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EDB Postgres® AI Delivers Superior Predictability vs. Cloud Data Warehouses in High-Concurrency Benchmark, Unveils Q1 Platform Updates to Power the Agentic AI Era
Tech Optimizer
April 1, 2026

EDB Postgres® AI Delivers Superior Predictability vs. Cloud Data Warehouses in High-Concurrency Benchmark, Unveils Q1 Platform Updates to Power the Agentic AI Era

Independent benchmarking by McKnight Consulting Group shows that EDB Postgres AI for WarehousePG provides significant cost efficiency and performance consistency, with organizations potentially saving up to 58% in total cost of ownership compared to leading cloud data warehouse solutions. The evaluation compared EDB PG AI against competitors like Snowflake, Databricks, Amazon Redshift, and Hive on Apache Iceberg using a 10TB extended TPC-DS dataset, focusing on high-concurrency mixed workloads. Key findings include: - EDB PG AI demonstrated unmatched cost efficiency, with an annual cost of ,886 compared to Snowflake’s ,953 for a multi-cluster setup. - It exhibited superior concurrency handling, with the lowest performance slowdown of 2.7x when scaling from one to five concurrent users, outperforming Snowflake (3.9x), Redshift (4.0x), and Databricks (4.1x). - EDB PG AI's core-based, capacity-pricing model eliminates unpredictable pricing fluctuations associated with consumption-based models. EDB announced Q1 2026 platform updates, including: - GPU-Accelerated Analytics for 50–100x faster analytics on large datasets. - Enhanced Agent Studio for quicker AI agent development and deployment. - Upgraded Vector Engine for improved indexing speed and efficiency. - WarehousePG Enterprise Manager for simplified management of MPP workloads. - Agentic Database Management with a native chatbot for natural language database management. - Certification as a mission-critical data layer for the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
Windows 11 version 26H2: Everything we know so far about Microsoft's next OS update coming this fall
Winsage
January 28, 2026

Windows 11 version 26H2: Everything we know so far about Microsoft’s next OS update coming this fall

Microsoft is preparing to launch Windows 11 version 26H2 this fall, which will be available as an update for users on versions 25H2 and 24H2. The update will be a streamlined enablement package, ensuring a quick download and installation process. Version 26H2 will maintain feature parity with its predecessors, focusing on platform enhancements rather than new user-facing features. The release is expected around September or October, with a phased rollout strategy. Microsoft plans to implement behind-the-scenes platform changes in the 26300 series builds for version 26H2, prioritizing stability and security. Additionally, a newer version, 26H1, will be released in spring for new PCs with next-generation Arm chips, potentially leading to two distinct versions of 26H2 this fall: one for existing PCs and another for Arm-based systems.
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