percona-Helps-Database-Teams-Tackle-Critical-Priorities-with-New-Professional-Services-Offerings-176136.aspxPercona, a provider of open source database software, is introducing a new portfolio of targeted, outcome-driven professional service offerings designed to help organizations address specific database priorities faster, with clearly defined objectives, scope, and deliverables.Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Columns/SQL-Server-Drill-Down/The-Dangers-in-Replacing-the-Human-Workforce-With-AI-176065.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Columns/SQL-Server-Drill-Down/The-Dangers-in-Replacing-the-Human-Workforce-With-AI-176065.aspxAutonomous, everyday workflows; streamlined inter-team collaboration; and time given back to humans for business-focused initiatives are just a few agentic AI benefits becoming clearer each day. Unfortunately, these advantages have tempted some to give agentic AI more "agency" than it deserves, leading to the ultimate replacement of human employees.Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/Trends-and-Applications/AI-Spurs-a-Revival-in-Data-Mesh-and-Data-Fabric-176067.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/Trends-and-Applications/AI-Spurs-a-Revival-in-Data-Mesh-and-Data-Fabric-176067.aspxData mesh and data fabric caught the attention of data leaders in the early 2020s as a compelling way to retain and deliver information across highly disparate enterprises. Then AI came into the picture in a big way, overshadowing the time and attention devoted to mesh and fabric. Lately, because data-hungry AI systems demand a seamless flow of information, there has been a resurgence of interest in the flexibility that mesh and fabric provide. To meet this need, mesh and fabric are being layered together, rather than being categorized as differing approaches to data decentralization.Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/Trends-and-Applications/RESEARCH-at-DBTA-Survey-The-Great-Virtualization-Migration-Commences-176074.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/Trends-and-Applications/RESEARCH-at-DBTA-Survey-The-Great-Virtualization-Migration-Commences-176074.aspxVirtualization environments are in a state of flux. With many companies moving away from VMware, the longtime foundational vendor for corporate virtualization initiatives, new approaches, such as cloud services and multi-hypervisors, are in play. The move to next-generation virtualization approaches is gaining urgency, as AI becomes a crucial part of corporate strategies.Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Columns/Emerging-Technologies/Resumes-Data-Parsing-and-How-Candidates-Get-Noticed-in-Database-Driven-Hiring-176075.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Columns/Emerging-Technologies/Resumes-Data-Parsing-and-How-Candidates-Get-Noticed-in-Database-Driven-Hiring-176075.aspxI am on assignment at Gent & Associates' executive search department looking at the hidden role of data parsing in modern recruiting. For decades, the resume was a simple storytelling document?a 1-page narrative of who you were, what you had done, and why you were worth hiring. Today, that world is gone.Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Columns/DBA-Corner/Flexible-Provisioning-The-Missing-Link-in-Test-Data-Management-176076.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Columns/DBA-Corner/Flexible-Provisioning-The-Missing-Link-in-Test-Data-Management-176076.aspxDatabase professionals have long understood that applications live or die by the quality of the data used to test them. Yet test data management (TDM) has historically been handled as a secondary concern. It is usually approached manually, in an inconsistent way, and frequently rushed. In an era of agile development, DevOps, and continuous delivery, this approach is no longer viable. At the center of modern TDM is a capability that DBAs can no longer afford to ignore: flexible provisioning.Wed, 12 Aug 2026 09:05:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/BigDataQuarterly/Articles/Blumira-Debuts-Hearth-a-Universal-AI-Command-Center-that-Creates-Seamless-Reasoning-Across-the-Existing-Environment-176104.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/BigDataQuarterly/Articles/Blumira-Debuts-Hearth-a-Universal-AI-Command-Center-that-Creates-Seamless-Reasoning-Across-the-Existing-Environment-176104.aspxBlumira, the security operations platform for growing teams and partners, is introducing Hearth, a vendor-agnostic AI command center that intelligently reasons across the complete workspace, so teams can coordinate their whole environment from one place.Wed, 12 Aug 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Tuskira-Launches-Agentic-Control-Plane-for-Exposure-Management-176106.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Tuskira-Launches-Agentic-Control-Plane-for-Exposure-Management-176106.aspxTuskira is introducing its?Agentic Control Plane for Exposure Management, a new capability within the Tuskira platform that governs AI-discovered vulnerabilities?from scan to verified closure.?The capability extends Tuskira's existing zero-day and exposure-response capabilities to frontier-model scanning.Wed, 12 Aug 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/SIOS-Technology-Releases-LifeKeeper-v101-with-AIOps-Ready-Automation-Simplifying-HA-DR-Deployment-and-Management-176109.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/SIOS-Technology-Releases-LifeKeeper-v101-with-AIOps-Ready-Automation-Simplifying-HA-DR-Deployment-and-Management-176109.aspxSIOS Technology Corp., a leading provider of application high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) solutions, is releasing LifeKeeper v10.1?introducing AIOps-ready automation capabilities that help organizations streamline the deployment and management of HA/DR environments while strengthening cloud security and expanding support for modern enterprise infrastructures.Wed, 12 Aug 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/How-to-Escape-AI-Pilot-Purgatory-176093.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/How-to-Escape-AI-Pilot-Purgatory-176093.aspxIn this clip from Data Summit 2026, John O'Brien, Radiant Advisors' principal advisor and industry analyst, breaks down survey findings from the 2026 AI Market Study conducted by DBTA and Radiant Advisors to reveal what organizations in product have that pilots do not and the gaps typically found between organizations enjoying AI success and those that can't seem to get there.Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:15:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Nutanix-Introduces-MCP-Server-for-the-Nutanix-Cloud-Platform-176084.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Nutanix-Introduces-MCP-Server-for-the-Nutanix-Cloud-Platform-176084.aspxNutanix, a leader in hybrid multi-cloud computing, is introducing the Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Nutanix Cloud Platform (NCP), enabling customers to safely use AI tools to automate their daily cloud operations.Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:15:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Alteryx-One-is-Now-Available-on-the-Snowflake-Marketplace-Reducing-Unnecessary-Data-Movement-While-Accelerating-Trusted-Decisions-176087.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Alteryx-One-is-Now-Available-on-the-Snowflake-Marketplace-Reducing-Unnecessary-Data-Movement-While-Accelerating-Trusted-Decisions-176087.aspxAlteryx, Inc., an AI-ready data and analytics company, announced that Alteryx One is now available on?Snowflake Marketplace, giving joint customers direct access to Alteryx One within the Snowflake AI Data Cloud.Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:15:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Teradata-Provides-its-Enterprise-Grade-Data-Analyst-Agent-to-the-AWS-Marketplace-176088.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Teradata-Provides-its-Enterprise-Grade-Data-Analyst-Agent-to-the-AWS-Marketplace-176088.aspxTeradata is announcing the availability of its enterprise-grade?Data Analyst Agent in AWS Marketplace, bringing AI-assisted, conversational analytics directly into existing AWS environments.Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:30:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Progress-Software-Announces-Intent-to-Acquire-Domos-AI-and-Data-Products-Platform-Among-Other-Assets-176077.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Progress-Software-Announces-Intent-to-Acquire-Domos-AI-and-Data-Products-Platform-Among-Other-Assets-176077.aspxProgress Software, an AI infrastructure software leader, announced that it is entering into an agreement to acquire substantially all the assets and assume certain liabilities of Domo, including its AI and data products platform.Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:30:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Wipro-and-Rubrik-Team-Up-to-Deliver-Continuous-Cyber-Resilience-with-the-Introduction-of-Enterprise-Resilience-as-a-Service-176079.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Wipro-and-Rubrik-Team-Up-to-Deliver-Continuous-Cyber-Resilience-with-the-Introduction-of-Enterprise-Resilience-as-a-Service-176079.aspxWipro Limited, a leading AI-powered technology services and consulting company, and Rubrik, the Security and AI Operations company, are partnering to launch Enterprise Resilience as a Service (ERaaS).Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:30:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Appfire-Gives-Enterprise-Leaders-Greater-Visibility-From-Planning-Through-Execution-with-Release-of-BigPicture-Advanced-176082.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Appfire-Gives-Enterprise-Leaders-Greater-Visibility-From-Planning-Through-Execution-with-Release-of-BigPicture-Advanced-176082.aspxAppfire, a leading global provider of enterprise solutions that extend and connect the world's top platforms, is launching?BigPicture Advanced, elevating the BigPicture product within the Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) category with advanced capabilities for enterprise organizations that need better alignment between strategy and execution.Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/IBM-and-Red-Hat-Give-Access-to-Lightwell-at-No-Cost-to-Leading-Research-Universities-176069.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/IBM-and-Red-Hat-Give-Access-to-Lightwell-at-No-Cost-to-Leading-Research-Universities-176069.aspxIBM and Red Hat are offering a new program that provides Lightwell at no charge to over 185 leading research universities and 100 major nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and think tanks. Eligible institutions can access Lightwell's library of validated fixes for open source software vulnerabilities, helping them secure the software and focus resources supporting research, education, humanitarian programs, and other public-interest work.Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Apptio-Closes-the-Gap-Between-AI-Spend-and-Business-Results-with-Debut-of-the-IBM-Apptio-AI-Value-and-ROI-Solution-176070.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Apptio-Closes-the-Gap-Between-AI-Spend-and-Business-Results-with-Debut-of-the-IBM-Apptio-AI-Value-and-ROI-Solution-176070.aspxApptio, an IBM company, is offering the public preview of?IBM Apptio AI Value & ROI, a new set of capabilities developed to give technology and finance executives, AI governance teams, and business leaders a single view of AI spending, including token costs, and its connection to measurable business results.Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/IBMs-Cost-of-a-Data-Breach-Report-Finds-56-percent-Increase-in-AI-Enabled-Breaches-176054.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/IBMs-Cost-of-a-Data-Breach-Report-Finds-56-percent-Increase-in-AI-Enabled-Breaches-176054.aspxIBM is releasing its latest data breach report, reporting that one in four malicious breaches were AI-enabled?a 56% increase over last year?and these breaches cost an average of $6 million, roughly $1 million more than the global breach average of $4.99 million. According to?IBM's 2026 Cost of a Data Breach Report, these attacks, compromised of mostly deepfake impersonation and AI-enabled malware, are reshaping breach economics.Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Emerson-Announces-Integrated-Automation-Portfolio-that-Fast-Tracks-AI-Scale-Data-Centers-176055.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Emerson-Announces-Integrated-Automation-Portfolio-that-Fast-Tracks-AI-Scale-Data-Centers-176055.aspxGlobal automation leader Emerson announced the release of its DeltaV Automation Platform for Data Centers with an automation portfolio designed for AI-scale data centers?where speed, reliability, and operational excellence are non-negotiable.Mon, 10 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.Fri, 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.