Businesses risk losing up to $87 million a year if they fail to catch up with AI innovation, according to the Couchbase FY 2026 CIO AI Survey released this month.
                    
			            - By David  Ramel
 - July 31, 2025
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In a bid to bolster its enterprise-aimed AI capabilities, IBM is planning to acquire Datastax, a leading AI and data solutions provider, for an undisclosed amount.
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
 - February 28, 2025
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Despite their dominance in other areas of enterprise tech, the cloud's "Big 3" -- Amazon, Microsoft and Google -- have yet to conquer the data integration market.
                    
			            - By David  Ramel
 - January 13, 2025
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    For MSPs to build a  successful generative AI practice, they need to know their customers' data. This requires hiring a data analyst -- or becoming one yourself.
                    
			            - By Howard M. Cohen
 - November 12, 2024
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Oracle Database@Azure infrastructure-as-a-service offering from Oracle and Microsoft is getting new capabilities, including integrations with key Microsoft data and security services.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
 - September 10, 2024
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's AI-powered Purview solution to address governance and security challenges is set to become generally available on Sept. 1.
                    
			            - By Chris  Paoli
 - July 17, 2024
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is the runaway leader of the analytics/business intelligence (ABI) product space, according to data from research firm Gartner.
                    
			            - By David  Ramel
 - June 25, 2024
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    To give generative AI leader OpenAI more room to innovate, Microsoft and Oracle have agreed to combine their respective cloud capacities.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
 - June 17, 2024
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is offering a free new Azure Expert Assessment option for organizations.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - November 29, 2023
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    AvePoint introduced Opus, its new artificial intelligence-based "information lifecycle management" solution.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - October 10, 2023
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    SQL Server 2014 is still a supported product into mid-2024, but Microsoft has opened partner sales of Extended Security Updates for it this month.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - October 05, 2023
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft will "retire" its Azure Database for MariaDB service on Sept. 19, 2025.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - September 26, 2023
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft and Oracle announced "Oracle Database@Azure," a new collaborative infrastructure-as-a-service offering.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - September 14, 2023
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft last week announced that its upcoming SQL Server 2022 Release Candidate (RC) 0 is now available. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - August 29, 2022
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Oracle Database Service for Microsoft Azure, a joint venture between Microsoft and Oracle, is now generally available.
                    
			            - By Chris  Paoli
 - July 20, 2022