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Confluent links AI agents & boosts anomaly detection

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Confluent upgrades its AI toolkit to link agents over live data streams and add multivariate anomaly detection for faster issue spotting.
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eBPF report shows efficiency, security gains at scale

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eBPF report finds major cloud players cutting CPU, traffic costs and boosting security at scale, signalling a shift to kernel-level control.
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BMC adds AI copilots, events & guidance to Control-M

Wed, 21st Jan 2026
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BMC injects generative AI into Control-M and AMI, adding NLP workflow design, event-driven orchestration and embedded mainframe guidance.
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From AI pilots to productions: Why 2026 will be the year APAC organisations go all-in on real-time

Wed, 17th Dec 2025
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APAC firms are shifting from AI pilots to real-time, scaled deployments in 2026 as data, ROI demands and regulation rapidly converge.
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Snowflake unveils new AI-powered data tools & expands platform

Wed, 5th Nov 2025
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Snowflake launches AI-enhanced data tools and expands its platform with Horizon Catalog, Openflow, and Snowflake Postgres for secure, integrated data management.
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Teradata & Fivetran team up to streamline data integration

Fri, 30th May 2025
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Teradata partners with Fivetran to streamline automated data integration, enabling real-time data movement into Teradata VantageCloud for AI and analytics.
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Starburst rolls out AI features for unified data access

Thu, 22nd May 2025
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Starburst unveils new platform features to unify data access and boost enterprise AI projects across hybrid and multi-cloud environments securely.
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Confluent sees strong growth in Q4 2024 cloud revenue

Wed, 12th Feb 2025
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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.
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Solace unveils micro-integrations for real-time data flow

Wed, 18th Dec 2024
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Solace has unveiled its new PubSub+ Micro-Integrations, enhancing real-time connectivity across various enterprise technologies for improved data integration.
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Video: 10 Minute IT Jams - An update from NetApp with Matthew Hurford

Mon, 30th Oct 2023
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NetApp's Matthew Hurford discusses the company's partnership with the Children's Cancer Institute in the APAC region. #technews #partnership.
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Confluent reimagines data pipelines with Stream Designer

Thu, 6th Oct 2022
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It will accelerate the shift to real-time with the industry's 1st visual interface for building, testing, and deploying data pipelines natively on Apache Kafka.
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Confluent launches new technology initiatives for data silos

Mon, 24th Jan 2022
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Open source data streaming company Confluent has launched its expansion of new connectors and on-demand scaling to break down data silos.
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Video: 10 Minute IT Jams - Who is Hazelcast?

Wed, 15th Sep 2021
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Hazelcast is an in-memory computing platform that enables organisations to leverage memory resources for data at rest and in motion.