Cloud Database Report | John Foley | Substack

A Year of Database Glitches, Failures & Outages. Can AI Fix This?

AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Oracle, Slack, and Snowflake didn't escape unscathed.

Dec 23, 2025 • John Foley

Amazon CTO Werner Vogels: How Software Pros Can Survive and Thrive in the Age of AI

In his final re:Invent keynote, Vogels presented a five-point plan for career success.

Dec 15, 2025 • John Foley

Salesforce and Informatica: 7 Next Steps in the Pursuit of AI Agent Leadership

Good data only gets you so far. Context is everything.

Dec 11, 2025 • John Foley

The Aftermath of AWS's Crippling Database Glitch

Increased error rates, health check failures, connectivity issues, and DNS resolution problems wreaked havoc on sites, services, and apps.

Oct 24, 2025 • John Foley

AI Agents: 10 New Developments from Google Cloud, IBM, Microsoft, Open AI, Oracle and others

There's a flurry of activity as industry leaders build out their agentic platforms

Oct 9, 2025 • John Foley

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