Databases

Metabase SQLi exploit grants attackers total access

The critical zero-day can provide direct SQL access to Metabase’s underlying database, potentially exposing credentials, API keys, and other sensitive data.

By Taryn Plumb

Aug 11, 20265 mins

DatabasesVulnerabilitiesZero-Day Vulnerabilities

Microsoft’s PostgreSQL alternative, HorizonDB: Worth the wait?

By Anirban Ghoshal

Aug 10, 20266 mins

Cloud StoragePostgreSQLRelational Databases

AWS updates DynamoDB with native vector search to ease AI application development

By Anirban Ghoshal

Aug 5, 20264 mins

Artificial IntelligenceDatabasesNoSQL Databases

Microsoft almost gave away the keys to everyone’s Azure Cosmos DBs

By Peter Sayer and Maxwell Cooter

Jul 31, 20262 mins

Cloud SecurityMicrosoft AzureNoSQL Databases

Oracle simplifies migrating legacy databases off IBM mainframes with support for EBCDIC

By Evan Schuman

Jul 29, 20266 mins

DatabasesOracle DatabaseRelational Databases

Oracle’s July update fixes ten 10.0 vulnerabilities in Fusion Middleware

By Gyana Swain

Jul 22, 20266 mins

DatabasesOracle DatabaseRelational Databases

Oracle expands Cloud@Customer with new database service for mid-sized workloads

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jul 22, 20265 mins

Cloud ComputingDatabasesHybrid Cloud

MongoDB embeds reranking into Atlas as enterprises look to simplify AI stacks for scale

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jun 30, 20266 mins

Artificial IntelligenceData ManagementDatabases

pgEdge joins rush to merge OLTP and OLAP storage to support AI

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jun 26, 20266 mins

AnalyticsDatabasesTransaction Processing

Articles

EDB converges analytics on Postgres to support AI agents

EDB’s Postgres-first approach to converged analytics could appeal to enterprises seeking greater control over data, governance, and AI infrastructure.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jun 23, 2026 5 mins

DatabasesPostgreSQLRelational Databases

10 MCP servers to connect LLMs with databases

Use these official MCP servers to interact with the leading database platforms via natural language through your LLM-assisted tools.

By Bill Doerrfeld

Jun 8, 2026 13 mins

DatabasesDevelopment ToolsGenerative AI

AWS targets a longtime cloud migration blocker with SQL Server license portability

Enterprises can now bring existing SQL Server licenses to Amazon RDS, making it easier to move operational data closer to AWS analytics and agentic AI services.

By Taryn Plumb

Jun 5, 2026 6 mins

Amazon Web ServicesMicrosoft SQL ServerRelational Databases

Embedding pipelines are the new ETL

A data engineering lens on ingestion, chunking and indexing.

By Chisom Nwokwu

Jun 5, 2026 9 mins

Artificial IntelligenceDatabasesSQL

Contexts graphs, AI memory, and enterprise knowledge: Are decision traces enough?

A context graph could capture the full context, reasoning, and causal relationships behind critical business decisions. It’s a powerful idea.

By Dominik Tomicevic

May 19, 2026 6 mins

Artificial IntelligenceDatabasesGenerative AI

A better way to work with SQL Server

It’s time to switch to a new development tool for SQL Server and Azure SQL. Here’s how to get started with the MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code.

By Simon Bisson

May 14, 2026 8 mins

Microsoft AzureMicrosoft SQL ServerRelational Databases

AWS debuts Graviton-powered Redshift RG instances to cut analytics costs

The new instances unify warehouse and data lake queries in a single engine, aiming to reduce complexity and eliminate unpredictable Spectrum charges.

By Anirban Ghoshal

May 13, 2026 4 mins

Cloud ComputingData ManagementDatabases

Your AI doesn’t need another database

For most enterprise applications, vector support is a feature that should be woven into the existing data estate, not a reason to add a second source of truth.

By Matt Asay

May 11, 2026 8 mins

Artificial IntelligenceData ManagementDatabases

MongoDB targets AI’s retrieval problem

By integrating long-term memory, embeddings, and re-ranking, the company aims to improve trust in agent outputs.

By Taryn Plumb

May 7, 2026 6 mins

Artificial IntelligenceData ManagementDatabases

Oracle will patch more often to counter AI cybersecurity threat

Oracle will follow SAP, Microsoft and other software vendors in issuing security patches monthly — but a week later than everyone else.

By Peter Sayer

May 5, 2026 2 mins

Application SecurityOracle DatabaseRelational Databases

AI finds 20-year-old bugs in PostgreSQL and MariaDB

Critical flaws affecting core components and extensions in PostgreSQL and MariaDB could allow remote code execution. The bugs, some over 20 years old, have now been patched.

By Shweta Sharma

May 5, 2026 3 mins

Data ManagementDatabasesSecurity