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Turbocharging the Engine: KX Unleashes AI-First Transformation with kdb+

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Data Management, Technology, IOT (Internet of Things), Professional Services, Other Technology, Data Analytics, Software, Artificial Intelligence, Other Professional Services, Internet, Finance, STAC, HTTP, KDB, KX, Algorithm, SQL, AI, Data management, Language, OpenSSL, TLS, Organization, Trust, HTTP persistent connection, Computer data storage

“For three decades, kdb+ has been at the core of our innovation, empowering the transformation of data into actionable insights.

Key Points: 
  • “For three decades, kdb+ has been at the core of our innovation, empowering the transformation of data into actionable insights.
  • This new version of kdb+ reaffirms our commitment to delivering simplicity, performance, and efficiency across the KX product suite, driving forward the AI-first ambitions of global organizations.
  • The latest enhancements to kdb+ are designed to efficiently manage and analyze the vast datasets needed for generative AI with unparalleled efficiency and scalability.
  • Customers will realize significantly faster data ingestion rates, enhanced query execution speeds, and a marked decrease in storage expenditure.

Airbyte Launches First Python Library for Data Movement, Providing Access to Hundreds of Data Connectors

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Networks, Internet, Data Management, Technology, Software, Cloud, UI, SQL, Library, API, Language, Data science, Data analysis, Workflow, Online shopping

Python users gain access to Airbyte’s more than 250 data connectors – rather than having to build and maintain those themselves.

Key Points: 
  • Python users gain access to Airbyte’s more than 250 data connectors – rather than having to build and maintain those themselves.
  • Airbyte is the first to provide Python users this capability with availability of over 250 connectors.
  • “A majority of existing data pipelines are written in Python today,” said Michel Tricot, co-founder and CEO, Airbyte.
  • Other deployment models include Airbyte Open Source, Airbyte Self-Managed, Airbyte Cloud, and Powered by Airbyte.

Sigma Announces Record Year of Growth

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Software, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Data Management, Cloud, Forecasting, Growth, Python, Cloud analytics, SQL, Intelligence, Management

The company that is redefining business intelligence showed record growth in revenues, customer adoption, and its partner ecosystem.

Key Points: 
  • The company that is redefining business intelligence showed record growth in revenues, customer adoption, and its partner ecosystem.
  • Milestones reflecting Sigma’s hypergrowth in the last fiscal year include:
    Annual recurring revenue growth of over 100% year-over-year for the fourth straight year, with a 134% increase in net new logos
    Mike Palmer, Sigma CEO, attributes the growth to a team that focuses relentlessly on how enterprises can take advantage of their transformation to the modern data stack.
  • The Sigma platform is the first and only architecture to support live, secure data exploration at cloud scale.
  • Additional recognition reflecting Sigma’s record year include:

Stonebranch Announces Record-Breaking Growth in 2023, Sets Sights on Future Innovations

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Data Management, Apps, Applications, Technology, Other Technology, Software, Networks, Internet, ECC, Cloud, Datadog, EMA, DBT, SQL, Research, UAC, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, SAP, Health, Growth, Telemetry, APM, Microsoft Power BI, DataOps, Oracle Applications, IDE, Azure DevOps, Computation, Channel, Job scheduler, Organization, Automation, Red, Soap, GitLab, GitHub, MLOps, Heart, Motivation, OpenShift, Workflow, Management

Stonebranch, a leading provider of service orchestration and automation solutions, announced another year of significant growth and innovation.

Key Points: 
  • Stonebranch, a leading provider of service orchestration and automation solutions, announced another year of significant growth and innovation.
  • Reflecting on the company's growth, Stonebranch CEO Giuseppe Damiani stated, "2023 was a pivotal year for Stonebranch.
  • As organizations continue to navigate the complexities of digital transformation, Stonebranch continues to be a provider and partner of choice.
  • "Innovation is at the heart of everything we do at Stonebranch,” says Stonebranch CTO Peter Baljet.

Web Application Attacks Intensify in Fourth Quarter of 2023, According to New Edgio Quarterly Attack Trends Report

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Thursday, February 22, 2024
Data Management, Security, Apps, Applications, Technology, Software, Networks, Internet, JavaScript, HEAD, OWASP, SQL, Intelligence, Confidentiality, XSS, URL, WAF, Organization, Policy, IP, Knowledge, JSON, PII, Online shopping

Edgio (NASDAQ: EGIO), the platform of choice for speed, security, and simplicity at the edge, found that web application attacks continued to increase and evolve in the fourth quarter of 2023, as reported in its new Edgio Quarterly Attack Trends Report in which the company analyzed 5.2 billion attack requests.

Key Points: 
  • Edgio (NASDAQ: EGIO), the platform of choice for speed, security, and simplicity at the edge, found that web application attacks continued to increase and evolve in the fourth quarter of 2023, as reported in its new Edgio Quarterly Attack Trends Report in which the company analyzed 5.2 billion attack requests.
  • Unmitigated attacks can lead to even more serious consequences, such as the deployment of ransomware or other malicious software.
  • “As one of the leading edge-computing providers, Edgio has unparalleled visibility into the threats facing web applications today,” said Tom Gorup, Vice President of Security for Edgio.
  • “We are assembling our knowledge and expertise into a quarterly read-out to enable enterprises to better protect their web infrastructure and applications.

Matillion Announces Release of Data Productivity Cloud for Databricks

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Friday, March 8, 2024
Cloud, TUI, Cisco, Machine learning, Databricks, AI, Data science, Data, SQL, Video game

DENVER and MANCHESTER, England, March 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Matillion's Data Productivity Cloud is now available for Databricks, enabling users to access the power of Delta Lake within their data engineering.

