//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.comWed, 16 Sep 2026 10:05:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Calero-Expands-its-SaaS-Management-Platform-to-Cover-AI-Consumption-Costs-and-Adoption-176611.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Calero-Expands-its-SaaS-Management-Platform-to-Cover-AI-Consumption-Costs-and-Adoption-176611.aspxCalero is introducing new SaaS Management capabilities that extend management of AI consumption, cost, and adoption across the enterprise. SaaS management is changing as software moves beyond traditional seat-based models, with AI accelerating the shift toward consumption-based pricing, variable usage, and new forms of adoption, according to the company.Wed, 16 Sep 2026 10:05:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Ataccama-to-Provide-Data-Trust-to-Apache-Ossie-176613.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Ataccama-to-Provide-Data-Trust-to-Apache-Ossie-176613.aspxAtaccama, the data trust company, announced it will launch an open-source converter that carries governed business definitions and current data quality signals into Apache Ossie (Incubating).Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Oracle-Releases-Java-27-and-Boosts-Post-Quantum-Cryptography-Support-176590.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Oracle-Releases-Java-27-and-Boosts-Post-Quantum-Cryptography-Support-176590.aspxOracle is releasing Java 27, the latest version of the world's number one programming language and development platform. Featuring thousands of performance, stability, security, and productivity improvements, Java 27 (Oracle JDK 27) provides a strong foundation for continued Java innovation, according to Oracle.Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/BigDataQuarterly/Articles/Master-Data-Management-Vendor-Consolidation-Puts-More-Than-Deployment-at-Risk-176594.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/BigDataQuarterly/Articles/Master-Data-Management-Vendor-Consolidation-Puts-More-Than-Deployment-at-Risk-176594.aspxMarket consolidation is always a cause for angst among customers. Salesforce's acquisition of Infor?matica and SAP's acquisition of Reltio have caused real agitation among enterprise users?and under?standably so. I have personally fielded calls from dozens of customers looking to evaluate alternatives, and this topic continues to dominate conversations at industry conferences. Their concerns go deeper than most people realize.Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Oracle-Health-Clinical-AI-Agent-Helps-Nurses-Streamline-Care-176564.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Oracle-Health-Clinical-AI-Agent-Helps-Nurses-Streamline-Care-176564.aspxOracle Health announced the U.S. availability of Oracle Health Clinical AI Agent for nurses, helping alleviate documentation burden and streamline care coordination in inpatient settings. Embedded directly into Oracle Health Foundation EHR, the AI-powered capabilities combine voice-driven chart navigation and search, acute nursing summaries, and voice-enabled discrete charting to help nurses quickly find patient information, document care in near real time, and spend more time with patients, according to Oracle.Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Oracle-Announces-up-to-1-Million-for-Research-into-Carbon-Capture-and-Sequestration-in-New-Mexico-176565.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Oracle-Announces-up-to-1-Million-for-Research-into-Carbon-Capture-and-Sequestration-in-New-Mexico-176565.aspxOracle announced up to $1 million in funding to support research into the potential for carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) at Project Jupiter and across New Mexico. The research will examine how carbon dioxide associated with Bloom Energy fuel cells could be captured safely and efficiently, create a pathway for permanent storage, and a viable commercial model for transportation and potential industrial use, according to Oracle.Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/Think-About-It/Beyond-Dashboards-Building-%e2%80%98Operational-Intelligence-176496.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/Think-About-It/Beyond-Dashboards-Building-%e2%80%98Operational-Intelligence-176496.aspxMost companies have dashboards: bar charts, pie charts, and heatmaps arranged across a screen like a flight cockpit. Yet no one knows what to do when they land. Dashboards are passive. They tell you what's happening, but they don't guide you on what to do next. That gap between observation and action is where millions of dollars in revenue quietly disappears.Tue, 15 Sep 2026 09:45:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Imply-Lumi-Loglake-is-Now-Generally-Available-Empowering-Security-Teams-in-Data-Lakes-176584.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Imply-Lumi-Loglake-is-Now-Generally-Available-Empowering-Security-Teams-in-Data-Lakes-176584.aspxImply, the company behind Lumi, announced the general availability of Lumi Loglake, permitting security teams to search unstructured machine data directly in data lakes without predefined schemas, data catalogs, rehydration, or duplicate pipelines.Tue, 15 Sep 2026 09:45:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Bitsight-Combines-Risk-and-Security-on-a-Single-Intelligence-Platform-176585.