Anirban Ghoshal
Senior Writer
Anirban Ghoshal is a senior writer, covering enterprise software for CIO and databases and cloud infrastructure for InfoWorld.
IBM acquires SaaS-based PrestoDB provider Ahana
IBM’s will join the Presto Foundation and aid in the development of PrestoDB.
AWS' Bedrock offers foundation models to build generative AI apps
The new AWS cloud service, Amazon Bedrock, is designed to let enterprises select foundation models for building their own generative AI applications for targeted use cases and commercial use.
Why did Databricks open source its LLM in the form of Dolly 2.0?
Open-source based large language models like Dolly are in high demand as enterprises want to use them for targeted or specific use cases, analysts said.
Here’s why Oracle is offering Database 23c free to developers
Oracle’s change in strategy to release a developer-first version of its new database is linked to the company’s plans to defend its market dominance and look at innovative ways to acquire new customers, analysts said.
Databricks launches lakehouse for manufacturing sector
The new industry-specific lakehouse could help Databricks increase lakehouse adoption, according to analysts.
MariaDB SkySQL adds serverless analytics, cost management features
The new release of the managed database as a service removes the need for extracting, transforming, and loading data by adding a ‘serverless’ layer powered by Apache Spark SQL.
Google ambushes on-prem PostgreSQL with AlloyDB Omni
Google is previewing a downloadable, ML-tuned version of its PostgreSQL-compatible AlloyDB, which it claims is 2x faster than standard Postgres for transactional workloads and 100x faster for analytical queries.
YugabyteDB Managed adds managed command line interface
The new updates to the managed version of Yugabyte’s open source distributed SQL database include support for AWS PrivateLink, improved observability, and faster scalability.
AWS adds ML-based call analytics capabilities to Amazon Chime SDK
The new updates include tweaks to the AWS Management Console that will allow developers to integrate machine learning-based services into audio applications without the need to write code or require any expertise in cloud...
Oracle adds machine learning features to MySQL HeatWave
In addition to updating MySQL HeatWave’s AutoML and Autopilot, Oracle will now offer a small shape for the service, targeting customers with smaller volumes of data.
Splunk adds new security and observability features
New security and observability features will be added to Splunk Mission Control and its Observability Cloud to identify threats and incidents more efficiently, the company said.