#Data Management

Databricks Unveils AI Gateway

Databricks enhances Unity Catalog with AI Gateway, expanding governance for AI agents, models, and tools across clouds.

Databricks Adds AI Coworkers

Databricks unveils Genie One, Genie Agents, and Genie Ontology to bring data-smart AI coworkers and autonomous agents to enterprise workflows.

Databricks Lakebase Branches Up Databases

Databricks Lakebase introduces copy-on-write database branching, making isolated developer environments a reality and reshaping the DBA role.

Snowflake Backs Jedify for Enterprise AI

Snowflake Ventures invests in Jedify to bolster enterprise AI with autonomous context graphs, aiming for more accurate and trustworthy AI outcomes.

Azure Databricks Takes Center Stage at Summit

Microsoft and Databricks spotlight joint innovations and customer successes at the Data + AI Summit 2026, focusing on enterprise AI on Azure.

Databricks Unifies Data and AI

Databricks aims to unify data management and AI development with its Lakehouse platform, streamlining operations and accelerating innovation.

Databricks Simplifies Access With Custom URLs

Databricks introduces custom URLs for a unified, branded access experience across all workspaces, simplifying logins and enhancing feature accessibility.

Databricks CEO: AI is here, focus on data context

Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi believes AGI has arrived and stresses the importance of data context over AI model 'smartness'.

Liquid Clustering Replaces Partitioning

Databricks' Liquid Clustering is replacing traditional partitioning, offering major performance gains and debunking myths about data layout.

Uber Modernizes Artifact Storage

Uber modernized its artifact storage by migrating to a SaaS platform and implementing a validation proxy to cut egress costs and boost reliability.

US Gov Taps Snowflake for AI Push

US federal agencies gain easier access to Snowflake's AI Data Cloud via a new GSA agreement, aiming to break down data silos and accelerate AI modernization.

Telcos' AI Paradox: Data Debt Stalls Progress

Telcos face an AI paradox: high adoption intent but stalled production due to fragmented data. A unified semantic layer is the key to overcoming 'data debt'.

Databricks Launches Analytics Engineer Path

Databricks launches a new learning pathway for SQL practitioners to become analytics engineers, covering data modeling, pipelines, and AI agent deployment.

Healthcare AI's Trust Deficit

Achieving trustworthy AI in healthcare demands a robust data foundation, prioritizing transparency, human oversight, and built-in governance over mere algorithmic advancements.

Databricks Syncs Postgres to Lakehouse Natively

Databricks unveils Native Lakehouse Sync, directly replicating operational Postgres data into Unity Catalog without pipelines, simplifying AI and analytics integration.

Databricks Unifies Lakehouse with Catalog Commits

Databricks launches Catalog Commits, enhancing its lakehouse with unified governance, improved interoperability, and multi-table transaction support.

Databricks' Genie Data Agent

Databricks unveils Genie, a sophisticated data agent designed to navigate complex enterprise data, leveraging specialized search, parallel thinking, and multi-LLM designs for enhanced accuracy.

Databricks Unlocks OR Efficiency

Databricks Genie provides real-time insights into operating room utilization, helping hospitals boost revenue and patient care by closing the gap in traditional reporting.

Databricks Streamlines Public Health Data

Databricks Genie aims to provide public health officials with natural language access to complex data, accelerating outbreak response and resource allocation.

Data Bottleneck Slows AI Security Detection

Data access issues are slowing down AI-powered security threat detection, a problem Databricks aims to solve with its new AI agent.

Clean Data Is AI's Real Foundation

Unified data is the critical, often overlooked, foundation for AI success, shifting focus from technology to business context and accessibility.

US Gov's Data Dilemma

US federal agencies are data-rich but insight-poor due to legacy systems, hindering evidence-based policymaking. Conversational AI like Databricks Genie offers a path to accessible data.

AI's Winning Edge: The Data Layer First

Trinity Industries demonstrates how a unified data layer is the critical, often overlooked, foundation for successful AI adoption, especially agentic AI.

