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AWS Glue 6.0 cuts prices 30% with Iceberg v3 support
Data governance

AWS Glue 6.0 cuts prices 30% with Iceberg v3 support

Lower ETL bills and broader open-table support may tempt data teams as AWS Glue 6.0 adds Iceberg v3 and new runtimes.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Yesterday
Cloudera launches hybrid AI platform at Singapore event
Hybrid Cloud

Cloudera launches hybrid AI platform at Singapore event

Asia Pacific firms are reworking data systems to meet AI rules, as Cloudera unveils a hybrid platform aimed at keeping data in place.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week
Cloudera launches hybrid cloud platform for AI workloads
Private Cloud

Cloudera launches hybrid cloud platform for AI workloads

The platform is aimed at firms struggling to move AI into production while keeping sensitive data in place across mixed environments.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week
Trusted, real-time customer context: The foundation for faster decisions
Digital Transformation

Trusted, real-time customer context: The foundation for faster decisions

Fast-moving travel and hospitality brands risk missed bookings unless they unify customer data in real time across marketing, care and operations.

By Thomas Koep • 8 min read • Last week
Google Cloud adds Hive Metastore migration to Lakehouse
Data governance

Google Cloud adds Hive Metastore migration to Lakehouse

The serverless catalog could ease a bottleneck for large Spark workloads by moving Hive table metadata without copying underlying data.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week
Google Cloud expands Data Commons on Spanner Graph
Agricultural Technology

Google Cloud expands Data Commons on Spanner Graph

The upgrade lets analysts query more than 400 billion public data points directly in a single graph, easing joins with private data.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • This month
Cloudera named leader in Forrester's data lakehouse wave
Private Cloud

Cloudera named leader in Forrester's data lakehouse wave

The ranking may strengthen Cloudera's pitch to regulated enterprises struggling to move AI pilots into production at scale.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month
Massey researcher backs AI for low-resource languages
Data sovereignty

Massey researcher backs AI for low-resource languages

A new 100,000-sentence dataset could improve translation and classroom tools for Sinhala and Tamil, where AI support remains patchy.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Last month
Apache Ossie joins incubator to standardise metrics
Data Analytics

Apache Ossie joins incubator to standardise metrics

Aiming to cut conflicting analytics results, the project will now be governed by the Apache Software Foundation after support topped 50 organisations.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last month

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Esri Ireland partners DataBuilders to connect data
Smart Cities

Esri Ireland partners DataBuilders to connect data

Irish organisations could cut delivery risk and duplication as the firms link scattered data for GIS, cloud and AI projects.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last week
Beyond capital: How Scotland is shaping the future of fintech
Fintech

Beyond capital: How Scotland is shaping the future of fintech

Private backing and public funding are helping Scottish fintech firms scale AI tools, with Aveni's GBP £12 million round and FRIL's GBP £3.18 million boost.

By Pamela Bryer • 4 min read • This month
Digident launches FleetStart Radar for West Midlands fleets
Software-as-a-Service

Digident launches FleetStart Radar for West Midlands fleets

Fleet suppliers in the West Midlands can now spot licence changes, care-location updates and roadworks risks in one searchable tool.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month
Cambridge releases open AI map of Earth's land surface
Agricultural Technology

Cambridge releases open AI map of Earth's land surface

Governments and researchers can now track land-use change, crop health and biodiversity globally without proprietary systems after Cambridge opened its dataset.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last month
Unit4 launches Data Hub to ease ERPx analytics access
Data Analytics

Unit4 launches Data Hub to ease ERPx analytics access

Finance and analytics teams could cut manual exports as the new service pushes ERP data directly into reporting tools and keeps connections intact.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last month
Open Supply Hub joins GODIN with Wikimedia & Wikirate
Data governance

Open Supply Hub joins GODIN with Wikimedia & Wikirate

The network's reach has widened into supply chains, sustainability and open knowledge as membership rises to 11 organisations.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last month
Biza wins four CDR lenders & adds three executives
Software-as-a-Service

Biza wins four CDR lenders & adds three executives

Its early lead in Australia's Consumer Data Right non-bank lending rollout now spans more than half of the first wave of lenders, while adding three executives.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month
NVIDIA says its models underpin ICML 2026 research
Robotics

NVIDIA says its models underpin ICML 2026 research

Research papers at ICML 2026 increasingly leaned on NVIDIA's chips and open models, underlining its reach across robotics, biomedicine and AI.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month