Open Data stories

Marketing's future belongs to teams that master open, unified data infrastructure instead of guessing through disconnected systems.

Snowflake adds dbt and Apache Airflow support to Cortex Code CLI and unveils its first standalone subscription for non-Snowflake users.

Anthropic opens Bengaluru hub, naming Irina Ghose India MD as it doubles revenue and ramps local-language AI for schools, farms and courts.

Snowflake launches Postgres and new governance, sharing and backup tools to keep enterprise data ready for production AI workloads.

Etleap launches a unified Iceberg data pipeline platform, promising simpler, scalable management of Apache Iceberg table operations.

Qure.ai lands a multimillion-dollar Gates Foundation grant to build an open lung health data hub and AI ultrasound tools for TB and pneumonia.

Sage's Gretchen O'Hara says trust and agentic AI will determine which channel partners win, grow and keep customers by 2026.

Snowflake doubles AWS Marketplace sales to top USD $2 billion in 2025, underscoring surging enterprise demand for integrated data and AI tools.

Talkdesk expands its partnership with Databricks to unify customer data, enhancing AI-driven automation and personalised experiences on its CXA platform.

Oracle launches Autonomous AI Lakehouse, enabling secure, open data access and AI analytics across multicloud environments including AWS, Azure, and Oracle Cloud.

Snowflake and partners launch the Open Semantic Interchange to create a unified, open standard for semantic data, boosting trust in AI and business intelligence.

SentinelOne will acquire Observo AI to enhance its AI-native security data platform, aiming to improve threat detection and reduce data costs for customers.

Cisco announces Splunk Federated Search for Snowflake, allowing unified data queries across platforms for faster insights in July 2026 globally.

Hitachi Vantara named leader in GigaOm Radar for Object Storage, praised for innovation and SQL-based analytics in its VSP One Object platform.

Cloudera's EVOLVE25 in Singapore celebrates AI innovation, recognising 24 finalists in its Data Impact Awards and fostering industry collaboration on AI challenges.

Microsoft launches Sentinel data lake, cutting security data storage costs to under 10% and boosting threat detection with AI integration.

Teradata has announced support for open table formats Apache Iceberg and Linux Foundation Delta Lake, signalling an innovative shift towards open-source technologies in data management. This will boost Teradata's AI and cloud-based services and grant clients unprecedented flexibility.

AI to catalyse creative industry transformation in 2024, predicts Teradata CEO Steve McMillan, emphasising role of quality data.

OpenUK and UN are partnering to host the 'Patchwork Kilt' challenge, aiming for a carbon-neutral data centre model.

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