Marta MacLean

At #NVIDIAGTC, Oracle’s Taylor Newill and Amit Rajkhowa will share how new OCI GPU shapes deliver a leap forward over prior-generations—enabling higher LLM inference throughput for agentic AI and rendering dramatic performance gains. Don’t miss it! https://lnkd.in/eyi6DwHK

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At FabCon 2026, Azure Databricks is introducing new capabilities across Lakebase, Lakeflow, and Genie to make it easier to build data and AI applications on Azure. What’s new: • Azure Databricks Lakebase is now GA as the operational database for AI agents • Lakeflow Connect Free Tier allows you to ingest ~100 million records/workspace/day from many popular enterprise data sources • Databricks One Mobile enables access to AI/BI, dashboards, and Genie on-the-go • Genie and Genie Code expand AI-powered analytics and enable agentic workflows for data teams • Azure Databricks Excel add-in connects Excel directly to governed lakehouse data Together, these capabilities simplify how data is ingested, governed, and used to power analytics and AI on Azure.

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Another huge milestone here at Databricks -- now you can bring your OpenAI models directly to where your proprietary data lives, accelerating your path to production grade AI use cases.

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🚨 New Episode of Telemetry News Now! 🎧 In the latest TNN episode, Phillip Gervasi and Justin Ryburn discuss a series of significant industry developments: 🏢 Oracle’s substantial $40B investment in Nvidia chips for OpenAI’s Texas data center 💰 Salesforce’s $8B purchase of Informatica to enhance its AI-driven CRM 📞 AT&T’s acquisition of fiber from Lumen for $5.75B 🤖 Extreme Networks’ venture into agentic AI with Platform ONE ✅ Cisco’s revamp of its certification program to align with the needs of AI, automation, and modern networking ➕ And much more! Whether you’re deeply involved in NetOps or just trying to keep up, this episode is filled with insights you won’t want to miss. 🎙️ 👉 Listen now and stay ahead:

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Azure Managed Redis is now GA! Check out this cool blog post from our rockstar product manager Purna Mehta for step-by-step guidance on creating your first cache on this brand new Azure 1st Party native offering. #AzureManagedRedis #Azure #Redis Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program

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Datadog’s Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Quickstart is now GA. This fully managed, single-flow setup can get you started collecting metrics and logs from your entire OCI stack in minutes, with support for more than 30 services. And, Datadog will automatically detect new resources to avoid gaps. Learn more in our blog post: https://bit.ly/3HmXNO4

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As data continues to grow in both volume and value, teams are under pressure to make smarter decisions faster without adding complexity or risk. The integration of Databricks with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP helps remove common barriers like data silos and unnecessary movement. With secure, direct access to data, organizations can accelerate AI and analytics workflows, reduce costs, and collaborate more effectively across teams. #NetApp #AI #ML #DataStrategy https://lnkd.in/eXW2EZSU

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Ali Ghodsi sees the Neon acquisition as a foundational move to position Databricks at the center of the AI-agent revolution, providing the speed, scalability needed for AI-native apps. It also addresses a critical gap: enabling enterprises to build AI agents that can reason over proprietary data. https://lnkd.in/d89PDpV3

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