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Confluent links AI agents & boosts anomaly detection
DevOps

Confluent links AI agents & boosts anomaly detection

Confluent upgrades its AI toolkit to link agents over live data streams and add multivariate anomaly detection for faster issue spotting.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 27th Feb 2026
eBPF report shows efficiency, security gains at scale
Distributed Denial of Service

eBPF report shows efficiency, security gains at scale

eBPF report finds major cloud players cutting CPU, traffic costs and boosting security at scale, signalling a shift to kernel-level control.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Fri, 13th Feb 2026
BMC adds AI copilots, events & guidance to Control-M
DevOps

BMC adds AI copilots, events & guidance to Control-M

BMC injects generative AI into Control-M and AMI, adding NLP workflow design, event-driven orchestration and embedded mainframe guidance.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Wed, 21st Jan 2026
From AI pilots to productions: Why 2026 will be the year APAC organisations go all-in on real-time
Gaming

From AI pilots to productions: Why 2026 will be the year APAC organisations go all-in on real-time

APAC firms are shifting from AI pilots to real-time, scaled deployments in 2026 as data, ROI demands and regulation rapidly converge.

By Nick Dearden • 5 min read • Wed, 17th Dec 2025
Snowflake unveils new AI-powered data tools & expands platform
Disaster Recovery

Snowflake unveils new AI-powered data tools & expands platform

Snowflake launches AI-enhanced data tools and expands its platform with Horizon Catalog, Openflow, and Snowflake Postgres for secure, integrated data management.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 5th Nov 2025
Teradata & Fivetran team up to streamline data integration
Software-as-a-Service

Teradata & Fivetran team up to streamline data integration

Teradata partners with Fivetran to streamline automated data integration, enabling real-time data movement into Teradata VantageCloud for AI and analytics.

By Melania Watson • 4 min read • Fri, 30th May 2025
Starburst rolls out AI features for unified data access
Data Analytics

Starburst rolls out AI features for unified data access

Starburst unveils new platform features to unify data access and boost enterprise AI projects across hybrid and multi-cloud environments securely.

By Kaleah Salmon • 5 min read • Thu, 22nd May 2025
Confluent sees strong growth in Q4 2024 cloud revenue
Financial results

Confluent sees strong growth in Q4 2024 cloud revenue

Confluent has reported robust growth in Q4 2024, with cloud revenue soaring by 38% year-on-year to USD $138 million, reflecting strong demand for its data services.

By Sean Mitchell • 2 min read • Wed, 12th Feb 2025
Exclusive: Why Modica Group implemented Confluent's game-changing solution
Information Communication & Technology

Exclusive: Why Modica Group implemented Confluent's game-changing solution

Modica Group's CTO Bruno Lago shares insights on implementing Confluent's Kafka, revolutionizing enterprise messaging.

By Tom Raynel • 3 min read • Wed, 13th Dec 2023
Video: 10 Minute IT Jams - An update from NetApp with Matthew Hurford
Storage

Video: 10 Minute IT Jams - An update from NetApp with Matthew Hurford

NetApp's Matthew Hurford discusses the company's partnership with the Children's Cancer Institute in the APAC region. #technews #partnership.

By Tom Raynel • 6 min read • Mon, 30th Oct 2023
Confluent reimagines data pipelines with Stream Designer
DevOps

Confluent reimagines data pipelines with Stream Designer

It will accelerate the shift to real-time with the industry's 1st visual interface for building, testing, and deploying data pipelines natively on Apache Kafka.

By Gaurav Sharma • 4 min read • Thu, 6th Oct 2022
Confluent launches new technology initiatives for data silos
Digital Entertainment

Confluent launches new technology initiatives for data silos

Open source data streaming company Confluent has launched its expansion of new connectors and on-demand scaling to break down data silos.

By Mitchell Hageman • 2 min read • Mon, 24th Jan 2022
Video: 10 Minute IT Jams - Who is Hazelcast?
Hybrid Cloud

Video: 10 Minute IT Jams - Who is Hazelcast?

Hazelcast is an in-memory computing platform that enables organisations to leverage memory resources for data at rest and in motion.

By Nick Forrester • 5 min read • Wed, 15th Sep 2021

Stories from Other Regions

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TenneT Netherlands deploys ReFlow for faster grid checks
Virtualisation

TenneT Netherlands deploys ReFlow for faster grid checks

Grid security checks at the Dutch operator now run at least ten times faster, easing congestion analysis and outage planning as demand grows.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month
Solace unveils micro-integrations for real-time data flow
Software-as-a-Service

Solace unveils micro-integrations for real-time data flow

Solace has unveiled its new PubSub+ Micro-Integrations, enhancing real-time connectivity across various enterprise technologies for improved data integration.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 18th Dec 2024