In this week’s real-time analytics news: The latest round of MLCommons Inference benchmark tests show that hardware and software advances optimized for generative AI have led to dramatic performance improvements over the past year.
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MLCommons announced new results for its industry-standard MLPerf Inference v5.0 benchmark suite, which delivers machine learning (ML) system performance benchmarking in an architecture-neutral, representative, and reproducible manner. The results highlight that the AI community is focusing much of its attention and efforts on generative AI scenarios and that the combination of recent hardware and software advances optimized for generative AI has led to dramatic performance improvements over the past year.
This round of MLPerf Inference results also includes tests for four new benchmarks: Llama 3.1 405B, Llama 2 70B Interactive for low-latency applications, RGAT, and Automotive PointPainting for 3D object detection.
The Inference v5.0 results show that generative AI scenarios have gained momentum. Over the last year, submissions have increased 2.5x to the Llama 2 70B benchmark test, which implements a large generative AI inference workload based on a widely-referenced open-source model. With the v5.0 release, Llama 2 70B has now supplanted Resnet50 as the highest submission rate test. The performance results for Llama 2 70B have also skyrocketed since a year ago: the median submitted score has doubled, and the best score is 3.3 times faster compared to Inference v4.0.
Real-time analytics news in brief
Articul8 announced the launch of A8-SupplyChain, a family of specialized GenAI models specifically engineered to optimize supply chain, manufacturing, and industrial process operations with autonomous reasoning and real-time decision-making capabilities. Unlike general-purpose large language models (LLMs), A8-SupplyChain autonomously translates complex technical documentation into structured, actionable sequences – enabling real-time reasoning, decision making, and adaptation within industrial environments that demand deep contextual understanding.
CData Software announced at the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference the launch of its Microsoft Fabric Integration Accelerator, a set of connectivity solutions designed to simplify and accelerate the integration between Microsoft Fabric and external data sources. The new solution enables organizations to unlock the full potential of their Microsoft Fabric implementation by providing seamless connectivity to over 270 data sources, including major enterprise systems like SAP, Workday, Salesforce, and many others.
Crunchy Data announced the availability of Crunchy Data Warehouse, a modern, high-performance analytics database built on PostgreSQL for Kubernetes. By seamlessly integrating the DuckDB query engine and other modern OLAP technologies, Crunchy Data Warehouse offers ultra-fast analytics within a native Postgres experience. The release of Crunchy Data Warehouse for Kubernetes brings the power of Apache Iceberg-based storage to private and hybrid cloud users through the automation and scalability of Kubernetes.
Databricks announced the General Availability of Lakeflow Connect for Salesforce and Workday. Lakeflow Connect introduces no-code ingestion connectors for popular SaaS applications, databases, and file sources—enabling users to build scalable ingestion pipelines and unlock the full power of their data with the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. Lakeflow Connect’s managed data connectors are powered by serverless compute and are available across AWS, Azure, and GCP. The Salesforce and Workday connectors are the first managed connectors to be released to GA, with many more on the way.
Fivetran announced that it now offers more than 700 pre-built connectors for seamless integration with Microsoft Fabric and OneLake, expanding data access and interoperability for enterprises. This enhanced integration, powered by Fivetran’s Managed Data Lake Service, enables organizations to seamlessly ingest data from over 700 connectors, automatically convert it into open table formats like Apache Iceberg or Delta Lake, and continuously optimize performance and governance within Microsoft Fabric and OneLake.
Fortanix announced the public preview of Fortanix Armet AI, which enables enterprises to create secure and compliant custom GenAI applications while mitigating data exposure risk. The solution ensures GenAI data pipelines adhere to some of the highest levels of security and comprehensive regulatory and compliance standards, empowering users to get instant, relevant answers using their organization’s own internal and sensitive data. It is powered by Confidential Computing (Intel SGX and Intel TDX) and Intel Tiber Trust Authority and Microsoft Azure’s NCC H100 v5 confidential VMs with NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs.
Informatica announced data management innovations designed to simplify and enhance enterprise-wide access to AI-ready data. These advancements, powered by Informatica’s CLAIRE AI engine and available in its Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC), help ensure that data is relevant, responsible, and robust, empowering organizations to drive AI initiatives with greater confidence and efficiency.
Keysight Technologies unveiled the Keysight Artificial Intelligence (KAI) architecture, a portfolio of end-to-end solutions designed to help customers scale artificial intelligence (AI) processing capacity in data centers by validating AI cluster components using real-world AI workload emulation. Providing system-level interoperability, performance, and efficiency insights, KAI helps operators maximize system performance and pinpoint performance issues not found when testing individual components.
MindsDB announced support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) across both its open source and enterprise platforms. This integration positions MindsDB as a unified AI data hub that standardizes and optimizes how AI models access enterprise data, dramatically simplifying artificial intelligence deployment in complex data environments. By implementing MCP, MindsDB now enables AI applications and agents to run federated queries over data stored in different databases and business applications as if they were a single database, eliminating a critical barrier to enterprise AI adoption.