Key Points: 
  • The Data Productivity Cloud with Databricks brings no-code data ingestion and transformation capabilities that are purpose-built for Databricks, enabling users to quickly build data pipelines at scale, to be used in AI and analytics projects.
  • Ciaran Dynes, Chief Product Officer at Matillion said: "In the months since launching Data Productivity Cloud, we've continued to integrate more cloud platforms and data sources to bring no-code data engineering tools to every member of the data team.
  • Data Productivity Cloud enables users to easily build data pipelines with any data source for business intelligence and data science projects.
  • Data Productivity Cloud with Databricks offers consolidated billing with Matillion's transparent credit-based pricing model, with setup in minutes.

Taalas emerges from stealth with $50 million in funding and a groundbreaking silicon AI technology

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Engineering, Transformers, Multimedia, National Semiconductor, AI, Moe's, Silicon, Intelligence, Computer, Growth, SQL, Sequoia, GPU, AMD, Organization, Artificial intelligence, Graphics processing unit, Central processing unit, NVIDIA, Video game

TORONTO, March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ - Taalas Inc., an innovator in AI and silicon, is pleased to announce today that it has exited stealth mode and raised $50 million dollars over two rounds of funding led by Pierre Lamond and Quiet Capital.

Key Points: 
  • TORONTO, March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ - Taalas Inc., an innovator in AI and silicon, is pleased to announce today that it has exited stealth mode and raised $50 million dollars over two rounds of funding led by Pierre Lamond and Quiet Capital.
  • Over the last year, AI has undergone a large scale productization and has already begun reshaping the world.
  • Concurrently, deep learning models have become the world's most demanding computational workload, unsustainably capital intensive, power hungry, and GPU constrained.
  • Implementing deep learning models in silicon is the straightest path to sustainable AI," said Ljubisa Bajic, Taalas' CEO.

Oracle Helps Organizations Achieve the Highest Levels of Scalability and Availability, and Address Data Sovereignty Requirements

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Monday, March 4, 2024
Workload, RAG, DBT Online Inc., AI, SQL, Database, Organization, RAC, Automation, IDC, Information technology

AUSTIN, Texas, March 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle today announced the general availability of Oracle Globally Distributed Autonomous Database. Built on Oracle's proven sharding technology, Globally Distributed Autonomous Database delivers the benefits of Oracle Autonomous Database while also giving customers control over data distribution and data placement policies. This enables organizations to automatically distribute and store data across the globe in many physical locations transparently to applications. With this approach, customers can obtain the highest possible levels of scalability and availability, address data sovereignty requirements, and benefit from autonomous operations, significantly reducing costs.

Key Points: 
  • Built on Oracle's proven sharding technology, Globally Distributed Autonomous Database delivers the benefits of Oracle Autonomous Database while also giving customers control over data distribution and data placement policies.
  • This enables organizations to automatically distribute and store data across the globe in many physical locations transparently to applications.
  • With this approach, customers can obtain the highest possible levels of scalability and availability, address data sovereignty requirements, and benefit from autonomous operations, significantly reducing costs.
  • "Organizations with global operations have specific application demands around data sovereignty, scale, and availability that can vary between continents and countries.

Netwrix Continues to Secure Organizations Globally by Securing Their Data, Identities and Infrastructure

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Thursday, February 29, 2024
DLP, Continuity, Architecture, IAM, Identity, SQL, Google Workspace, ARM, Azure, MacOS, Entra, PAM, Risk, Organization, PostgreSQL, Microsoft, Active Directory

FRISCO, Texas, Feb. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Netwrix, a vendor that delivers effective and accessible cybersecurity to any organization, has released new versions of six products since October 2023 and expanded its offering with data loss prevention (DLP) capabilities. The enhancements further help customers face digital threats with confidence by enabling them to identify and protect sensitive data as well as to detect, respond to, and recover from attacks.

Key Points: 
  • Netwrix PolicyPak now enables organizations to solve endpoint management and protection challenges for workstations and laptops with ARM processors without affecting end-user productivity.
  • Privileged access management (PAM) solution:
    Netwrix Privilege Secure now ensures consistent control over privileges across both Microsoft SQL Server and Postgres and provides seamless database migration.
  • Netwrix Change Tracker facilitates compliance with a broad selection of new CIS Benchmarks and Compliance Reports templates.
  • "Netwrix keeps focusing on delivering strong, consistent security measures across the whole on-premises and cloud infrastructure to empower our customers to face digital threats with confidence."

Blueshift Launches New Capabilities for Customer Data & Customer AI at Engage Summit

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Engineering, Sync, SQL, Intelligence, Marketing, Analytics, Catalog, Data, Data science, Entrepreneurship, Commerce, Conference, Content, Customer, Amazon, ClearScore, Data warehouse, Snowflake, BigQuery

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --  Blueshift, the leading platform for intelligent customer engagement, announced three new powerful capabilities that help brands leverage customer data & LLMs in their cross-channel marketing. Announced at Blueshift's Engage Conference, the new innovations include a new Audience Insights module, the addition of Databricks to Blueshift's Data Warehouse Sync module, as well as new LLM-Powered product & content recommendations added to Blueshift's Customer AI.

Key Points: 
  • The new product offerings reflect the theme of Blueshift Engage this year, which is Marketing in the Age of Data & AI.
  • "Today's announcement is a major milestone in making customer data & AI more accessible to marketers," said Vijay Chittoor, Co-Founder and CEO of Blueshift.
  • Blueshift is making it easier to unify and activate all customer data with the introduction of Data Warehouse Sync.
  • Unlock data from data warehouses and combine with real-time customer behavior in Blueshift – giving customers a wider catalog of data warehouses to sync bi-directional data with ease.