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Inde appoints Nish Sudhakaran as AI & data director
Digital Transformation

Inde appoints Nish Sudhakaran as AI & data director

The hire bolsters Inde's push into AI and data services as New Zealand firms grapple with governance and security before deployment.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last week

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Teradata links Autonomous Knowledge Platform to OneLake
Hybrid Cloud

Teradata links Autonomous Knowledge Platform to OneLake

Customers can analyse data without copying it, as the link between Teradata and Microsoft OneLake cuts pipeline costs and governance overhead.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 2 days ago
Teradata links Autonomous Knowledge Platform to OneLake
Hybrid Cloud

Teradata links Autonomous Knowledge Platform to OneLake

Customers can run AI workloads on OneLake data in place, reducing the need for ETL pipelines and duplicate copies across systems.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • 3 days ago
ClickHouse buys RunReveal to boost security analytics
Security Information and Event Management

ClickHouse buys RunReveal to boost security analytics

Security teams could get faster investigations as ClickHouse folds RunReveal's platform expertise into its database business.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • 3 days ago
The importance of data enrichment in financial services
Data Analytics

The importance of data enrichment in financial services

Verified records can sharpen lending, fraud and compliance decisions, while enrichment on faulty customer data can simply scale the errors.

By Edmund Ng • 6 min read • 4 days ago
Nasuni acquires DryvIQ to boost file data governance
Software-as-a-Service

Nasuni acquires DryvIQ to boost file data governance

The deal gives enterprises one platform to classify and govern unstructured files before using them in AI systems, reducing compliance risk.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week
Snowflake names Adrian De Luca APJ engineering chief
Software-as-a-Service

Snowflake names Adrian De Luca APJ engineering chief

The hire signals Snowflake's push to deepen customer support in APJ as enterprises race to operationalise data and AI projects.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week
Auxia launches Agent Studio for AI marketing workflows
Software-as-a-Service

Auxia launches Agent Studio for AI marketing workflows

Marketers could cut manual campaign work as Auxia links AI agents to existing tools, after surpassing 200 billion personalisation decisions.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Last week
AWS Glue 6.0 cuts prices 30% with Iceberg v3 support
Data governance

AWS Glue 6.0 cuts prices 30% with Iceberg v3 support

Lower ETL bills and broader open-table support may tempt data teams as AWS Glue 6.0 adds Iceberg v3 and new runtimes.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last week
AgProcure wins Qlik award for contract analytics platform
Data Analytics

AgProcure wins Qlik award for contract analytics platform

The award underscores how AgProcure's automation could speed contract checks and reporting for retailers handling large volumes of purchasing data.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Last week

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Aerospike names Don Dama as Chief Executive Officer
Digital Transformation

Aerospike names Don Dama as Chief Executive Officer

Its push into operational AI comes as about half of last year's revenue already came from machine learning and real-time data workloads.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • 4 days ago
Grata brings private market data to Perplexity Computer
Software-as-a-Service

Grata brings private market data to Perplexity Computer

Dealmakers can now query verified data on 22 million private companies inside Perplexity Computer, avoiding separate database searches.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week
Nearmap builds AI moat from 20 years of aerial data
Software-as-a-Service

Nearmap builds AI moat from 20 years of aerial data

Property insurers and planners are tapping recurring aerial captures as Nearmap turns 20 years of imagery into AI-driven property data.

By Sean Mitchell • 7 min read • Last week
Big AI moves at Lendi Group, brokers and customers benefit
Digital Transformation

Big AI moves at Lendi Group, brokers and customers benefit

More deals and faster lender integrations are expected as Lendi shifts its mortgage platform towards agentic AI for 1,300 brokers.

By Sean Mitchell • 6 min read • Last week
Snowflake & Mandai launch Animal 360 for animal care
Data Analytics

Snowflake & Mandai launch Animal 360 for animal care

Keepers and vets at Mandai Wildlife Reserve can now query 600,000 records in seconds, cutting time spent piecing together animal histories.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week
SCX.ai & DDN expand Australia's sovereign AI cloud
Data centers

SCX.ai & DDN expand Australia's sovereign AI cloud

Australian organisations could soon keep more AI workloads onshore as SCX.ai and DDN add capacity aimed at faster, sovereign inferencing.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week
Attentive launches AI Grow to boost email sign-ups
Customer Relationship Management

Attentive launches AI Grow to boost email sign-ups

Retailers may lift sign-ups from existing traffic after beta tests showed a median 25% increase in email and SMS subscriptions.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month