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New Relic launches Autopilot & Ground Truth for AI
Software-as-a-Service

New Relic launches Autopilot & Ground Truth for AI

Businesses running AI agents may now route incident response and observability data through New Relic's new tools, aimed at cutting operational toil.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month
Cloudflare builds Town Lake data platform with Skipper
Data Protection

Cloudflare builds Town Lake data platform with Skipper

Billing now accounts for most usage of Cloudflare's new internal platform, as staff query live data through Trino-backed Town Lake and Skipper.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 29th May 2026
IBM & Red Hat launch £5bn open-source security plan
Fintech

IBM & Red Hat launch £5bn open-source security plan

The move targets vulnerabilities in software used by large firms, as AI makes it easier to find and exploit flaws.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 29th May 2026
Grafana Labs launches Grafana 13 with observability updates
Virtualisation

Grafana Labs launches Grafana 13 with observability updates

The release aims to ease log searching and dashboard management as engineering teams wrestle with rising telemetry volumes and system complexity.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Thu, 23rd Apr 2026
Confluent links AI agents & boosts anomaly detection
DevOps

Confluent links AI agents & boosts anomaly detection

Confluent upgrades its AI toolkit to link agents over live data streams and add multivariate anomaly detection for faster issue spotting.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 27th Feb 2026
eBPF report shows efficiency, security gains at scale
Ransomware

eBPF report shows efficiency, security gains at scale

eBPF report finds major cloud players cutting CPU, traffic costs and boosting security at scale, signalling a shift to kernel-level control.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Fri, 13th Feb 2026
BMC adds AI copilots, events & guidance to Control-M
DevOps

BMC adds AI copilots, events & guidance to Control-M

BMC injects generative AI into Control-M and AMI, adding NLP workflow design, event-driven orchestration and embedded mainframe guidance.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Wed, 21st Jan 2026
From AI pilots to productions: Why 2026 will be the year APAC organisations go all-in on real-time
Gaming

From AI pilots to productions: Why 2026 will be the year APAC organisations go all-in on real-time

APAC firms are shifting from AI pilots to real-time, scaled deployments in 2026 as data, ROI demands and regulation rapidly converge.

By Nick Dearden • 5 min read • Wed, 17th Dec 2025
Snowflake unveils new AI-powered data tools & expands platform
Disaster Recovery

Snowflake unveils new AI-powered data tools & expands platform

Snowflake launches AI-enhanced data tools and expands its platform with Horizon Catalog, Openflow, and Snowflake Postgres for secure, integrated data management.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 5th Nov 2025
Teradata & Fivetran team up to streamline data integration
Software-as-a-Service

Teradata & Fivetran team up to streamline data integration

Teradata partners with Fivetran to streamline automated data integration, enabling real-time data movement into Teradata VantageCloud for AI and analytics.

By Melania Watson • 4 min read • Fri, 30th May 2025
Starburst rolls out AI features for unified data access
Data Analytics

Starburst rolls out AI features for unified data access

Starburst unveils new platform features to unify data access and boost enterprise AI projects across hybrid and multi-cloud environments securely.

By Kaleah Salmon • 5 min read • Thu, 22nd May 2025
Confluent sees strong growth in Q4 2024 cloud revenue
Financial results

Confluent sees strong growth in Q4 2024 cloud revenue

Confluent has reported robust growth in Q4 2024, with cloud revenue soaring by 38% year-on-year to USD $138 million, reflecting strong demand for its data services.

By Sean Mitchell • 2 min read • Wed, 12th Feb 2025
Exclusive: Why Modica Group implemented Confluent's game-changing solution
Information Communication & Technology

Exclusive: Why Modica Group implemented Confluent's game-changing solution

Modica Group's CTO Bruno Lago shares insights on implementing Confluent's Kafka, revolutionizing enterprise messaging.

By Tom Raynel • 3 min read • Wed, 13th Dec 2023
Video: 10 Minute IT Jams - An update from NetApp with Matthew Hurford
Storage

Video: 10 Minute IT Jams - An update from NetApp with Matthew Hurford

NetApp's Matthew Hurford discusses the company's partnership with the Children's Cancer Institute in the APAC region. #technews #partnership.

By Tom Raynel • 6 min read • Mon, 30th Oct 2023

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meshIQ adds agentic AI & petabyte telemetry support
DevOps

meshIQ adds agentic AI & petabyte telemetry support

Enterprises could cut outages and speed troubleshooting as the update unifies middleware monitoring and analyses petabyte-scale telemetry.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Sat, 16th May 2026
TenneT Netherlands deploys ReFlow for faster grid checks
Virtualisation

TenneT Netherlands deploys ReFlow for faster grid checks

Grid security checks at the Dutch operator now run at least ten times faster, easing congestion analysis and outage planning as demand grows.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Thu, 23rd Apr 2026
Solace unveils micro-integrations for real-time data flow
Software-as-a-Service

Solace unveils micro-integrations for real-time data flow

Solace has unveiled its new PubSub+ Micro-Integrations, enhancing real-time connectivity across various enterprise technologies for improved data integration.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 18th Dec 2024