Google Cloud has unveiled its latest innovations, aimed at helping companies unify database, analytics and AI.

HPE Buys Ampool to Improve SQL-Based Hybrid Analytics
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) has announced its acquisition of Ampool, in an effort to modernize the SQL stack.

Microsoft Will Keep EU Data in the EU
Microsoft has upped its commitment to EU data privacy, promising to keep EU data within the bloc.
EU Set to Ban AI-Based Mass Surveillance
The European Union is preparing to pass rules that would ban AI-based mass surveillance, in the strongest repudiation of surveillance yet.

Workday CEO: Digital Transformation To Be Faster Trend Out Of Pandemic
Aneel Bhusri, co-CEO of Workday, discusses how the pandemic will drive digital transformation forward at an even faster pace.
Amazon Lookout for Metrics Now Available
Amazon has made Lookout for Metrics available to all its customers, providing a way to monitor and diagnose business anomalies.

IBM May Want to Sell IBM Watson Health
IBM is investigating the possibility of selling IBM Watson Health, its attempt to use artificial intelligence (AI) in the medical field.

ServiceNow CEO on “The Whole Point Of Digital Transformation”
Business is really simple, and people are more productive and they’re doing things that can lead to growth and opportunity says ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott. That’s the whole point of digital transformation.

SolarWinds Hack Was Supply Chain Attack, Says Datadog CEO
Datadog CEO Olivier Pomel discusses how the SolarWinds hack signals an increased focus by hackers to target software earlier in its development.

Datadog CEO: 2020 Was Big Win For The Cloud
This year we’ve seen fairly brutal changes in patterns of usage in the cloud says Datadog CEO Olivier Pomel. The way we see that is it’s a big win for the cloud, in general.

Amazon Will Start Paying Customers For Data On Non-Amazon Purchases
Amazon has launched Amazon Shopper Panel, a program that will pay users for information on their non-Amazon purchases.

Microsoft’s Approach to Data a Major Advantage Over Salesforce
Microsoft’s approach to customer data could help the company make major headway against Salesforce.

Splunk CEO: Every Company Needs A Data Czar
Doug Merritt, CEO of Splunk, discusses how big data has spurred the need for every enterprise company is ultimately going to need a Data Czar.

Big Tech: IBM Deploys Face Mask Surveillance System
IBM has deployed a super intelligent face mask surveillance system for businesses (or government) to discreetly track face mask usage by employees, customers, and anyone who enters a building where their system is installed.

Google Introduces Confidential Computing, a New Way of Encrypting Cloud Data
Google Cloud has introduced Confidential Computing in a bid to help secure data in the cloud.

WWDC 2020 Part 3: macOS Big Sur
Apple unveiled the next version of macOS, named “Big Sur.” The design of the OS features a number of refinements.