Data Management

How we replaced Azure Redis with Memcached

Although we had to implement a self-healing cache mechanism directly within our application, switching to Memcached saves us $5,000 per month.

Informatica extends MDM support to Microsoft Azure, Oracle

The partnerships are aimed at providing more accurate data for building applications for agentic and other generative AI use cases.

Databricks to acquire open-source database startup Neon to build the next wave of AI agents

Neon can spin up databases in milliseconds, making it ideal for building, and running, agentic AI.

Boomi launches agentic AI tools, announces AWS collaboration

Support for Model Context Protocol (MCP) is also on the roadmap.

Informatica adds agents to automate its Intelligent Data Management Cloud

Informatica adds agents to automate its Intelligent Data Management Cloud

There are also new tools for building agents, intended to help enterprises automate the ingestion and cleaning of data, and generation of data pipelines.

What ‘cloud first’ can teach us about ‘AI first’

The rush to the cloud was an expensive experiment for many. AI could be a repeat without careful evaluation and planning.

MySQL at 30: Still important but no longer king

Once the main go-to database for developers, MySQL has lost ground to Postgres and other specialized databases.

How MCP could add value to MongoDB databases

Analysts believe that all database vendors will soon start adding the Model Context Protocol to their offerings to aid developers with LLM app development.

Redis bets big on an open source return

The company is hopeful that changing its license will allow it to better compete with the Valkey fork.

Why hasn’t cheaper hardware lowered cloud prices?

Enterprises should look at cost-effective alternatives like private clouds, colocation, managed service providers, or hybrid solutions.