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AI day spotlights sovereignty, storage & data woes
Hybrid Cloud

AI day spotlights sovereignty, storage & data woes

Public and enterprise AI roll-outs are running into sovereignty, storage and data-governance problems as projects move from pilots to production.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 6 min read • 3 days ago
Valantor buys EyeLevel to launch visual intelligence
Data Protection

Valantor buys EyeLevel to launch visual intelligence

Enterprises can now run AI on sensitive documents in private or air-gapped systems, reducing security and compliance risks.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 3 days ago
Businesses shift from AI pilots to trust & results
Software-as-a-Service

Businesses shift from AI pilots to trust & results

Businesses are now weighing whether AI can cut workloads and risks in core operations, rather than just speed up pilots and paperwork.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 7 min read • Last week
Google Cloud says firms need AI infrastructure upgrades
Storage

Google Cloud says firms need AI infrastructure upgrades

Most organisations must upgrade their systems to run agentic AI in production, as cloud costs, governance and energy use climb.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last week
Nasuni wins sixth NorthFace award, tops G2 reports
Software-as-a-Service

Nasuni wins sixth NorthFace award, tops G2 reports

Audited feedback has lifted Nasuni's customer-service standing, with a 98% CSAT score and top G2 placements across 15 categories.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • This month
Organisations lose sight of employee AI use, report finds
Data Protection

Organisations lose sight of employee AI use, report finds

More firms are using AI daily, but AvePoint found unauthorised access incidents remain widespread as governance trails behind adoption.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • This month
Hitachi Vantara named leader in GigaOm unstructured data
Data Protection

Hitachi Vantara named leader in GigaOm unstructured data

Enterprises face mounting pressure to govern unstructured data for AI, after GigaOm again ranked Hitachi Vantara as a leader and fast mover.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • This month
Google opens BigQuery conversational analytics to users
Data Analytics

Google opens BigQuery conversational analytics to users

Businesses can now query BigQuery in plain English, with Google adding audit trails, access controls and scheduled AI analyses.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • This month
Google adds AI.AGG for BigQuery natural-language SQL
Data Analytics

Google adds AI.AGG for BigQuery natural-language SQL

Analysts can now summarise millions of unstructured rows in BigQuery SQL, as Google's new preview function flags patterns in text and images.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month
EDB launches agentic Postgres AI with governance tools
Private Cloud

EDB launches agentic Postgres AI with governance tools

Enterprises can now run AI agents on live PostgreSQL data with governance controls, as EDB expands its Postgres AI platform.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Last month
Komprise launches Transparent File Tables for AI analytics
Hybrid Cloud

Komprise launches Transparent File Tables for AI analytics

Enterprises can now query file-based data in Snowflake and Databricks without first moving petabytes into a lakehouse, cutting AI prep delays.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Last month
Storage to strategy: Everpure pivots to data intelligence
Software-as-a-Service

Storage to strategy: Everpure pivots to data intelligence

Enterprises wrestling with AI readiness and data sovereignty may gain clearer governance as Everpure adds a new intelligence layer.

By David Shilovsky • 5 min read • Last month
Linux Foundation launches DocLang group for AI documents
Digital Transformation

Linux Foundation launches DocLang group for AI documents

It aims to solve a key enterprise AI problem by standardising how software reads PDFs, Word files and images without losing layout or meaning.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last month
HPE expands Nvidia AI Factory with Vera CPU & security
Virtualisation

HPE expands Nvidia AI Factory with Vera CPU & security

Enterprise users will get tighter controls over AI agents as HPE adds Nvidia's Vera CPU, Agent Toolkit and confidential computing to its factory portfolio.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month
Databricks launches Genie One AI coworker for businesses
Customer Experience

Databricks launches Genie One AI coworker for businesses

Businesses can now query governed company data in natural language as Databricks expands its Genie suite to reduce errors and speed decisions.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Last month

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Vasion launches print automation for AI data control
Software-as-a-Service

Vasion launches print automation for AI data control

The software aims to stop printed and scanned documents slipping outside managed workflows, a growing compliance risk for AI-heavy firms.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Last month
Everpure launches Data Stream for enterprise AI data
Software-as-a-Service

Everpure launches Data Stream for enterprise AI data

The launch targets firms struggling to keep AI projects fed with clean, unified data as fragmented storage can leave GPUs idle.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month