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Sidero Labs Launches Talos Director as VMware Alternative

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Sidero Labs Launches Talos Director as VMware Alternative

Santa Barbara, Calif. – September 30, 2026 -- Sidero Labs launched Talos Director, a single management platform positioned as a direct alternative to VMware for enterprises migrating virtual machines and Kubernetes clusters off legacy virtualization stacks. The platform is now in Limited Availability, with general availability planned for January 2027.

Talos Director runs VMs and Kubernetes on one immutable operating system

Built on Talos Linux and the Talos Hypervisor, Talos Director unifies management of virtual machines, Kubernetes clusters, storage and networking under a single declarative, immutable configuration model. The company says this eliminates the configuration drift that typically affects traditional data center environments.

FlashGrid 26.05 Adds Support for Oracle AI Database 26ai on Cloud

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FlashGrid 26.05 Adds Support for Oracle AI Database 26ai on Cloud

Sunnyvale, Calif. – September 23, 2026 -- FlashGrid Inc. has released version 26.05 of FlashGrid Cluster and FlashGrid Server with support for Oracle AI Database 26ai, Oracle's next long-term support release, enabling enterprises to run the AI-native database platform on Oracle RAC across AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud.

Oracle AI Database 26ai brings over 300 new capabilities to enterprise workloads

Oracle AI Database 26ai integrates AI functions directly into the database engine, adding more than 300 new capabilities spanning artificial intelligence, developer productivity, performance, and mission-critical availability. Oracle designed the release to let organizations build AI-powered applications while retaining the security, governance, and transactional consistency standards of Oracle Database.