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Bitsight-Combines-Risk-and-Security-on-a-Single-Intelligence-Platform-176585.aspxBitsight, a global leader in cyber risk intelligence, is offering agentic Enterprise access to its comprehensive risk dataset, combining threat intelligence and continuous exposure monitoring to help teams mitigate risk across the supply chain.?Tue, 15 Sep 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/BigDataQuarterly/Articles/Facing-the-Rising-Cost-of-Cloud-Infrastructure-and-What-Companies-Can-Do-to-Stem-the-Tide-QandA-With-Sevallas-Kevin-Downs-176566.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/BigDataQuarterly/Articles/Facing-the-Rising-Cost-of-Cloud-Infrastructure-and-What-Companies-Can-Do-to-Stem-the-Tide-QandA-With-Sevallas-Kevin-Downs-176566.aspxThe cost of memory, CPUs, motherboards, network cards, and other technology hardware, continue to rise due to the demand for power-hungry AI data centers and hyperscalers. According to zdnet, "AI data centers use two types of RAM?High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) and LPDDR5X. A single server rack can consume 20TB of HBM3E and 17TB of LPDDR5X, and that's enough LPDDR5X for a thousand lap?tops. And that's just one server rack out of the thousands that you'll find in a single data center."Mon, 14 Sep 2026 10:15:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Commvaults-Newest-Innovation-Enables-Near-Real-Time-Access-to-Trusted-Identity-Services-During-Cyberattacks-176561.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Commvaults-Newest-Innovation-Enables-Near-Real-Time-Access-to-Trusted-Identity-Services-During-Cyberattacks-176561.aspxCommvault, a leader in unified resilience at enterprise scale, is introducing Commvault Active Directory Pre Recover?utilizing existing Commvault technologies including Commvault Cleanroom and Threat Scan that can reduce the time it takes to cleanly recover Active Directory (AD) from hours to minutes.Mon, 14 Sep 2026 10:15:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Panaya-Launches-Revamped-Company-Focus-on-%e2%80%98Testing-What-Matters-Advancing-Testing-for-the-Autonomous-Enterprise-176562.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Panaya-Launches-Revamped-Company-Focus-on-%e2%80%98Testing-What-Matters-Advancing-Testing-for-the-Autonomous-Enterprise-176562.aspxPanaya, a leading agentic platform for enterprise cross-application testing and change impact analysis, is introducing a strategic focus on autonomous enterprise testing along with launching a new website, narrative, and visual identity built around a clear promise: "Test What Matters."Mon, 14 Sep 2026 10:15:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Imbuing-AI-with-Modern-Data-Governance-and-Security-Strategies-176563.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Imbuing-AI-with-Modern-Data-Governance-and-Security-Strategies-176563.aspxAccording to recent DBTA research, 59% of organizations are actively piloting or scaling AI initiatives across the enterprise. Yet, fewer than half of these initiatives are succeeding for most organizations. Data quality, data access, trust, and data lineage remain major challenges, contributing to 77% of AI failures today.Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/IBM-Officially-Completes-Acquisition-of-HRL-Further-Expanding-Support-for-Quantum-176529.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/IBM-Officially-Completes-Acquisition-of-HRL-Further-Expanding-Support-for-Quantum-176529.aspxIBM announced it has completed its acquisition of HRL Laboratories, LLC (HRL), a leading research and development institution whose expertise spans quantum computing, quantum sensing, advanced communications, electronics, manufacturing, and materials science.Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Rocket-Softwares-Rocket-z-Assurance-Delivers-a-Risk-and-Compliance-Portfolio-for-IBM-Z-Environments-176545.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Rocket-Softwares-Rocket-z-Assurance-Delivers-a-Risk-and-Compliance-Portfolio-for-IBM-Z-Environments-176545.aspxRocket Software, a global technology leader in IT modernization, is introducing?Rocket z/Assurance,?a unified portfolio for managing risk and compliance across mission-critical IBM Z environments.Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Compu-Dynamics-Modular-Release-Scalable-AI-Infrastructure-Platform-for-Next-Generation-Data-Centers-176556.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Compu-Dynamics-Modular-Release-Scalable-AI-Infrastructure-Platform-for-Next-Generation-Data-Centers-176556.aspxCompu Dynamics Modular (CDM), a specialized provider of high-performance AI data center infrastructure solutions, is launching its expanded modular infrastructure portfolio, delivering an application-optimized platform designed to deploy high-density power, cooling, and compute capacity rapidly through repeatable infrastructure building blocks required for AI training, inference, and high-performance computing (HPC).Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/Think-About-It/Beyond-Dashboards-Building-%e2%80%98Operational-Intelligence-176496.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/Think-About-It/Beyond-Dashboards-Building-%e2%80%98Operational-Intelligence-176496.aspxMost companies have dashboards: bar charts, pie charts, and heatmaps arranged across a screen like a flight cockpit. Yet no one knows what to do when they land. Dashboards are passive. They tell you what's happening, but they don't guide you on what to do next. That gap between observation and action is where millions of dollars in revenue quietly disappears.Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/LTM-Partners-with-IBM-and-Red-Hat-on-Safeguarding-the-Open-Source-Software-Supply-Chain-176506.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/LTM-Partners-with-IBM-and-Red-Hat-on-Safeguarding-the-Open-Source-Software-Supply-Chain-176506.aspxLTM, the Business Creativity partner to the world's largest enterprises, is announcing that it has collaborated with?IBM?and?Red Hat?on?Lightwell?to help enterprises safeguard the open-source software supply chain through AI-driven vulnerability remediation. ??Fri, 11 Sep 2026 09:40:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Cloudera-and-Mistral-Partner-to-Deliver-Intelligence-to-Enterprise-Data-176541.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Cloudera-and-Mistral-Partner-to-Deliver-Intelligence-to-Enterprise-Data-176541.aspxCloudera, the company bringing AI to data, and Mistral, a global frontier AI lab, announced a landmark collaboration to bring secure, sovereign AI directly to enterprise data wherever it resides.Thu, 10 Sep 2026 10:15:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Latest-Release-of-ER-Studio-Connects-Enterprise-Data-Models-to-Semantic-Layers-176516.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Latest-Release-of-ER-Studio-Connects-Enterprise-Data-Models-to-Semantic-Layers-176516.aspxER/Studio, an enterprise data architecture and modeling platform, is announcing the availability of ER/Studio 21.1?introducing new semantic generation capabilities in Data Architect that transform Enterprise Logical Data Models into reusable semantic assets for AI, analytics, and data governance.Thu, 10 Sep 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Columns/DBA-Corner/The-Cost-of-%e2%80%98Good-Enough-Data-Close-Enough-Is-No-Longer-Good-Enough-176498.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Columns/DBA-Corner/The-Cost-of-%e2%80%98Good-Enough-Data-Close-Enough-Is-No-Longer-Good-Enough-176498.aspxOver the years, I've had hundreds of conversations that started something like this: "Our data is pretty good." Sometimes the statement is made with confidence. Sometimes it's accompanied by a shrug. Occasionally it's followed by, "Sure, we have a few duplicate records, some missing values, and a little inconsistency here and there, but nothing serious."Thu, 10 Sep 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/Trends-and-Applications/Beyond-ETL-Building-A-Data-Trust-Framework-For-Enterprise-Analytics-176493.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/Trends-and-Applications/Beyond-ETL-Building-A-Data-Trust-Framework-For-Enterprise-Analytics-176493.aspxEnterprise companies persist in making significant investments in data warehouses, cloud solutions, and business intelligence tools, but numerous executives still doubt the figures generated by those systems. A well-structured Data Trust Framework fills a void that conventional data validation approaches miss: It makes the distinction between a pipeline that operates effectively and a report that executives genuinely trust.Thu, 10 Sep 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/Trends-and-Applications/Beyond-Dashboards-Building-%e2%80%98Operational-Intelligence-176496.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/Trends-and-Applications/Beyond-Dashboards-Building-%e2%80%98Operational-Intelligence-176496.aspxMost companies have dashboards: bar charts, pie charts, and heatmaps arranged across a screen like a flight cockpit. Yet no one knows what to do when they land. Dashboards are passive. They tell you what's happening, but they don't guide you on what to do next. That gap between observation and action is where millions of dollars in revenue quietly disappears.Thu, 10 Sep 2026 09:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/Trends-and-Applications/Assembling-Modern-Data-Applications-with-MariaDB-and-ER-Studio-176443.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/Editorial/Trends-and-Applications/Assembling-Modern-Data-Applications-with-MariaDB-and-ER-Studio-176443.aspxFrom AI assistants and customer-facing analytics to operational intelligence platforms and real-time decisioning systems, modern data applications are creating new opportunities to drive innovation, efficiency, and competitive advantage.Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:00:00 ESThttps://www.dbta.com/BigDataQuarterly/Articles/Data-and-AI-75-Companies-at-the-Convergence-of-Data-and-AI-in-2026-176450.aspxhttps://www.dbta.com/BigDataQuarterly/Articles/Data-and-AI-75-Companies-at-the-Convergence-of-Data-and-AI-in-2026-176450.aspxData is the foundation of AI. It acts as the expe?riential element, providing AI systems with the nec?essary information to understand patterns, make decisions, and predict outcomes. From simple algorithms to complex neural networks, the quality, quantity, and variety of data directly influence the effectiveness of AI solutions. To support organizations in navigating through new chal?lenges and a rapidly evolving Big Data ecosystem, Big Data Quarterly presents 2026's "Data and AI 75," a list of compa?nies driving innovation and expanding what is possible in terms of collecting, storing, and extracting value from data.