2026
MariaDB taps GridGain to keep pace with AI-driven data demands
MariaDB, the company behind the open-source fork of MySQL, is planning to acquire in-memory computing middleware provider GridGain to bolster its platform for high-performance data and artificial intelligence (AI) workloads. The database provider is planning to infuse its relational database with the California-headquartered startup’s in-memory technology, which it says will enable its database offerings to…
5 requirements for using MCP servers to connect AI agents
One of the most poweful collaborations between AI and tech giants, Model Context Protocol (MCP) is a standard for connecting AI agents. We need standards like MCP to orchestrate communication between AI agents, AI assistants, LLMs, and other resources. Such standards are also critical for developing more complex agentic workflows. The MCP protocol enables two…
How developers can bring voice AI into telephony applications
In the era of support apps and chatbots, telephony continues to hold strong as the backbone of customer communication, and voice AI is entering the call center scene to further streamline customer interaction. However, this means developers are suddenly being confronted with a whole new set of challenges, foremost among them the difficulty of bridging the…
Neoclouds run AI cheaper and better
Enterprises are under intense pressure to deliver AI outcomes that are visible, measurable, and repeatable without blowing up their cloud budgets. That’s why neoclouds have arrived at exactly the right moment. By neoclouds, I’m referring to GPU-centric, purpose-built cloud services that focus primarily on AI training and inference rather than on the sprawling catalog of general-purpose services…
Ruby sinking in popularity, buried by Python – Tiobe
The Ruby language has been around since 1995 and still gets regular releases. But the language has dropped to 30th place in this month’s Tiobe index of language popularity, with Python cited as a reason for Ruby’s drop. Ruby was the Tiobe language of the year in 2006, having displayed the highest growth rate in…
Business Intelligence Analytics: A Complete Guide for the AI Era – Databricks
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University of Northern Iowa adds two new artificial intelligence majors – KTIV
University of Northern Iowa adds two new artificial intelligence majors KTIV Go to Source Author:
Dollar General Market opens south of Muncie along Indiana 67 – The Star Press
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MariaDB to Acquire GridGain to Tackle the AI Latency Gap
MariaDB is set to acquire GridGain Systems with the aim to deliver sub-millisecond data performance for agentic AI workloads. GridGain is the company behind the in-memory computing platform and developer of the open source project Apache Ignite. The deal comes at a time when technology vendors are rethinking the foundations of the modern data stack…