Open Data Stories

Asian Stories

Open Data stories

KYC for Neobanks in Asia region

Fast-growing digital banks in Asia face tighter checks as varied rules and weak data systems make customer verification harder across borders.

By Edmund Ng • 6 min read • Last month

Global Stories

Open Data stories

Data sovereignty

Massey researcher backs AI for low-resource languages

A new 100,000-sentence dataset could improve translation and classroom tools for Sinhala and Tamil, where AI support remains patchy.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Today

Data Analytics

Apache Ossie joins incubator to standardise metrics

Aiming to cut conflicting analytics results, the project will now be governed by the Apache Software Foundation after support topped 50 organisations.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • This month

DevOps

Imply launches Lumi Loglake to expand object storage search

Teams under pressure from AI-driven telemetry growth can now query logs in object storage without indexing, cutting storage and search costs.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Last month

Data Analytics

Ataccama joins Databricks Marketplace with MCP Server

The tie-up gives Databricks users quality and lineage checks for AI workflows, helping teams spot risky data before it reaches models.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last month

Software-as-a-Service

Coralogix raises USD $200 million to expand AI observability

The funding backs Coralogix's push to help companies cope with heavier AI telemetry and rising observability costs as software becomes more automated.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month

Malware

OpenClaw adds NVIDIA SkillSpector to ClawHub checks

The registry is tightening checks after malicious uploads exposed a gap between declared skill purpose and actual behaviour.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month

Data Protection

Snowflake boosts governed data for AI with Iceberg

Customers will be able to query live data across systems with less duplication, as Snowflake expands governance for AI workloads and Iceberg tables.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Last month

Data governance

Snowflake renames AI tools amid broader platform push

Customers will get tighter controls and new streaming and interoperability features as Snowflake expands its platform around enterprise data.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Last month

Ransomware

Snowflake unveils platform upgrades for CoCo, CoWork

Enterprises will get tighter AI controls as Snowflake adds blocking policies, multi-party authorisation and new agentic tools at Summit.

By Jake MacAndrew • 3 min read • Last month

Digital Transformation

The Open Group launches footprint standard for emissions

It aims to ease scrutiny over climate disclosures by giving firms a common way to track Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions data.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month

Quantum Computing

Canada & France sign quantum science pact in Paris

The deal is set to deepen research ties and speed up commercial use of quantum technologies, as Ottawa seeks trusted partners in a sensitive field.

By Jake MacAndrew • 3 min read • Last month

Stories from Other Regions

Open Data stories

Software-as-a-Service

Digident launches FleetStart Radar for West Midlands fleets

Fleet suppliers in the West Midlands can now spot licence changes, care-location updates and roadworks risks in one searchable tool.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week

Agricultural Technology

Cambridge releases open AI map of Earth's land surface

Governments and researchers can now track land-use change, crop health and biodiversity globally without proprietary systems after Cambridge opened its dataset.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last week

Data Analytics

Unit4 launches Data Hub to ease ERPx analytics access

Finance and analytics teams could cut manual exports as the new service pushes ERP data directly into reporting tools and keeps connections intact.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last week

Data governance

Open Supply Hub joins GODIN with Wikimedia & Wikirate

The network's reach has widened into supply chains, sustainability and open knowledge as membership rises to 11 organisations.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last week

Software-as-a-Service

Biza wins four CDR lenders & adds three executives

Its early lead in Australia's Consumer Data Right non-bank lending rollout now spans more than half of the first wave of lenders, while adding three executives.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • This month