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Change Log

[2026-06-12] — June 2026 cycle: Snowflake CoWork multi-agent GA; SAP & Cloudera agentic updates; vendorDiffs integrity fixes

🔴🟡 Red/Amber update

Files: Knowledge Platform Comparison - Cloud [2026-06-12].html · Knowledge Platform Comparison - On-Premise & Hybrid Platforms [2026-06-12].html

Cloud Assessment

Req	Vendor	Old	New	Evidence
A4	Snowflake	A	G	Snowflake CoWork (formerly Snowflake Intelligence) GA at Summit, Jun 2 2026 — built-in multi-agent orchestration + GA MCP Connectors; third cloud vendor GREEN on A4

On-Prem Assessment

Req	Vendor	Old	New	Evidence
A7	SAP	R	A	Native agent memory announced at Sapphire (May 2026): Joule Studio runtime memory on HANA Cloud + Company Memory on Signavio; rollout from June 2026, GA targeted H2 2026
A4	Cloudera	R	A	Cloudera Agent Studio (native to Cloudera AI, NVIDIA-integrated) — low-to-high-code multi-agent build/test/deploy; no formal GA milestone → AMBER

No Change (verified accurate)

Microsoft, AWS, Google (cloud): no tracked AMBER item moved to GA — Fabric IQ ontology, AWS native semantic layer, Google Enterprise Knowledge Graph & BigQuery Graph all remain Preview/absent.
Databricks (cloud): MCP still Public Preview (A3 AMBER), Spend Controls still Beta (P4 AMBER) — Databricks Summit (Jun 15-18) falls after this window; recheck after.
Teradata, IBM, Oracle: no GA in window. Teradata AgentStack midyear GA target due but unconfirmed — held at AMBER.
SAS A4 (Agentic Accelerator is a GitHub starter kit, not GA) — stays RED. Dell K2/T1/T5 (ObjectScale S3 Vector, AI Assistant, NL interface still "targeted Q2/1H CY26") — stay AMBER.
SAP A3 Commerce Cloud MCP — still Q2 2026 target, not GA.

Narrative Updates

VLN.snowflake (cloud): vision + agentic why/capabilities/excels/gaps rewritten for CoWork multi-agent GA (A4 GREEN) and User Memory preview (A7 AMBER).
VLN.sap (onprem): vision + agentic why/capabilities/gaps updated for native agent memory (A7 AMBER) and Joule Studio 2.0 / A2A.
VLN.cloudera (onprem): agentic why/capabilities/gaps updated for Cloudera Agent Studio + AI Workbench MCP Server.
STATIC_NARRATIVES (cloud): execSummaryTakeaways[3], strategicFindings[3], competitiveLandscape.snowflake, fieldGuidance (vs Snowflake), vendorDiffs.snowflake — "three vendors now GREEN on A4". editionDate + methodologyPara2 → June 2026. Databricks P4 label "Public Preview" → "Beta" (3 spots).
STATIC_NARRATIVES (onprem): execSummaryTakeaways[5], strategicFindings[5], competitiveLandscape.sap/cloudera, fieldGuidance (vs SAP, vs Cloudera). editionDate + methodologyPara2 → June 2026. A3 IBM details softened ("nascent" → publishes GA watsonx.data MCP servers). A4 SAP/Dell details refreshed.
vendorDiffs integrity fixes (pre-existing rating-code errors corrected, 4c-3/4c-4 gates): cloud databricks & google K4 RED→AMBER (Neo4j); onprem teradata A1 AMBER→A6 AMBER (Teradata A1 is GREEN on-prem); onprem sap gaps A3 RED/A4 RED/A7 RED corrected to GREEN/AMBER/AMBER; onprem sas A3 RED→AMBER; onprem dell A3 GREEN→AMBER; onprem cloudera "all six T RED"→"four of six", RED count 11→10; onprem sap T5 GREEN→AMBER; SAS Policy "GREEN across all 7 P" → "5 of 7 GREEN" (3 spots, P2/P3 are AMBER).

References Added

Cloud:

Snowflake Product Release Notes & Summit 2026 updated: added CoWork GA (Jun 2 2026) with multi-agent orchestration + GA MCP Connectors + User Memory preview; A4 noted as upgraded to GREEN.

