UK Stories

MongoDB adds Voyage 4 AI models & automates vector search

MongoDB bakes Voyage 4 AI models into Atlas and automates vector search, targeting scalable, production-grade retrieval applications.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Fri, 16th Jan 2026

Global Stories

Robotic Process Automation

Heidi scales AI clinical documentation with MongoDB

Heidi scales AI clinical note-taking to 81 million consultations worldwide after migrating its data platform to MongoDB Atlas.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Wed, 21st Jan 2026

Generative AI

MongoDB boosts AI startup support with Voyage models

MongoDB expands its AI-focused startup programme and bakes Voyage AI models into Atlas to unify retrieval and operational data in one stack.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Fri, 16th Jan 2026

Data Protection

Progress forecasts orchestration-led AI shift in 2026

Progress predicts 2026 will mark a shift from AI pilots to orchestrated, governed platforms, widening the gap between leaders and laggards.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Wed, 14th Jan 2026

Open source

Percona launches fixed-scope packages for open databases

Percona unveils Percona Packages, fixed-scope services to boost open database performance and AI readiness amid rising skills gaps.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Tue, 13th Jan 2026

Customer Experience

Algolia named an IDC Leader for AI search and discovery

Algolia named IDC MarketScape Leader in AI search as it posts 38.5% growth and climbs to fifth worldwide in knowledge discovery tools.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 7th Jan 2026

Data Protection

Commvault, Pinecone boost RAG resilience with backups

Commvault and Pinecone team up to deliver immutable backups and rapid recovery for mission-critical RAG and vector database workloads.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Thu, 25th Dec 2025

Storage

Amazon boosts S3 Vectors with bigger scale & faster queries

Amazon Web Services launches Amazon S3 Vectors with 40x more scale, faster queries, and up to 90% cost savings for vast AI vector data storage.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Fri, 5th Dec 2025

Power / Energy

Up to 84% of GPU power wasted in growing multimodal AI sector

Up to 84% of GPU power is wasted in multimodal AI, causing major inefficiencies and costs as firms struggle with legacy infrastructure.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 28th Nov 2025

Hyperscale

The next phase of AI infrastructure: consistency, cost and consolidation

As AI matures, the focus shifts to consistent, cost-effective infrastructure and unified platforms, moving beyond hype to reliable, explainable AI systems at scale.

By Bianca Lewis • 4 min read • Sat, 22nd Nov 2025

Hyperscale

Pliops & Zilliz partner to scale enterprise AI with affordable RAG

Pliops and Zilliz have teamed up to deliver affordable, large-scale AI with their combined LightningAI hardware and Milvus database, cutting costs for enterprises.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 20th Nov 2025

Data Analytics

IBM to boost OpenSearch with AI & analytics expertise

IBM joins OpenSearch Software Foundation as Premier Member, boosting AI, search and analytics with enterprise-grade enhancements and open source commitment.

By Jake MacAndrew • 3 min read • Thu, 20th Nov 2025

Hybrid Cloud

Microsoft & VAST Data partner to bring AI OS to Azure cloud

Microsoft and VAST Data join forces to integrate VAST's AI operating system with Azure, boosting scalable AI workload performance in the Asia-Pacific region.

By Melania Watson • 3 min read • Wed, 19th Nov 2025

Artificial Intelligence

Elastic unveils Streams & DiskBBQ to transform AI log & data search

Elastic launches Streams and DiskBBQ to boost AI log analysis and affordable vector search, helping engineers manage vast data efficiently and cost-effectively.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Wed, 12th Nov 2025

Hybrid Cloud

Couchbase 8.0 boosts AI scalability with advanced vector search

Couchbase 8.0 enhances AI scalability with new vector search options, boosting speed, accuracy, and AI data management across hybrid cloud environments.

By Kaleah Salmon • 6 min read • Mon, 27th Oct 2025

Virtualisation

Couchbase 8.0 accelerates enterprise AI with faster vector search

Couchbase 8.0 launches enhanced vector search and security features, boosting AI applications with faster, scalable data management and developer-friendly tools.

By Catherine Knowles • 5 min read • Thu, 23rd Oct 2025

Disaster Recovery

Oracle & Google Cloud launch new AI database services & regions

Oracle and Google Cloud unveil AI-powered database services and expand Oracle Database@Google Cloud to eight regions, enhancing multicloud flexibility and partner access.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Wed, 15th Oct 2025

Software-as-a-Service

Oracle unveils Autonomous AI Lakehouse for seamless open data

Oracle launches Autonomous AI Lakehouse, enabling secure, open data access and AI analytics across multicloud environments including AWS, Azure, and Oracle Cloud.

By Melania Watson • 5 min read • Wed, 15th Oct 2025

Data Analytics

Oracle unveils AI Database 26ai with advanced security

The updated product offering integrates advanced AI and quantum-resistant encryption for secure, multi-cloud data analytics and app development.

By Jake MacAndrew • 4 min read • Wed, 15th Oct 2025

Stories from Other Regions

Large Language Models

SFU & Caseway use AI to make court decisions searchable

Simon Fraser University and Caseway are building AI-ready court decision indexes to test if better legal search helps self-represented people.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Thu, 29th Jan 2026