AWS adds database features and license options aimed at simplifying agent deployment

The announcements add built-in durability for Amazon ElastiCache for Valkey and a new bring-your-own-media option for Amazon ...
Redmondmag.com

Microsoft Releases New SQL Server Updates for 2025 and 2022 Versions

Latest cumulative updates focus on stability, security and performance improvements across SQL Server deployments.
Yahoo Finance

Idera Announces General Availability of SQL Diagnostic Manager 14.0, Introducing AI-Powered Query and Workload Index Optimization for SQL Server

New AI capabilities help DBAs move from performance visibility to performance resolution—turning slow queries into actionable index recommendations in minutes HOUSTON, March 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- ...
ZDNet

Azure Synapse Analytics combines data warehouse, lake and pipelines

The first generation of Azure SQL Data Warehouse (SQL DW) was announced in 2015, and SQL DW "Gen 2" reached general availability in 2018. Today, at its Ignite confab on Orlando, Microsoft is ...
Ars Technica

How an old Drawbridge helped Microsoft bring SQL Server to Linux

When in March this year Microsoft announced that it was bringing SQL Server to Linux the reaction was one of surprise, with the announcement prompting two big questions: why and how? SQL Server is one ...