Data & databases

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1. Artificial intelligence · Data & databases · Enterprise software

   Databricks and SAP partner on data and AI tools

   Databricks and SAP are jointly offering end-to-end data and AI capabilities for enterprises. The move aims to help connect AI models more closely with business needs.

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2. Artificial intelligence · Data & databases

   Hugging Face launches ProtoStar for science data

   Hugging Face introduced ProtoStar, a project aimed at addressing data challenges in science. Further details were not disclosed.

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3. Cloud & data centers · Data & databases

   RDS for Oracle allows disabling auto-upgrades

   Amazon RDS for Oracle now lets customers turn off automatic minor version upgrades for JVM, Spatial, Locator and OLAP options. This gives users control over update timing, though AWS recommends applying patches regularly for security.

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4. Data & databases · Cloud & data centers

   Databricks makes Real-Time Mode generally available

   Databricks has launched general availability of Real-Time Mode for Spark Declarative Pipelines, building on last year's introduction. It enables customers to build low-latency, operational data use cases.

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5. Cloud & data centers · Data & databases · Open source

   Glue Data Catalog adds Iceberg optimization in California

   AWS Glue Data Catalog now supports automatic table optimization for Apache Iceberg tables in the US West (N. California) Region. This compacts small files and reduces storage costs while improving query performance.

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