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MariaDB adds auto-scaling and serverless analytics to its cloud database-as-a-service
MariaDB plc today announced the immediate availability of a new release of its SkySQL cloud database-as-a-service with features that help organizations better manage their cloud costs. Most significant is that SkySQL now enables autoscaling, which allocates resources according to demand to scale both up and down as needed and thereby protect customers from overpaying for unneeded capacity. ...
Intel unleashes business-focused vPro platform based on 13th Gen Core processors
Still stinging from the competitive beating it took last year from rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp. today is rolling out a new version of its business-focused vPro personal computer hardware platform today with an emphasis on security, energy efficiency and performance. Intel said it has built dozens of security capabilities into the silicon ...
Oracle’s MySQL HeatWave gets embedded machine learning capabilities
Building on its growing momentum in the market for hybrid transactional/analytical database management systems, Oracle Corp. today added machine learning capabilities, new automation features and improved performance on the Amazon Web Services Inc. cloud to its MySQL HeatWave product. Introduced in late 2020, HeatWave is an in-memory analytic accelerator that scales to thousands of cores, ...
Oracle aims to sustain Java’s 27-year franchise with version 20 rollout
Oracle Corp. today announced the availability of Java 20, the latest version of the popular programming language and development platform. The latest version of the 27-year-old language includes thousands of performance, stability and security improvements and features seven enhancement proposals to the Java Development Kit that are aimed at increasing developer productivity and enhancing performance, ...
Oracle simplifies Kubernetes deployment and operations in its cloud
Oracle Corp. today introduced new features in its cloud-based Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes that it says can improve the reliability and efficiency of large-scale environments using the Kubernetes orchestrator for software containers while also simplifying operations and reducing costs. The enhancements are aimed at companies that want to build and run cloud-native applications on ...
Boomi’s new CEO plans to outmaneuver larger rivals
The past two years have been a wild ride for data integration vendor Boomi Inc. Acquired by Dell Technologies Inc. in 2010, it was sold to private equity firms Francisco Partners Management LLC and TPG Inc. two years ago as Dell sought to pay down debt. Late last year Chief Executive David Meredith stepped down ...
Startup debuts $299 outdoor fire sensor with 10-acre coverage range
With the California fire season looming in early summer, Startup Torch Systems today is launching early-stage outdoor fire and wildfire detection sensors that continuously monitor an area for signs of fire along with a free mobile app that immediately notifies users about fires on their property and in surrounding areas. The $299 device (pictured) provides ...
CelerData expands lakehouse support in StarRocks-based analytics platform
CelerData Inc. maker of a real-time analytics platform based on the StarRocks open-source massively parallel database, today announced version 3 of its enterprise product with enhanced support for the hybrid data warehouse/data lake repositories known as data lakehouses. CelerData, which renamed itself from StarRocks Inc. last year, is the principal developer of StarRocks, a fork ...
ThoughtSpot’s business intelligence platform gets GPT-3 support
ThoughtSpot Inc. is climbing aboard the large language model bandwagon with today’s announcement that it is integrating the popular GPT-3 LLM into its business intelligence platform. GPT-3 is the model that underlies the enormously popular ChatGPT chatbot from OpenAI LLC. ThoughtSpot’s platform allows users to query business data from multiple sources using search engine-like terms and ...
Qualtrics uses machine learning into improve agent, customer experiences
Qualtrics International Inc. is headlining its X4 Experience Management Summit conference in Salt Lake City today with a lineup of new capabilities that leverage machine learning to get a better understanding of customer experiences. The aim is to give call center agents faster and more complete access to information needed to resolve customer issues as ...