On-Prem:

SAP Datasphere and SAP Business AI Documentation updated: added Sapphire May 2026 — Joule Studio 2.0 + native agent memory (HANA Cloud runtime + Company Memory on Signavio); informed A7 upgrade.
Cloudera CDP Documentation updated: added Cloudera Agent Studio + AI Workbench MCP Server; informed A4 upgrade.

[2026-05-20] — Snowflake agent memory R→A; Databricks MCP + FinOps details updated; IBM MCP GA confirmed

🔴🟡 Red/Amber update

Files: Knowledge Platform Comparison - Cloud [2026-05-20].html · Knowledge Platform Comparison - On-Premise & Hybrid Platforms [2026-05-20].html

Cloud Assessment

Req	Vendor	Old	New	Evidence
A7	Snowflake	R	A	Cortex Agents Threads (GA): server-managed Thread ID-based cross-session conversation persistence; part of GA Cortex Agents; docs updated May 2026

On-Prem Assessment

Req	Vendor	Old	New	Evidence
—	—	—	—	No rating changes this run

No Change (verified accurate)

A3/Databricks (cloud): Managed MCP servers still in Public Preview (May 7, 2026) — stays AMBER; details updated
P4/Databricks (cloud): Unity AI Gateway AI Spend Controls in Public Preview (May 19, 2026) — stays AMBER; details updated
A7/AWS (cloud): Bedrock Agents memory confirmed GA with 365-day retention + AgentCore memory — stays AMBER; details updated
K4/Google (cloud): Enterprise Knowledge Graph still Preview as of May 19, 2026 — stays AMBER
A3/IBM (onprem): Watson Orchestrate MCP import GA (May 5, 2026) — stays AMBER (client-side only); details updated
A1/SAS (onprem): Agentic AI Accelerator on GitHub, no formal releases, early-stage — stays AMBER

Narrative Updates

VLN.snowflake.vision — "4 RED ratings" → "3 RED ratings"; removed "no agent memory"; added "Cortex Agents Threads now provide basic cross-session agent memory (A7 AMBER)"
VLN.snowflake.agentic.why — removed A7 from structural gaps; added Threads note (A7 AMBER)
VLN.snowflake.agentic.gaps — updated: "(A7 RED)" → "(A7 AMBER)"; described Threads capability and remaining limits
STATIC_NARRATIVES.competitiveLandscape.snowflake — oneline updated: "4 RED ratings (K4, K5, T2, A7)" → "3 RED ratings (K4, K5, T2)"; added Threads/A7 AMBER note
STATIC_NARRATIVES.fieldGuidance vs.Snowflake (cloud) — updated: "4 RED ratings remain: … no agent memory" → "3 RED ratings remain: …"; added A7 AMBER context

References Added

(No new reference cards added this run — all sources were existing docs/release notes.)

[2026-05-08] — Teradata Autonomous Knowledge Platform announced; cloud A4/Microsoft + A6/Snowflake + on-prem A6/IBM upgraded to GREEN

🔴🟡 Red/Amber update

Files: Knowledge Platform Comparison - Cloud [2026-05-08].html · Knowledge Platform Comparison - On-Premise & Hybrid Platforms [2026-05-08].html

Cloud Assessment

Req	Vendor	Old	New	Evidence
A4	Microsoft	A	G	Copilot Studio multi-agent orchestration GA April 2026 — A2A protocol, Microsoft Fabric integration, M365 Agents SDK orchestration; autonomous agentic actions in Word/Excel/PowerPoint
A6	Snowflake	A	G	Cortex Agent Evaluations GA Mar 13, 2026 — answer-correctness vs. ground truth, logical-consistency LLM-as-judge, custom metrics, trace capture; multi-tenancy GA

On-Prem Assessment

Req	Vendor	Old	New	Evidence
A6	IBM	A	G	watsonx Orchestrate runtime agent monitoring GA (powered by watsonx.governance) + Agentic Control Plane GA — tracing, build-time + runtime evaluation, multi-framework governance (LangFlow, LangGraph, A2A)

No Change (verified accurate)