Snowflake Adds Declarative Infra Management

Snowflake's new DCM Projects feature allows users to manage data infrastructure declaratively, bringing software engineering practices to Snowflake object management.

Snowflake's Agent Framework for Finance

Snowflake's Ecosystem Agent Framework aims to automate financial services by enabling AI agents to execute tasks directly on unified data.

Snowflake Simplifies Cloud Data Migration

Snowflake LiftOff program aims to simplify and accelerate cloud data migrations for customers and partners by providing essential tools and a collaborative framework.

Snowflake's Agent Turns Data Into Action

Snowflake Intelligence is transforming into a personalized work agent, enabling users to take direct action across business tools and data.

Transactional Databases: ACID Compliance Explained

Transactional databases rely on ACID compliance to ensure accuracy, consistency, and permanence for real-time operations.

Databricks Centralizes Coding AI

Databricks launches AI Gateway to centralize governance, security, and cost controls for the growing number of AI coding agents used by enterprises.

Eon AI Agent Queries Backups

Eon AI Agent lets you query backup data using natural language, turning static archives into interactive platforms.

Databricks Embraces Iceberg v3

Databricks previews Apache Iceberg v3 support, integrating Row Lineage, Deletion Vectors, and VARIANT for enhanced performance and interoperability in the open lakehouse.

AI Agents Join the Org Chart

Snowflake outlines a new framework for AI integration, emphasizing unified data, business logic, and a 'hybrid' workforce of humans and AI agents.

Cloud Databases: The New Infrastructure

Cloud-based database management systems offer scalability and efficiency by leveraging cloud infrastructure, but require careful consideration of costs and vendor lock-in.

Analytic Apps: BI for the Real World

Analytic applications bundle data, modeling, and reporting into domain-specific BI solutions, empowering non-technical users to drive faster, data-informed decisions.

AI Overhauls Business Analytics Tools

AI is transforming business analytics tools, moving them from static reporting to predictive insights, but a unified data foundation is key to unlocking their full potential.

The Semantic Layer: Data's Single Source of Truth

The semantic layer translates raw data into business meaning, ensuring consistency for BI and AI, with modern architectures embedding this logic directly into the data platform.

Telecom's AI Infrastructure Shift

MWC 2026 revealed telecom's pivot to AI-driven intelligent infrastructure, focusing on operationalizing intelligence and building trust.

Snowflake's Agentic Enterprise Vision

Snowflake unveils Project SnowWork, aiming to create an 'agentic enterprise' through a central control plane for AI agents.

Data Catalogs: The Unsung Heroes of AI Governance

Data catalogs are becoming indispensable for AI data governance, offering the intelligence and interoperability needed for responsible AI deployment.

Data Warehouse Migration Myths Debunked

Common misconceptions about data warehouse migration are hindering AI readiness. Learn how to focus on value, engage stakeholders, and strategically modernize for faster ROI.

Nuclear Power Fuels AI Data Center Boom

Nuclear power is being tapped to meet AI's massive energy demands, with ontologies playing a key role in scaling operations.

Databricks Tames Data Chaos

Databricks' new Unity Catalog 'Discover' feature aims to end data chaos with business context, domains, and integrated access.

Bayer Consumer Health Unifies Data with Databricks

Bayer Consumer Health leverages Databricks and Unity Catalog to create a unified, governed data platform, enabling global self-service analytics and eliminating data silos.

Agentic Enterprise AI: Why Context Trumps Connectivity

Building reliable Agentic Enterprise AI requires architects to prioritize context and trust over connectivity, using unified master data and embedded governance.

Agentic Enterprise AI Redefines Exit Readiness

New! Next Gen: Salesforce Unleashes AI Core for ISVs

Data 360 Powers Trusted AI: A New Foundation for ISVs

Salesforce Pioneers Agentic Enterprise, Cuts IT Tickets 70%

Eon raises $300M led by Elad Gil to unlock AI data goldmines

Salesforce Agentic AI: The New PE/VC Value Lever

Dreamforce 2025 marked a pivotal moment, showcasing Salesforce Agentic AI as a proven, rapid value creation engine for Private Equity and Venture Capital firms.