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Progress Software pleases investors as it beats expectations and raises its full-year guidance

BY MIKE WHEATLEY - 31 MARCH 2025

Things are looking up for Progress Software Corp. after it posted a solid earnings and revenue beat and raised its full-year outlook, sending its stock higher in extended trading. The…

StarTree boosts AI agent support in its real-time analytics platform

BIG DATA . BY PAUL GILLIN . 30 APRIL 2025

StarTree Inc., the developer of a managed service based on the Apache Pinot real-time data analytics platform, is enhancing support for artificial intelligence workloads with two enhancements being announced today. They include support for Anthropic PBC’s Model Context Protocol and vector embedding model hosting. MCP provides a standardized way for AI applications to connect with and […]
Rohit Choudhary, founder and chief executive officer of Acceldata, talks about data observability and governance at the Data + Cloud Summit.

Acceldata can now spot data anomalies across multiple dimensions

BIG DATA . BY PAUL GILLIN . 29 APRIL 2025

Data observability vendor Acceldata Inc. today announced Adaptive AI Anomaly Detection capabilities in its xLake Reasoning Engine that automatically identify hidden, multidimensional data anomalies before they can disrupt business operations. Launched in February, the xLake Reasoning Engine is a core component of the company’s Agentic Data Management platform. It operates across various environments, including hyperscale […]

Datadog snaps up Metaplane to improve data quality for AI applications and systems

BIG DATA . BY MIKE WHEATLEY . 23 APRIL 2025

Cloud security and application monitoring giant Datadog Inc. said today it’s looking to expand the scope of its data observability offerings after acquiring a startup called Metaplane. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Datadog stressed that Metaplane will help to accelerate its push into the area of data observability, where it […]

Relyance AI’s new data tracking tool paves the way for greater AI accountability and explainability

BIG DATA . BY MIKE WHEATLEY . 22 APRIL 2025

The ambitious big-data governance startup Relyance AI Inc. wants to tackle one of the biggest roadblocks preventing highly regulated enterprises from adopting artificial intelligence with the launch of a new platform called Data Journeys. The company said today that Data Journeys is all about helping companies to understand how their data travels across a labyrinth […]

Supabase reels in $200M for its open-source relational database

BIG DATA . BY MARIA DEUTSCHER . 22 APRIL 2025

Database developer Supabase Inc. has raised $200 million in funding from a group of prominent investors at a $2 billion valuation. Fortune reported the investment today. The round included the participation of Accel, Coatue, Y Combinator, Craft Ventures and Felicis. The venture capital firms were joined by multiple angel investors, including OpenAI Chief Product Officer […]
Explore how businesses are tackling digital complexities with AI, observability, and innovation to stay resilient and future-ready.

AI, outages and scale: Inside Dynatrace’s take on navigating digital chaos

BIG DATA . BY VICTOR DABRINZE . 22 APRIL 2025

The digital evolution peppering today’s business landscape is redefining how companies operate and compete. But as organizations rush to harness the power of artificial intelligence and cloud technologies, they must also contend with growing digital complexities — from tangled data environments to fragmented systems — that challenge agility and scalability. To remain competitive, businesses need […]