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Fauna Shutting Down: Is the Future Open Source?
The team behind the distributed serverless database Fauna has recently announced plans to shut down the service by the end of May. While the managed database will be terminated soon and all customers will have to migrate to other platforms, Fauna is committing to releasing an open source version of the core database technology alongside the existing drivers and CLI tooling.
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Azure Database for MySQL Trigger for Azure Functions in Public Preview
Microsoft's Azure Database for MySQL now features a public preview of triggers for Azure Functions, enabling real-time data processing with event-driven automation. This innovative integration allows developers to track table changes seamlessly, enhancing analytics, compliance, and security, while scaling efficiently within Azure's serverless framework.
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Google Enhances AlloyDB Vector Search with Inline Filtering and Enterprise Observability
Google enhanced its AlloyDB service with inline filtering and enterprise observability for vector search. This fully-managed PostgreSQL-compatible database now allows direct filtering during queries, offering improved speed and efficiency. Enhanced monitoring features provide deep insights, addressing scaling vector search operations challenges.
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Google Cloud Launches Gen AI Toolbox for Databases
Google Cloud has announced the public beta launch of Gen AI Toolbox for Databases, an open-source server developed in collaboration with LangChain. This new tool is designed to help developers seamlessly integrate production-grade, agent-based generative AI applications with databases while ensuring secure access, scalability, and observability.
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AWS Reduces Latency and Costs for Key/Value Datastores with AZ Affinity Routing and GLIDE Valkey
AWS recently introduced Availability Zone (AZ) awareness in version 1.2 of the open source Valkey General Language Independent Driver for Enterprise (GLIDE) client library. By implementing AZ affinity routing in the open source key/value datastore, developers can reduce latency and costs by directing requests to replicas within the same AZ as the client.
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Google Releases Spanner Graph into General Availability
Google Cloud's Spanner Graph is now generally available, featuring enhancements like Graph Notebook, GraphRAG integration, and advanced schema management. This unified database combines graph, relational, and AI capabilities, ensuring high availability and scalability. Ideal for real-time analysis, it transforms use cases like fraud detection and recommendation engines.
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Distributed Multi-Modal Database Aerospike 8 Brings Support for Real-Time ACID Transactions
Aerospike has announced version 8.0 of its distributed multi-modal database, bringing support for distributed ACID transactions. This enables large-scale online transaction processing (OLTP) applications like banking, e-commerce, inventory management, health care, order processing, and more, says the company.
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FerretDB, an Open-Source Alternative to MongoDB, Releases Version 2.0
FerretDB has announced the first release candidate of version 2.0. Now powered by the recently released DocumentDB, FerretDB serves as an open-source alternative to MongoDB, bringing significant performance improvements, enhanced feature compatibility, vector search capabilities, and replication support.
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Databases in 2024: Growth, Change and Controversy
Andrew Pavlo’s annual retrospective on the database world has recently been released, covering trends and innovations from the past year. The opinionated report, "Databases in 2024: A Year in Review," highlights that while we may indeed be in the "golden era of databases," last year brought significant license changes, the rapid growth of DuckDB, and some surprising new releases.
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Amazon Aurora DSQL: Distributed SQL Database with Active-Active High Availability
At the recent AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, Amazon announced the public preview of Aurora DSQL, a serverless, distributed SQL database featuring active-active high availability. This new PostgreSQL-compatible database option has generated significant excitement within the AWS community and was widely regarded by attendees as the standout announcement of the conference.
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Aurora Serverless v2 Adds Zero-Capacity Scaling for True Serverless
Amazon Aurora Serverless v2 has recently announced that it now supports scaling to zero capacity, enabling the database to automatically pause after a period of inactivity based on database connections. The lack of the ability to scale to zero capacity for Aurora's on-demand automatic scaling configuration has been a contentious topic for many years.
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Aurora Limitless: AWS Introduces New PostgreSQL Database with Automated Horizontal Scaling
AWS has announced the general availability of Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL Limitless Database, a relational database designed to provide automated horizontal scaling. This new option can handle millions of write transactions per second and manage petabytes of data, all within a single database environment.
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Timescale Bolsters AI-Ready PostgreSQL with pgai Vectorizer
Timescale recently expanded its PostgreSQL AI offerings with pgai Vectorizer. This update enables developers to create, store, and manage vector embeddings alongside relational data without the need for external tools or additional infrastructure.
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Carle Lerche Talking at QCon SF about Rust: a Productive Language for Writing Database Applications
Discover how Rust is evolving beyond its systems programming roots to become a viable option for high-level applications. Carl Lerche, AWS principal engineer, showcased its productivity and safety for database-backed systems. Embrace Rust’s potential with innovative tools like Toasty and join the movement to enhance its growing ecosystem for ambitious backend development.
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Native Vector Support in Azure SQL Database in Public Preview
Azure SQL Database now supports native vector storage and processing, streamlining AI development by integrating vector search with SQL queries. This update simplifies database management, enhances data analysis, and boosts performance by eliminating data movement. Ideal for diverse applications, it empowers sectors like e-commerce and healthcare with advanced, context-aware functionalities.