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Businesses can now test and monitor open AI models on infrastructure they control, as nFOX rolls out a management layer and sandbox.
TiDB expands cloud platform for enterprise & AI apps
Enterprise users and AI agents will get more control over data and persistence as TiDB adds BYOC, filesystem storage and PostgreSQL support.
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The live Mesa flight is aimed at government buyers weighing longer-endurance drones for defence, public safety and remote operations.
Renaissance unveils subterranean data centre design
The design is pitched as a way to cut long-term costs and ease permitting pressure for large campuses, with first deals targeted for Virginia in 2027.
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Smaller firms can now back up servers and Google Workspace, as CrashPlan widens its offering for businesses with fewer than 250 users.
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Teams can now monitor AI agents and let them flag anomalies, diagnose issues and draft fixes as Grafana expands its cloud tools.
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Existing customers get six years of support as Cloudera shifts new AI and analytics workloads to a Hadoop-free platform due in November.
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AI spending is forcing firms to rethink cloud setups faster, with InfrOS claiming its new tool tests changes before deployment and flags drift.
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