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ClickHouse customer base soars on back of AI demand

AI agents are driving a sharp rise in demand for the real-time data platform, which added 1000 customers early in 2026 to top 4000.

By David Shilovsky • 4 min read • This month

Software-as-a-Service

Databricks tops USD $7 billion run-rate after funding

Investor demand for private AI software remains strong as Databricks hits a USD $7 billion revenue run-rate and a USD $190 billion valuation.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • This month

Data Protection

Hitachi Vantara posts 12% revenue growth on AI demand

Rising AI infrastructure spending lifted storage sales 45% at the Hitachi unit, helping offset complexity worries for corporate IT teams.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • This month

Data Protection

Cloudera survey finds AI projects hit governance strain

Governance and infrastructure are blocking AI scale-ups, with 95% of enterprises delaying or cancelling projects, Cloudera said.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • This month

Hybrid Cloud

AHEAD opens Reading Foundry as European production hub

The Reading site gives European customers a local hub for AI infrastructure build-outs, cutting deployment risk and delays.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • This month

Hybrid Cloud

Myriad360 breaks into CRN's top 25 fastest growers

A 91-place jump in CRN's Fast Growth 150 signals rising demand for Myriad360's security, cloud and infrastructure services.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • This month

Semiconductors

Sharon AI lifts contract value to USD $8.8 billion

Revenue rose sharply but the Australian AI infrastructure group's loss widened after a USD $400.4 million non-cash hit, despite stronger cash reserves.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • This month

Software-as-a-Service

Google Cloud touts sharded fix for noisy neighbours

Shared data platforms could see outages contained to one tenant, as Google Cloud says a new sharded design cuts blast radius and eases scaling.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • This month

Robotics

Ethyca launches Astralis to govern enterprise AI data

Rising AI-agent volumes are forcing large companies to automate data governance before privacy and regulatory checks slow adoption further.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • This month

Digital Transformation

Why data architecture decides the efficiency of the cash cycle

Fragmented systems still leave banks and retailers unable to see the full cash cycle, limiting forecasting and making route planning harder.

By Robert Rose • 4 min read • This month

DevOps

Google launches AI agents for database setup & ops

Database teams could cut setup and fault-finding time as Google folds natural-language guidance into Cloud SQL, Spanner and AlloyDB tools.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • This month

Data Analytics

ClickHouse launches Labs, names Andy Pavlo Research VP

The move aims to sharpen performance on AI-heavy workloads as the open-source database vendor deepens research into PostgreSQL and its own platform.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • This month

Stories from Other Regions

Data infrastructure stories

Software-as-a-Service

Airbyte launches migration service for Core to Cloud

Customers can now shift production pipelines to the managed platform without rebuilding connectors or reloading months of data.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • This month

Fintech

Kick Cashback brings instant confirmations to retail offers

Shoppers will know at once if a purchase tracks, as delayed cashback has often undermined trust in reward offers across the sector.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 5 min read • This month

Data centers

Tempel Canada to build CAD $132 million Burlington plant

The Burlington project is set to sustain more than 200 jobs and add nearly 100 more as demand for transformer equipment rises across North America.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • This month

Crypto

Northern Trust expands digital asset reporting with Lukka

Institutional clients will gain consolidated digital asset records as the bank links wallets, exchanges and blockchains into existing reporting systems.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • This month