Data management stories

The UK Ministry of Defence has deepened its Oracle cloud ties to modernise legacy systems, boost AI adoption and treat data as a core asset.

Acronis launches encrypted archival storage for MSPs and SMEs, promising rapid access, WORM immutability and predictable long-term pricing.

Forrester flags cooler optimism for 2026 tech budgets as leaders juggle AI-driven investment plans with rising geopolitical and cyber risks.

RecordPoint appoints a new revenue chief and partner director to ramp up global AI data governance push for heavily regulated sectors.

Datadobi promotes Daniel Esposito to lead global alliances, targeting services-led partners for unstructured data and governance projects.

Indian firms ramp up AI pilots for customer engagement and marketing, but most still struggle to prove real returns and scale deployments.

Clean, trusted data is emerging as Australia’s invisible infrastructure, vital to unity, fair access to services and a resilient digital future.

Commvault unveils Unified Data Vault, an S3-compatible cloud service that centralises encryption, immutability and governance for backups.

OWC has doubled its ThunderBlade X12 portable Thunderbolt 5 RAID SSD to 192TB, targeting filmmakers needing ultra-fast, on-set shuttle storage.

AI will reshape risk, trust and compliance in 2026 as firms swap hype for embedded tools, tighter controls and higher regulatory scrutiny.

SAS predicts agentic AI will run core banking by 2026, reshaping trust, fraud defences, climate risk and quantum-powered decision making.

WTW links its Radar platform with Databricks to cut insurer data turnaround to minutes and tighten governance on pricing and analytics work.

iManage predicts 2026 will bring an agentic AI reality check, routine hallucination risk management and machine-led data restructuring.

Klaviyo forecasts 2026 surge in AI voice shopping, automated returns and connected-device purchases reshaping how consumers buy.

Informatica named a Leader in Gartner’s 2026 Magic Quadrant for data and analytics governance platforms, driven by its IDMC cloud platform.

NetApp names Binary Global and Swan Solutions as joint India partners of the year, as it eyes a USD $126.8 billion digital market by 2033.

Percona spins out its Everest platform as OpenEverest and forms Solanica to drive open governance and community-led database automation.

Percona unveils Percona Packages, fixed-scope services to boost open database performance and AI readiness amid rising skills gaps.

University of Leeds teams with Oakland Everything Data to build a ‘single version of the student’ and embed data in decisions campus-wide.

Blue Cloud joins BSNL’s 5G FWA partner panel in Maharashtra and Goa, tying in Konkan Railway plans and forecast INR ₹178 crore in two years.