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John Foley

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New York
As seen in: Forbes, Cloud Database Report, InformationWeek, Dark Reading
Covers:  Databases, cloud, AI, agentic AI, business intelligence, modern data management
Doesn't Cover: Consumer tech

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John Foley’s Biography

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A tech journalist with 25+ years of experience, I launched the Cloud Database Report on Substack in 2021, providing insights on modern data management. I strive to make complex technologies accessible to a wide audience of business and tech professionals. My background spans databases, AI, enterprise software, open systems, cloud, developer, and data centers. My articles have been published by Acceleration Economy, Cloud Wars, Forbes, InformationWeek, Open Systems Today, CommunicationsWeek, The…

John Foley’s Journalist Portfolio

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AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Google Cloud Lead the Database Race

AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Google Cloud Lead the Database Race

Gartner reports 'no churn' at the top, but new competitors are forging ahead.

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The Rise of AI Databases

The Rise of AI Databases

Is this a new way of managing AI data and workloads-or another hype cycle?

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PostgreSQL Charges Ahead with AWS, Databricks, IBM, Microsoft, Snowflake

PostgreSQL Charges Ahead with AWS, Databricks, IBM, Microsoft, Snowflake

The industry's most-popular, most-compatible database now has the most momentum, too.

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Microsoft's Rise in the Enterprise: My Conversations with Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, and Satya Na...

Microsoft's Rise in the Enterprise: My Conversations with Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, and Satya Na...

On Microsoft's 50th anniversary, these are some of the most memorable moments from my reporter's notebook.

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Extreme Big Data: Beyond Zettabytes And Yottabytes

Extreme Big Data: Beyond Zettabytes And Yottabytes

If we're going to talk about big data-and it's one of the most important discussions in business today-we bet…

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7 Lessons: Surviving A Zero-Day Attack

7 Lessons: Surviving A Zero-Day Attack

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory CIO Jerry Johnson takes you inside the cyber attack that he faced down-…

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Snowflake's Newest Agentic AI Capabilities, from A (Artifacts) to Z (Zero Copy)

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By John Foley
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Welcome to the Cloud Database Report. I’m John Foley, a long-time tech journalist who also worked in strategic comms at Oracle, IBM, and MongoDB. A big welcome to new subscribers and thank you to paid subscribers — your support is appreciated. Connect on LinkedIn. Snowflake introduced so many new product capabilities at Snowflake Summit 26 (June 1-4 in San Francisco) that CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy said he used the company’s AI agent to create a list of them all. I decided to do the same.
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