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Hitachi Vantara’s Virtual Storage Platform One (VSP One) has been named a winner in CRN’s 2025 Products of the Year Awards in the Storage – Cloud-Focused category, a recognition that underscores the vendor’s push to position VSP One as a unifying platform for hybrid and multi‑cloud data...

VAST Data’s decision to bring its VAST AI Operating System (AI OS) to Microsoft Azure marks a deliberate push to treat the cloud as more than just a compute utility — instead, a managed platform for agentic AI where data, fast retrieval, and autonomous agents operate together under unified...

VAST Data’s AI Operating System is coming to Microsoft Azure, a move that promises to unify data and AI pipelines across on‑premises, hybrid, and multi‑cloud environments while plugging VAST’s data services directly into Azure’s infrastructure and toolchain. Announced at Microsoft Ignite, the...

Cognizant’s announced agreement to acquire 3Cloud is a tightly targeted, strategic play to bulk up Azure engineering capacity and accelerate enterprise AI delivery—folding a high‑velocity, Azure‑native services firm into one of the world’s largest systems integrators and positioning the combined...

Simpson Associates has taken a decisive step to scale its Microsoft-centric data and AI practice after securing strategic growth capital from Beech Tree Private Equity in a transaction announced on 24 October 2025, a move that funds accelerated organic expansion, investment in agentic AI...

Kajima’s decision to move core application development in‑house — building what the company calls Kajima ChatAI and shifting systems that use critical internal data away from traditional vendor-led projects — marks a clear pivot from procurement-driven IT toward platform‑led, data‑centric...

Matt Hobbs of PwC argues that business transformation built around cloud, data, and AI must be outcomes-first, and that the practical work of modernization — decomposing legacy logic, addressing technical debt, and building an integration fabric he calls Agent OS — is what separates pilot...

Veeam has released its first pre-configured, pre-hardened software appliance for the Veeam Data Platform — a hardware‑agnostic, Linux‑based delivery of Veeam Backup & Replication that promises faster deployments, built‑in immutability and Zero Trust controls, automated patching, and instant...

HGF has engaged Simpson Associates to modernise its entire data estate on Microsoft Fabric and roll out Microsoft Power BI dashboards, a strategic move the IP firm says will centralise data, automate reporting pipelines, and deliver governed, near‑real‑time executive insights across legal...

With data at the heart of modern business strategy, few leaders have embodied the fusion of technical prowess and future-driven strategy quite like Abhinav Bobba. Over a distinguished 14-year career in cloud data engineering, Abhinav has become recognized as a pioneering force in...

A thriving, forward-looking metropolis is judged not only by its skyline or population growth but by its ability to harness its data for public good. For one major Canadian city, aspirations went far beyond business-as-usual. Motivated by the drive to maintain and enhance its global municipal...

In an era defined by rapid technological advancement and the relentless pursuit of competitive advantage, enterprises across the globe increasingly look toward data-driven solutions as central pillars of transformation. Among the front-runners in this arena stands Genpact, an advanced technology...

In a significant move to bolster West Africa's digital transformation, Tier 5 Technologies, a prominent enterprise IT and cloud services provider in the region, has announced a strategic partnership with MongoDB, a leading global database platform. This collaboration aims to modernize...

Databricks and Microsoft have recently announced an extension of their multi-year partnership, aiming to empower organizations to harness data and artificial intelligence (AI) more effectively. This collaboration builds upon their existing relationship, introducing deeper integrations and new...

SQL Server 2025’s unveiling at Build 2025 marked a pivotal chapter not merely for Microsoft but for the greater global data management community. Its entrance into public preview has set off a cascade of anticipation, debate, and technical analysis throughout the data platform world. As one of...

In a significant move to bolster cloud-based analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, Microsoft and Databricks have announced an extension of their strategic partnership, focusing on enhancing Azure Databricks services. This collaboration aims to provide organizations with a...

In the rapidly evolving landscape of enterprise data analytics, a quiet revolution is underway. As businesses double down on artificial intelligence and place more pressure on data-driven insights, one of the perennial challenges remains: enabling every employee, regardless of technical...

The evolution of enterprise technology over the past several years has been punctuated by massive, industry-shaking events and slow-burning trends alike, but few editorial projects have captured the nuance of this transformation quite like Dave Vellante’s “Breaking Analysis.” This weekly...

Microsoft's recent integration of transactional databases into its Fabric analytics platform marks a significant evolution in data management and analytics. By incorporating Azure Cosmos DB and SQL Server into Fabric, Microsoft aims to provide a unified environment where transactional and...

As organizations worldwide race to harness the transformative power of artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced analytics, Microsoft is taking a bold step by unifying data and AI capabilities within its growing Microsoft Fabric platform. This strategic move, highlighted at the company’s recent...