As hyperscalers struggle with delays, permitting fights, and mounting community backlash on new data center builds, overlooked brownfield facilities, including dark sites, are emerging as a practical ...

Microsoft offers two paths for running enterprise databases: SQL Server, which you install and manage yourself, and Azure SQL, which Microsoft runs for you as a managed service. Both use the same ...

Nearly every major product family needs immediate patching, from Windows to Office to Microsoft Edge, SQL Server, and even Microsoft Developer Tools. Windows admins are going to be busy this month, ...

Artificial intelligence is changing how organisations use data. Tasks that once required complex queries and manual analysis can now be done in minutes with modern analytics platforms. Because of this ...

Built-in intelligence – SQL Server 2025 optimising performance and insight. Key takeaways SQL Server 2025 shifts optimisation from a reactive activity to an intelligence-driven discipline. Built-in ...

IBM and Cobalt Iron are launching Secure Automated Backup with Compass for IBM Cloud customers—a major expansion of the companies’ joint commitment to deliver modern, automated, and highly secure data ...

Microsoft deprecates SSRS, PBIRS and SSAS management packs for SCOM, ending support in 2027. The move signals a shift from on-prem SCOM extensions toward cloud-based SQL Server monitoring. IT teams ...

This is the Power Query Custom Connector for DuckDB. Use this to connect to a DuckDB database in memory, from a local file or on MotherDuck with Power BI and Excel. Installing How to use with Power BI ...

Every data engineering team right now is being asked the same question: "How do we build a chatbot that talks to our data?" The prototypes are deceptively simple. A developer connects GPT-5.1 to a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert, founder of KramerERP, covers AI, ERP, SCM, data and security. In 2025, enterprise data platforms support business ...