The modern data stack was built for humans asking questions. Google just rebuilt its for agents taking action.

Google's Agentic Data Cloud rewires BigQuery, its data catalog and pipeline tooling around autonomous AI agents — not the human-scale queries enterprise data stacks were built for.

Fivetran Surpasses 18 Trillion Monthly Rows in BigQuery, Driving Enterprise AI Adoption on Google Cloud

Fivetran, the data foundation for AI, today announced that customers ingested more than 18 trillion monthly active rows into BigQuery in 2025, a 30% year-over-year increase, as enterprise AI adoption ...
Forbes

Microsoft Confirms SQL Zero-Day Security Vulnerability—Here’s The Fix

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The Microsoft Security Response Center has confirmed that a SQL Server elevation of ...
InfoQ

Google BigQuery Previews Cross-Region SQL Queries for Distributed Data

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Dany Lepage discusses the architectural ...
IEEE

A Generative AI Framework for Semi-Automated Oracle SQL to BigQuery SQL Code Migration using LLM Driven DAGs and Iterative Refinement

Abstract: Translating Oracle PL/SQL into BigQuery SQL (BQ-SQL) is a persistent obstacle in data-platform migration. We present a semi-automated, human-in-the-loop workflow that orchestrates large ...
InfoWorld

Google expands BigQuery with conversational agent and custom agent tools

The additions let data teams ask progressive, context‑aware questions in natural language while enabling developers to deploy governed analytics agents across applications via unified API endpoints.
InfoQ

Google BigQuery Adds SQL-Native Managed Inference for Hugging Face Models

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Dany Lepage discusses the architectural ...
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Google tests BigQuery feature to generate SQL queries from English

The ability to write parts of SQL queries in natural language will help developers speed up their work, analysts say. Google is previewing a new AI-driven feature in its BigQuery data warehouse that ...
TechCrunch

Google launches managed MCP servers that let AI agents simply plug into its tools

AI agents are being sold as the solution for planning trips, answering business questions, and solving problems of all kinds, but getting them to work with tools and data outside their chat interfaces ...
Redmond Magazine

Microsoft Ignite 2025: SQL Server 2025 Is Here

With the official release of Microsoft's latest database offering, let's see what was improved and what still needs some work. Today, at Ignite, Microsoft announced the general availability of SQL ...
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SAP Expands Partnership with Google Cloud with Zero-Copy Data for Google BigQuery

SAP and Google Cloud are expanding their long-standing data and analytics partnership with the launch of SAP Business Data Cloud Connect for Google BigQuery. By connecting Google BigQuery, the ...