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We are excited to announce a significant update to our ODBC Drivers product line. This release delivers broader compatibility across modern data platforms, improved integration with third-party tools, and extended support for advanced data types and authentication methods.

This is a guest post from Laura Copeland. Key insights from a fireside chat with Chris Yates. Part 1. Choosing the right database monitoring vendor isn’t just a technical decision, it’s a strategic one that affects your teams, your estate, your growth plans, and the culture of your organisation. It’s also a personal one if you’re a DBA. Something as critical as your monitoring system will shape your day‑to‑day work, and, in many cases, how well you sleep at night.

Last month, the VictoriaMetrics team gave a talk on retroactive sampling at KubeCon Europe 2026. By writing this blog post, as a transcript of the session, we want to explain how retroactive sampling reduces outbound traffic, CPU, and memory usage in the data collection pipeline significantly compared to tail sampling in OpenTelemetry.

Application delivery has accelerated over the last decade. Modern CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and cloud infrastructure have already raised the baseline. Now AI-assisted coding tools are compressing timelines further still - developers are writing and shipping code faster than ever.

This is a guest post from Adam Atreides. SQL Prompt's March releases focused on Prompt AI improvements and SSMS 22.4 compatibility.

Short Summary: This guide shows how to find and fix slow search queries when performance drops for no clear reason. It covers how to use dbForge tools to check execution plans, look at index fragmentation, and understand “warm-up” behavior so things stay consistent as your data grows.

Even when APIs, cloud connectors, and native integrations dominate the conversation in 2026, Oracle ODBC drivers remain the bedrock of enterprise data flow. They quietly power the BI dashboards you rely on, the Excel reports you trust, and the legacy systems you still depend on. But not all Oracle ODBC drivers deliver the same results. Some are built for speed, stability, and modern analytics workloads, while others struggle to keep up with today’s enterprise demands.