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IBM Partners with Cockroach Labs to Deliver Cloud-Native Resilience

Cockroach Labs, the company behind the distributed SQL database CockroachDB, announced an OEM partnership with IBM to bring CockroachDB PostgreSQL for IBM to market. According to Cockroach Labs, this ...
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Redpanda Combines Streaming, SQL, and Iceberg for Cloud to Air-Gapped Environments Enabling Governed Data Access

Redpanda, the real-time data platform for the agentic enterprise, is releasing the Agentic Data Plane (ADP)-a new suite for safely connecting AI Agents across the growing digital workforce.
Network World

Oracle’s cloud strategy an increasingly risky bet

It could be a concern for enterprise CIOs as well as for creditors due to ‘profound change in the company’s capital posture.’ ...
DIGITIMES

OpenAI and Oracle partner to build 1GW data center campus in Michigan

OpenAI and Oracle have announced plans to construct a 1GW data center campus in Saline Township, Michigan, with construction scheduled to begin in early 2026. The site, part of the Stargate Project, ...

Related to Build More-Than-$7 Billion Data Center for Oracle, OpenAI’s Stargate

The 250-acre campus in Saline Township, Mich., is the fourth new site announced as part of a giant, $300 billion contract ...
World Bank

Commodity Markets

Global commodity prices are projected to fall to their lowest level in six years in 2026, marking the fourth consecutive year of decline, according to the World Bank Group’s latest Commodity Markets ...