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Both OCI File Storage (FSS) and Lustre drastically reduce container image fetch and execution times on repeat accesses. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gYu2nMJV

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Azure Managed Redis is now GA! Check out this cool blog post from our rockstar product manager Purna Mehta for step-by-step guidance on creating your first cache on this brand new Azure 1st Party native offering. #AzureManagedRedis #Azure #Redis Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program

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Elastic compared Elasticsearch semantic text and OpenSearch semantic field in terms of simplicity, configurability, and efficiency. Check out the results: https://gag.gl/sR8YR9 #ElasticSearchLabs

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By migrating to OCI and transitioning to OCI Kubernetes Engine with virtualization enabled on its nodes, CNCF was able to achieve a more flexible cost model—saving an estimated at $1 million annually. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gDm8Daic

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Elastic compared Elasticsearch semantic text and OpenSearch semantic field in terms of simplicity, configurability, and efficiency. Check out the results: https://gag.gl/sR8YR9 #ElasticSearchLabs

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Yesterday, the IBM acquisition of Confluent officially closed...and if the Red Hat acquisition taught us anything, it’s that $11B valuations usually lead to "Cloud Pak" bundles and gated source code. As Jeff Mery breaks down in his latest deep dive, the "IBM Cycle" often trades community-driven innovation for high-margin proprietary features and aggressive audits. If you’re tired of the "Streaming Tax" and want to see how 100% upstream, diskless Kafka can slash your infra costs by 97% before your roadmap gets "IBM-ified," this is the one article you need to read today. Read the full analysis and see the breakdown here: https://lnkd.in/dZ9bBt5V

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Cortex Code CLI is no longer just Snowflake-native — it now supports dbt and Apache Airflow, helping organizations manage modern multi-system stacks with a single agent. Add enterprise-grade governance, expanded model choice, and a new subscription model — and it’s clear this is about building anywhere, securely and at scale. Learn more ⬇️

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Ali Ghodsi sees the Neon acquisition as a foundational move to position Databricks at the center of the AI-agent revolution, providing the speed, scalability needed for AI-native apps. It also addresses a critical gap: enabling enterprises to build AI agents that can reason over proprietary data. https://lnkd.in/d89PDpV3

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"Splunk Federated Search for Snowflake makes it simple for customers to access and act on their #data, uniting business and operational insights in one view," Kamal Hathi, SVP and GM, Splunk "Our integration with Splunk extends Snowflake as a trusted platform for unifying and simplifying #data access at #scale," said Carl Perry, Head of Analytics, Snowflake. " https://lnkd.in/eHRTmBqA

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Great news for Spanner and BigQuery users. Datastream now provides a seamless, serverless bridge from Spanner’s transactional power to the high-performance analytical capabilities of BigQuery and BigLake. Get the most scalable and available database that runs Google with BigQuery and BigLake’s serverless AI-Native Lakehouse!

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At FabCon 2026, Azure Databricks is introducing new capabilities across Lakebase, Lakeflow, and Genie to make it easier to build data and AI applications on Azure. What’s new: • Azure Databricks Lakebase is now GA as the operational database for AI agents • Lakeflow Connect Free Tier allows you to ingest ~100 million records/workspace/day from many popular enterprise data sources • Databricks One Mobile enables access to AI/BI, dashboards, and Genie on-the-go • Genie and Genie Code expand AI-powered analytics and enable agentic workflows for data teams • Azure Databricks Excel add-in connects Excel directly to governed lakehouse data Together, these capabilities simplify how data is ingested, governed, and used to power analytics and AI on Azure.

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