OpenText announced the availability of Project Titanium X, now ready with Cloud Editions 25.2 (CE 25.2). Titanium X is the culmination of two years of strategic engineering powering the next generation of Business Clouds, Business AI, and Business Technology. Cloud Editions 25.2 brings together a comprehensive set of enterprise capabilities for process automation, data, security, and AI. OpenText CE 25.2 will help organizations of all sizes create new paths for growth and productivity, next-generation cloud and supply chain operations, and stellar customer experiences.
Quickbase announced new and enhanced AI capabilities converting spreadsheets into apps, building custom integrations, and gaining valuable insight from predictive analytics. Through its Smart Builder, Quickbase automates workflows and adds intelligence to teams and projects to unlock productivity and drive impact. Additionally, the company’s FastField platform now features AI-powered optical character recognition (OCR), turning photos into data in one click to transform how field teams capture and process information.
Reltio introduced the Reltio Zero Copy Integration with Microsoft Fabric. Reltio Data Cloud on Azure can now seamlessly store, manage, and share data on OneLake. This integration enables Reltio Data Cloud to fuel Microsoft Fabric services with high-quality, comprehensive data needed for analytics and AI, with less effort and no data movement—saving organizations time and money.
Splunk announced new innovations that allow customers to apply OpenTelemetry to large-scale environments with complete business visibility. The new capabilities provide a more intuitive, simplified OpenTelemetry experience – ensuring organizations can seamlessly integrate open-source observability into their software delivery. Some of the key enhancements include automated third-party application detection, a capability to guide users through configuration with step-by-step recommendations to complete OpenTelemetry setup seamlessly, and more.
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AMD announced that its 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors now power the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Compute E6 Standard shapes. According to OCI testing, the new instances offer up to 2X better cost-performance compared to the previous E5 generation. OCI Compute E6 Standard bare metal instances and virtual machines are available today in multiple regions, including the US East (Ashburn), US West (Phoenix), US Midwest (Chicago), Germany Central (Frankfurt), and UK South (London), with a rollout planned for additional regions in the coming months.
IBM announced the availability of Intel Gaudi 3 AI accelerators on IBM Cloud. This offering delivers Intel Gaudi 3 in a public cloud environment for production workloads. Through this collaboration, IBM Cloud aims to help clients scale and deploy enterprise AI more cost-effectively. Intel Gaudi 3 AI accelerators on IBM Cloud are currently available in Frankfurt (eu-de) and Washington, D.C. (us-east) IBM Cloud regions, with future availability for the Dallas (us-south) IBM Cloud region in Q2 2025.
CloudBolt announced the acquisition of one of its Technical Alliance Program (TAP) partners, StormForge, an ML-driven Kubernetes resource optimization provider. CloudBolt’s acquisition of StormForge integrates Kubernetes cost control directly into its FinOps platform, creating an advanced Kubernetes optimization solution. With this, businesses can finally close the insight-to-action gap, reducing cloud waste while maximizing Kubernetes ROI.
Dataiku announced that the company achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) Generative AI Competency. This specialization recognizes Dataiku as an AWS Partner that helps customers and the AWS Partner Network (APN) drive the advancement of services, tools, and infrastructure pivotal for implementing generative AI (GenAI) technologies.
Dynatrace announced a new multi-year strategic collaboration agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to deliver automation and intelligence at scale across the digital enterprise. The SCA will enable Dynatrace customers to have deeper insights into their AWS environments, including their expanding generative AI applications, so they can improve the performance, explainability, and compliance of their AI initiatives.
Percona announced that Percona Everest now supports deployment on Red Hat OpenShift, the hybrid cloud application platform powered by Kubernetes. The combination of Everest as a cloud-native database platform with Red Hat OpenShift allows users to implement their choice of database in their choice of locations – from on-premises data center environments through to public cloud and hybrid cloud deployments.
Perforce Software announced the general availability of Delphix Compliance Services, a data compliance product built in collaboration with Microsoft. The solution offers automated AI and analytics data compliance supporting over 170 data sources and natively integrated into Microsoft Fabric pipelines. With the solution, data engineering teams can use Delphix Compliance Services to rapidly deliver compliant, high-quality analytical data at scale via Microsoft data flows they already use.
Precisely announced the acquisition of DTS Software, a global mainframe storage optimization software provider. This acquisition underscores Precisely’s commitment to delivering end-to-end solutions to optimize the integrity and value of enterprise data. The addition of DTS Software’s storage management products to Precisely’s portfolio offers even more to organizations that rely on the mainframe for critical business systems.
Securiti announced that it has signed a strategic collaboration agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS). This collaboration with AWS allows enterprises to leverage proprietary data with AI models in Amazon Bedrock while maintaining comprehensive security, governance, and compliance. In addition, Gencore AI’s integration with Amazon Bedrock enables enterprises to safely use unstructured and structured data from hundreds of systems through Amazon Bedrock’s library of AI models, to securely build enterprise AI tools.
SoftServe announced a new partnership with Google Cloud to accelerate the development of AI-powered solutions and data initiatives. This multi-year agreement with Google Cloud will include investments in data solution development to accelerate implementations of next-gen products like Google Agentspace that can help clients speed time-to-value for the AI solutions SoftServe builds in collaboration with Google Cloud.
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