MariaDB Acquires Codership to Enhance Enterprise Database Uptime
📅 - MariaDB has announced its acquisition of Codership Oy, a Finnish software company known for developing Galera Cluster, a synchronous multi-master database clustering technology. This move would mark a significant step in MariaDB's ongoing effort to enhance its high availability and replication capabilities across enterprise environments. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Galera Cluster has played a foundational role in MariaDB's platform for nearly a decade, having been integrated as a standard component of MariaDB Server for more than nine years. The cluster technology enables zero data loss, high uptime, and seamless scalability - qualities that are increasingly [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
📅 - AWS Unveils Aurora DSQL for Global Distributed SQL Applications - Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the general availability of Amazon Aurora DSQL, a serverless, distributed SQL database designed to support the development of highly available, low-latency, and globally consistent applications. With this launch, AWS aims to eliminate the traditional trade-offs between latency and strong consistency that have long challenged developers building globally distributed systems.
Aurora DSQL is now broadly accessible in eight AWS regions across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, with additional regions expected to come online soon. This release is a significant milestone in AWS's database evolution, marking a shift toward offering high-performance, [...]
📅 - Zscaler Buys Red Canary to Redefine AI-Driven Security Operations - Zscaler, a global leader in cloud security, has announced its intent to acquire Red Canary, a prominent player in Managed Detection and Response (MDR). The move is positioned to significantly accelerate innovation in AI-powered cybersecurity by integrating Red Canary's detection and response capabilities with Zscaler's expansive Zero Trust Exchange platform and data fabric.
The transaction, expected to close in August 2025 pending regulatory approvals, would reflect a broader industry push toward automating and enhancing the efficiency of modern Security Operations Centers (SOCs) through artificial intelligence and cloud-native architectures. Financial terms of the acquisition were not [...]
📅 - Infortrend Launches Enterprise Cloud to Accelerate AI Transformation - By combining computation, storage, and Kubernetes application management, IEC offers a unified platform for executing both traditional corporate apps via virtual machines and cloud-native apps via containers. IEC facilitates scalability and cluster computing, guaranteeing smooth node growth, continuous service, and improved performance as workloads increase. With its powerful twin Intel Xeon Scalable or AMD EPYC 9004 CPUs, Nvidia GPUs, and U.2 NVMe SSDs, IEC is a perfect fit for a variety of AI applications, including workloads requiring a lot of resources, like generative AI.
It takes a lot of effort and time to deploy AI-related apps on standard servers, whereas IEC allows platform [...]
📅 - Microsoft Opens Its First Cloud Region in Malaysia - In a strategic move to support Malaysia's national digital and AI ambitions, Microsoft has announced the public launch of Malaysia West, its first cloud region in the country. Located in Greater Kuala Lumpur and equipped with three availability zones, the new region is designed to deliver hyperscale infrastructure, embedded with artificial intelligence capabilities, to support Malaysian businesses and public sector institutions.
The Malaysia West region represents a significant investment in cloud capacity and technological infrastructure within the country. Microsoft's latest deployment is tailored to meet local enterprise needs for secure, scalable, and low-latency cloud services with [...]
📅 - GridCARE Launches with $13.5M to Speed AI Data Center Power Access - GridCARE, a startup driving the AI revolution, came out of stealth. The business has secured a $13.5 million seed fundraising round that was heavily oversubscribed and sponsored by Temasek-backed deep technology venture capital firm Xora.
AI's rapid development has led to an unprecedented demand for electricity, which is predicted to more than quadruple by 2050. Much of the grid's capacity is still hidden as developers of AI infrastructure race to find new power sources for data centers. By using cutting-edge AI, GridCARE unlocks this unrealized potential, allowing developers to ensure dependable electricity without having to wait for new construction and at a fraction of the time and [...]
📅 - Trump Orders Boost Nuclear Power for AI Data Centers - In a significant policy move aimed at bolstering U.S. artificial intelligence capabilities, President Donald Trump has signed a series of executive orders designed to double the nation's nuclear energy development over the next 25 years. These directives form a cornerstone of his strategy to secure high-density, resilient power sources to meet the surging energy demands of AI technologies and to compete globally, particularly with China.
The new orders specifically call for the rapid construction and deployment of advanced nuclear reactors, classifying them as essential military electric infrastructure. These next-generation facilities are expected to serve as stable, secure energy [...]
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