A3/Databricks (cloud): MCP still Public Preview — stays AMBER
A4/Teradata (cloud): AgentStack still private preview, cloud GA targeted Q3 2026 per Autonomous Knowledge Platform announcement — stays AMBER
T2/Microsoft (cloud): Fabric IQ ontology still Preview, billing meters not yet published — stays AMBER
K4/Google (cloud): Enterprise Knowledge Graph + BigQuery Graph still Pre-GA — stays AMBER
A1/SAS (onprem): Viya Copilot + Agentic AI Accelerator on GitHub, early-stage — stays AMBER (details updated)
A4/SAP (onprem): Joule Studio multi-agent confined to SAP domain — stays AMBER
K4/SAP (onprem): HANA Cloud Knowledge Graph Engine GA Q1 2025 confirmed — stays AMBER per SAP-domain confinement (details updated)
T1/Oracle (onprem): Oracle Analytics AI Agents added but RPD remains aging — stays AMBER

Narrative Updates

VLN.teradata.vision (cloud + onprem) — rewritten to frame around Autonomous Knowledge Platform announcement May 7, 2026 (Q3 cloud GA, Tera Factory on-prem later 2026)
VLN.teradata.knowledge.capabilities (cloud + onprem) — added Pinecone partnership and Connected Data Foundation (Iceberg/Delta)
VLN.teradata.translation.gaps (cloud + onprem) — added WisdomAI documented partnership context
VLN.teradata.agentic.why/capabilities/gaps (cloud + onprem) — added Tera workspace (Tera Analyze, Tera Code, Tera Claw research preview), Tera Agents (platform infrastructure agents available now), Q3 2026 cloud GA timing, and revised competitor context (Microsoft now also GREEN on A4 cloud; IBM A6 GREEN on-prem)
VLN.snowflake.vision + VLN.snowflake.agentic.why/capabilities/excels/gaps (cloud) — A6 GREEN with Cortex Agent Evaluations GA; Snowflake Intelligence positioned as agentic enterprise control plane (Apr 21 2026); Cortex Code expansion to AWS Glue, Databricks, Postgres
VLN.microsoft.vision + VLN.microsoft.agentic.why/capabilities/excels/gaps (cloud) — A4 GREEN; Microsoft now second analytics platform GREEN on both A1 and A4
VLN.databricks.agentic.gaps (cloud) — Lakebase GA Azure (Mar 3, 2026, 14 regions); cloud-portability gap on agent memory closed
VLN.ibm.agentic.why/capabilities/excels/gaps (onprem) — A6 GREEN with runtime agent monitoring + Agentic Control Plane GA
VLN.sap.knowledge.capabilities (onprem) — added HANA Cloud Knowledge Graph Engine GA Q1 2025 (RDF triple store, ontology rules)
VLN.sas.agentic.capabilities (onprem) — added SAS Viya Copilot + Agentic AI Accelerator (Apr 28, 2026)
STATIC_NARRATIVES.execSummaryTakeaways[2] (cloud) — Microsoft A4 GA + Snowflake A6 GA reflected
STATIC_NARRATIVES.strategicFindings[2] (cloud) — Agentic stratification updated for Microsoft A4 GA
STATIC_NARRATIVES.mustAccelerate A4 row (cloud) — benchmark updated to Databricks Supervisor Agent + Microsoft Copilot Studio multi-agent (both GA)
STATIC_NARRATIVES.competitiveLandscape (cloud) — Snowflake (A6 GREEN), Databricks (Lakebase Azure GA), Microsoft (A4 GREEN) onelines updated
STATIC_NARRATIVES.fieldGuidance vs.Snowflake/vs.Databricks/vs.Microsoft (cloud) — updated for new GA milestones
STATIC_NARRATIVES.execSummaryTakeaways[2] + strategicFindings[2] (onprem) — IBM A6 GREEN reflected
STATIC_NARRATIVES.execSummaryTakeaways[5] + strategicFindings[5] (onprem) — Teradata Autonomous Knowledge Platform announcement reflected
STATIC_NARRATIVES.competitiveLandscape.ibm (onprem) — A6 GREEN added to oneline

References Added

Cloud:

Snowflake Product Release Notes — Snowflake, 2025-2026: existing card updated to add Cortex Agent Evaluations GA (Mar 13, 2026) and multi-tenancy GA; informed A6 upgrade.
Microsoft Copilot Studio Multi-Agent Orchestration GA — Microsoft, 2026: NEW card documenting April 2026 GA of A2A protocol, Fabric integration, and M365 Agents SDK orchestration; informed A4 upgrade.
Databricks Lakebase GA — Databricks, 2026: existing card updated to reflect Azure GA Mar 3 2026 (14 regions).
Teradata Autonomous Knowledge Platform Announcement — Teradata, 2026: NEW card documenting May 7, 2026 announcement (AI Studio, Tera workspace, Tera Agents, Pinecone + WisdomAI partnerships, Q3 2026 cloud GA).

