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Database Snafu Caused 6-Hour Outage on Bitcoin Exchange
A faulty upgrade was to blame, but the bigger issue for many is growing IT complexity.
 • John Foley
The Rise of AI Databases: Oracle, Microsoft, Databricks, Google Cloud
Is this a new way of managing AI data and workloads—or another hype cycle?
 • John Foley
A Year of Database Glitches, Failures & Outages. Can AI Fix This?
AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Oracle, Slack, and Snowflake didn't escape unscathed.
 • 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.
 • 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.
 • 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.
 • 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
 • John Foley
How Air-Filled Fiber Promises to Ease the Data Center Capacity Crunch
Hollow Core Fiber allows for a bigger geographic footprint by moving data faster and farther than traditional fiber cable.
 • John Foley
Larry Ellison Hints at What's Next: Oracle AI Database
What can Oracle do for an encore to its Q1 earnings? A new multi-cloud AI database service is coming.
 • John Foley
MongoDB Responds as AWS, Google, Microsoft Back Open Source Alternative
'Why do we hear so much about Postgres adoption?' asked one analyst.
 • John Foley
Databricks Targets AI Database Market with $1B in New Funding
CEO Ali Ghodsi: 'There's a new user. The user is not human.'
 • John Foley
Agentic Analytics: Salesforce Envisions Business Intelligence for Everyone
Autonomous AI agents are like having an analytics expert in your pocket
 • John Foley
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