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Snowflake is a cloud data platform designed for large-scale analytics, data warehousing, and data processing. It allows teams across an organization to run multiple data workloads on a single platform without managing infrastructure. Snowflake’s architecture is also unique. Compute and storage are completely independent and highly elastic. However, Snowflake’s per-second pricing and elastic compute model make costs highly sensitive to usage.

Kubernetes has revolutionized modern computing infrastructure, offering organizations near-infinite scalability, unparalleled agility in deploying new applications, and enhanced security. However, as enterprise cloud adoption continues to accelerate, that agility often comes with an unintended and costly side effect: skyrocketing cloud bills.

Battery energy storage systems (BESS) play a critical role in modern energy infrastructure. Utilities rely on these systems to balance renewable generation, stabilize grid operations, and respond to changing electricity demand. As deployments scale in size and complexity, operators require continuous insight into battery health, system performance, and grid interaction. Operators rely on telemetry generated across several operational platforms.

On December 8th, 2025, IBM announced a definitive agreement to acquire Confluent in a deal valued at $11 billion. It is a massive moment for our industry. The acquisition was finalized on March 17th, 2026. For some, this looks like a safe bet; a way for enterprise giants to finally "get" real-time data. But for those of us who have spent our careers in open source software and data infrastructure, it feels different. There’s a sense of wondering “when is the other shoe going to drop?”.

Experience major throughput gains, granular data control and more control over when you upgrade. We are excited to announce two major updates to Aiven for Valkey: support for the highly anticipated Valkey 9 and the introduction of multi-version support. Whether you are running large-scale clusters or managing complex data structures, these updates provide the throughput, granular data control and deployment flexibility you need.

Whether you’re spinning up your first relational database or running a global e-commerce platform, Aiven for MySQL provides the performance and reliability you need. In the world of open-source databases, MySQL is the engine behind millions of applications, and at Aiven, we believe managing it shouldn't keep you up at night. Our platform is built to grow with you, from when you're just getting started all the way through to enterprise scale.

When we first announced the availability of InfluxDB 3 Core and Enterprise on Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB last year, we set a new standard for managed time series on AWS. We gave developers a simple way to harness high performance at scale while removing the burden of infrastructure management. But as our customers have taught us, “at scale” is a moving target. Across Industrial IoT, physical AI, and real-time observability, data is growing in both volume and resolution.