On-Prem:

IBM Product Documentation card updated: added Watson Orchestrate runtime agent monitoring GA, Agentic Control Plane GA (multi-framework: LangFlow, LangGraph, A2A), and watsonx.ai Graph RAG support; informed A6 upgrade.
SAP Datasphere and SAP Business AI Documentation card updated: added HANA Cloud Knowledge Graph Engine GA Q1 2025, Joule Studio Agent Builder GA Dec 2025, HANA Cloud MCP Server GA Q1 2026.
SAS Viya Documentation card updated: added Viya MCP Server GA 2025 and SAS Innovate Apr 28, 2026 announcements (Viya Copilot, Agentic AI Accelerator).
Teradata Autonomous Knowledge Platform Announcement — Teradata, 2026: NEW card (same as cloud).

Partnership Registry additions (`Data/partnerships.md`)

2 new rows added:

teradata | Pinecone (K2) — confirmed-documented; production vector retrieval inside AI Studio; details-only update (K2 already GREEN); Pinecone Nexus partner backing alongside Box, Unstructured, LlamaIndex, ThoughtFocus.
teradata | WisdomAI (T5, A1) — confirmed-documented; agentic BI in AI Studio: NL queries, AI-powered dashboards from a single prompt, automated analytical workflows; documented partnership rule keeps T5 AMBER but updates rationale and details.

[2026-04-27] — Databricks agentic layer reaches GREEN: Agent Bricks GA (A1 + A4)

🔴🟡 Red/Amber update

Files: Knowledge Platform Comparison - Cloud [2026-04-27].html

Cloud Assessment

Req	Vendor	Old	New	Evidence
A1	Databricks	A	G	Agent Bricks GA Apr 14, 2026 — no-code Supervisor Agent, Knowledge Assistant, Document Intelligence; pro-code Custom Agents + Mosaic AI Agent Framework; enterprise deployments at Workday, Virgin Atlantic, AstraZeneca, Zapier
A4	Databricks	A	G	Supervisor Agent GA Feb 10, 2026 — orchestrates Genie Spaces (structured), Knowledge Assistant (unstructured), MCP servers (tools); OBO authentication enforces user-level permissions; MLflow + ALHF; Mumbai region Mar 2026

On-Prem Assessment

Req	Vendor	Old	New	Evidence
—	—	—	—	No changes this run

Narrative Updates

Cloud VLN:

VLN.databricks.vision — updated: Agent Bricks GA Apr 2026, Supervisor Agent GA Feb 2026; "first analytics platform to reach GREEN on both A1 and A4"
VLN.databricks.agentic.why — AMBER → GREEN; Databricks completed agentic buildout in early 2026
VLN.databricks.agentic.capabilities — fully rewritten to reflect GA Agent Bricks + Supervisor Agent
VLN.databricks.agentic.excels — rewritten to highlight first GREEN on A1+A4 with enterprise proof
VLN.databricks.agentic.gaps — removed Agent Bricks and Supervisor Agent (now GA); MCP Preview remains
VLN.teradata.agentic.gaps — urgency note updated: "Databricks Supervisor Agent is now GA (Feb 2026)"
RATIONALES.A1.databricks — updated to GREEN rationale citing Agent Bricks GA Apr 14, 2026
RATIONALES.A4.databricks — updated to GREEN rationale citing Supervisor Agent GA Feb 10, 2026
RATIONALES.A2.databricks — removed stale "A1 rated AMBER" reference
RATIONALES.A1.teradata — updated to mention Karini AI documented partner + AgentStack cloud Q2 2026 target
details.A1.teradata — added Karini AI as AgentStack integration partner
details.A4.teradata — added Karini AI to supported frameworks list

Cloud STATIC_NARRATIVES:

execSummaryTakeaways[2] — "universally immature, every vendor AMBER" → "maturing fast — Databricks leads with GREEN on A1+A4"
strategicFindings[2] — "universally immature" → "stratifying — Databricks first GREEN on A1+A4"
mustAccelerate A4 row — benchmark updated from "Multi-Agent Supervisor (Beta)" to "Databricks Supervisor Agent (GA Feb 2026)"
competitiveLandscape.databricks — strongest reordered to Agentic / Knowledge; oneline updated to mention first GREEN on A1+A4

