Ali Azhar

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Writer at TechRepublic

Contributing Editor at EnterpriseAI

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Can You Really Trust Your Data? Ataccama Thinks You Should

2 weeks ago | bigdatawire.com | Ali Azhar

With data spread across more systems than ever, and regulations tightening, organizations are under pressure to understand how their data moves – and whether it can be trusted. Recognizing the critical need for enhanced data trust and governance, Ataccama has released version 16.1 of its Ataccama ONE platform, adding new tools for lineage tracking, audit readiness, and cloud-native data processing. This new version improves how data flows and connects across systems.
Confluent Unifies Batch and Stream to Power Agentic AI at Scale

2 weeks ago | bigdatawire.com | Ali Azhar

Data streaming platform Confluent has introduced new improvements to Confluent Cloud, its fully managed service built on Apache Kafka. A key upgrade is the introduction of Snapshot queries that allow users to query both batch and streaming data using the same SQL interface. The company also introduced new private networking and security features that make stream processing more secure and enterprise-ready.
NTT DATA Launches Industry-Ready AI Agents

2 weeks ago | bigdatawire.com | Ali Azhar

Autonomous agents continue to reshape the trajectory of enterprise AI. Evolving beyond basic automation, these systems can analyze dynamic data, adapt in real time, and make informed business decisions. Recognizing the growing role of autonomous agents, NTT DATA, a $30B+ global digital business and IT services provider, has launched its Smart AI Agent Ecosystem, a comprehensive platform designed to drive the adoption of enterprise-grade AI solutions.
With Agentic AI and Open Lakehouse, Qlik Charts a New Course for Enterprise Data

3 weeks ago | bigdatawire.com | Ali Azhar

Data analytics company Qlik unveiled two major product innovations at Qlik Connect 2025 in Orlando, FL. The company launched Qlik Open Lakehouse, a fully managed Apache Iceberg solution embedded into Qlik Talend Cloud. It also introduced a new agentic AI experience that provides a conversational interface, allowing users across the enterprise to easily interact with data.
Alteryx One Debuts as a Centralized Platform for Scalable AI and Analytics

3 weeks ago | bigdatawire.com | Ali Azhar

Alteryx has introduced a unified platform, named Alteryx One, that combines the company’s AI-powered analytics and data preparation capabilities into a single centralized portal. The company claims that the new platform makes it easier to prepare data for AI and analytics, offering its customers “greater flexibility to automate and scale analytics across their data ecosystems”.
BigID Deepens Its AI-Driven Capabilities for Enterprise Privacy and Compliance

3 weeks ago | bigdatawire.com | Ali Azhar

As data privacy faces relentless scrutiny, companies are racing to modernize their compliance strategies and adopt technologies that can manage risk at scale. A critical priority is establishing automated mechanisms for privacy and compliance enforcement. BigID, a data intelligence company, continues to emerge as a key player in the AI-powered data governance space.
Colossus AI Hits 200,000 GPUs as Musk Ramps Up AI Ambitions

4 weeks ago | bigdatawire.com | Ali Azhar

Elon Musk’s Colossus AI infrastructure, said to be one of the most powerful AI computing clusters in the world, has just reached full operational capacity. Designed to push the boundaries of AI, this massive computing system now consists of 200,000 GPUs, all running on Tesla Megapack batteries. This is a significant milestone in Musk’s growing push into AI.
Open Source AI Gets a Boost as IBM Hands Over Key Projects to Linux Foundation

1 month ago | bigdatawire.com | Ali Azhar

The open AI movement gains momentum with IBM’s latest contribution. The Linux Foundation has welcomed three new AI projects contributed by Big Blue into its LF AI & Data Foundation: Docling, BeeAI, and the Data Prep Kit. These projects reflect a growing shift toward open and collaborative AI development. Unlike proprietary solutions, which often limit customization and integration, these open-source tools provide developers with the flexibility to modify, improve, and adapt them to diverse needs.
Databricks and KPMG Invest in LlamaIndex to Unlock Scalable Enterprise AI

1 month ago | bigdatawire.com | Ali Azhar

Databricks and KPMG have made minority equity investments in LlamaIndex, a platform for agentic document workflows. These investments aim to accelerate the development and adoption of LlamaIndex’s flagship products, including the LlamaCloud and LlamaParse. In a world where valuable business information is buried in unstructured formats that AI struggles to process. LlamaIndex is designed to solve this problem, bridging the gap between legacy data and AI applications.
Fivetran Aims to Close Data Movement Loop with Census Acquisition

1 month ago | bigdatawire.com | Ali Azhar

In its goal to create a fully managed end-to-end data movement platform, data integration company Fivetran has acquired Census, a startup specializing in Reverse extract, transform, and load (ETL), data activation, and operational analytics. The acquisition strengthens Fivetran’s role in helping enterprises move data from various sources into cloud databases while advancing its broader vision of making access to data as simple, secure, and reliable as possible.

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