Data infrastructure stories

Percona has appointed open source veteran Kyle Davis to spearhead its Redis and Valkey strategy amid shifting database licensing models.

Denodo Platform 9.4 targets production AI with unified governed data access, vector and MCP integration, plus a faster lakehouse engine.

Supply chains gaining real AI returns share one trait: live, shared trade data that turns fragmented logistics into real‑time decisions.

Elastic argues that in an AI-obsessed market, robust search across messy data is the real foundation of trustworthy, profitable experiences.

CData upgrades Connect AI with managed MCP tools, tightening data access, identity controls and live connectivity for enterprise agents.

Lyten buys Northvolt's Swedish battery assets in a USD $5bn deal, planning a Skellefteå hub fusing cell plants with vast AI data centres.

MariaDB moves to buy in-memory specialist GridGain in a bid to deliver sub-millisecond latency for agentic AI and real-time workloads.

Manufacturers reap early AI returns but poor data quality, fragmented tools and network limits block efforts to scale projects enterprise-wide.

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

MSCI appoints ex-Goldman executive Dinesh Gupta as Chief Data Officer and Global Head of Operations to drive its data and AI strategy.

From dashboards to boardrooms, women leaders are turning AI-driven data into ethical, scalable decisions that reshape business strategy.

Reliable, contract-based data pipelines are the real foundation of trustworthy AI, turning fragile experiments into robust, scalable systems.

Sweep debuts Multi-Org Agent to map complex Salesforce estates, cutting analysis from months to days and easing consolidation and AI rollout.

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

VAST Data has launched Polaris, a Kubernetes-based control plane to unify deployment and governance of distributed AI cloud infrastructure.

VAST Data unveils PolicyEngine and TuningEngine to tighten AI agent governance and continuously fine-tune models for safer deployments.

VAST Data launches Cosmos partner programme, unifying routes to market and developer community support to accelerate global AI adoption.

Taara unveils a silicon photonics platform and Taara Beam, a cable-free link delivering fibre-like 25Gbps speeds over distances up to 10km.

Everpure debuts new name on Wall Street and moves deeper into AI by agreeing to acquire data intelligence specialist 1touch.

F5 and Scality deepen their tie-up, fusing security and S3 object storage to bolster hybrid AI workloads across sites and clouds.