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VAST Data unveils Foundation Stacks for NVIDIA AI OS

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VAST Data unveils Foundation Stacks, turning NVIDIA AI Blueprints into production-ready pipelines on its AI Operating System.
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Healthtech startup unveils approach to scaling with AI

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Australian healthtech AirHealth uses on-prem AI and cloud storage for real-time pollen forecasts, reshaping asthma and allergy care.
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EDB tops new ranking of commercial Postgres backers

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EDB crowns itself top commercial Postgres backer in new vitality index, as cloud and data giants ramp up investment in the database.
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Tower raises USD $6.4m to bring AI data and code to production

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Tower raises USD $6.4m to help data teams turn AI-generated code into reliable production pipelines on an Apache Iceberg-based platform.
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Valkey's lean memory tactics amid global DRAM crunch

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With DRAM in short supply, Percona urges developers to cut RAM use and fine‑tune Valkey to keep apps fast on tighter hardware budgets.
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Databricks debuts Genie Code & snaps up Quotient AI

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Databricks launches Genie Code to automate complex data workflows and snaps up Quotient AI to boost evaluation and oversight of its agents.
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Datarails unveils FinanceOS to power AI-driven finance

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Datarails launches FinanceOS, a unified data layer and MCP link to AI tools, promising governed, real-time finance workflows at scale.
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Enterprises shun plug-and-play AI for tailored builds

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Enterprises ditch plug-and-play AI as Cognizant research shows buyers now favour bespoke builds and services-led, long-term partnerships.
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Data centre boom reshapes Asia Pacific loan markets

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Data centre boom drives new financing structures across Asia Pacific loan markets, APLMA whitepaper finds, reshaping risk and investor mix.
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Epsilon links digital retail media to in‑store sales

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Epsilon launches Australian tool linking digital retail media exposure to in-store sales, unifying eCommerce and physical performance data.
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Percona names Kyle Davis to lead Redis & Valkey push

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Percona has appointed open source veteran Kyle Davis to spearhead its Redis and Valkey strategy amid shifting database licensing models.
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Denodo 9.4 boosts unified data access & AI at scale

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Denodo Platform 9.4 targets production AI with unified governed data access, vector and MCP integration, plus a faster lakehouse engine.
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The supply chains seeing real AI returns have one thing in common

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Supply chains gaining real AI returns share one trait: live, shared trade data that turns fragmented logistics into real‑time decisions.
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Elastic says AI search & context now decide customer loyalty

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Elastic argues that in an AI-obsessed market, robust search across messy data is the real foundation of trustworthy, profitable experiences.
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Svitla & Cloudera target governed AI in ANZ healthcare

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Svitla and Cloudera team up to strengthen governed AI and hybrid data infrastructure for healthcare providers across Australia and New Zealand.
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CData boosts Connect AI with secure MCP agent tools

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CData upgrades Connect AI with managed MCP tools, tightening data access, identity controls and live connectivity for enterprise agents.
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Lyten's USD $5bn deal to build Swedish battery hub

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Lyten buys Northvolt's Swedish battery assets in a USD $5bn deal, planning a Skellefteå hub fusing cell plants with vast AI data centres.
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MariaDB to acquire GridGain to power low-latency AI

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MariaDB moves to buy in-memory specialist GridGain in a bid to deliver sub-millisecond latency for agentic AI and real-time workloads.
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Manufacturers see AI gains but data gaps stall scale-up

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Manufacturers reap early AI returns but poor data quality, fragmented tools and network limits block efforts to scale projects enterprise-wide.
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The future of marketing is built on open data infrastructure

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Marketing's future belongs to teams that master open, unified data infrastructure instead of guessing through disconnected systems.