Partnership Registry additions (`Data/partnerships.md`)

3 new rows added:

teradata | Karini AI — confirmed-documented; no-code agent builder + Teradata MCP + knowledge-grounded workflows; named in AgentStack press release Jan 2026 (applies to both cloud and on-prem)
databricks | OpenAI — confirmed-documented; $100M multi-year partnership; GPT-5/5.5 natively in Agent Bricks; details-only (A1 already GREEN natively)
snowflake | Anthropic — confirmed-documented; Cortex Agents optimized for Claude; VS Code + Claude Code plugin Apr 2026; no rating impact

[2026-04-27] — Partnership ecosystem scan: 8 rating changes across cloud + on-prem

🔴🟡 Red/Amber update

Files: Knowledge Platform Comparison - Cloud [2026-04-27].html · Knowledge Platform Comparison - On-Premise & Hybrid Platforms [2026-04-27].html

Skill Enhancement

Added mandatory Partnership & Ecosystem Research to SKILL.md Phase 2: a 4-step process (read registry → build gap matrix → search every row → completeness gate), vendor-specific partnership targets for all 11 non-Dell vendors, universal Partnership Rating Rule in Constraints, Partnership: field in Phase 3 recommendation blocks, and Phase 4d to write Data/partnerships.md after each run. Created Data/partnerships.md as a self-maintaining partnership registry (21 rows written this run).

Cloud Assessment

Req	Vendor	Old	New	Partnership	Evidence
K4	Databricks	R	A	Neo4j (Certified, Jun 2025)	Agent Bricks GraphRAG + bi-directional Delta Lake↔Neo4j connector; Unity Catalog integration; separate Neo4j service required
K4	Google	R	A	Neo4j (Documented, 2025)	Neo4j Aura Graph Analytics in BigQuery; Neo4j AI Agent in Gemini console; separate Neo4j Aura service required
T1	AWS	R	A	dbt Labs (Documented SCA, Jul 2025)	Strategic Collaboration Agreement; MetricFlow on Redshift/Athena/SageMaker Lakehouse; AWS Marketplace + joint support; separate dbt Cloud subscription required

On-Prem Assessment

Req	Vendor	Old	New	Partnership	Evidence
K1	Teradata	A	G	Unstructured.io (Certified, Apr 2026)	Joint solution GA; embedded in Enterprise Vector Store; 70+ file types; air-gapped capable
K1	IBM	A	G	Unstructured.io (OEM, Nov 2025)	OEM embed in WatsonX.data; 70+ file types; PII annotation; Filenet/Box/Google Docs connectors
A1	Oracle	A	G	None (OCI EA Agents GA Mar 31 2026)	LangChain/LangGraph/AutoGen; MCP tool use; A2A protocol; multimodal vision; zero data retention option
A3	Cloudera	R	A	Cloudera (iceberg-mcp-server, 2026)	MCP access to CDP Iceberg tables via LangChain adapters; single-component only — not platform-wide
A4	SAP	A	A	LangChain (Documented, Apr 2026) + A2A	Details-only: official SAP LangChain integration for HANA Cloud (GitHub v1.1.0); A2A protocol added; rating unchanged

Details-only updates (no rating change)

P2/Databricks: added Arize AI (agent eval + observability, documented) and Aporia (ML observability, documented) to details
P2/Microsoft: added Arize Azure Native Integration (documented) for tracing and eval to details

No Change (confirmed not-found)

K4/Snowflake — no Neo4j partnership found; remains RED
A1/SAS — no LangChain/LlamaIndex partnership; SAS Viya MCP Server is native; remains AMBER
K1/Oracle — no Unstructured.io partnership; Oracle Object Storage + AI Vision path; remains AMBER

Narrative Updates

Cloud VLN:

VLN.databricks.knowledge.gaps — removed K4 RED language; added Neo4j certified partnership AMBER framing
VLN.google.knowledge.gaps — removed K4 RED language; added Neo4j documented partnership AMBER framing
VLN.aws.vision — updated "entire Translation Layer is RED" to reflect T1 now AMBER via dbt SCA
VLN.aws.translation.why/capabilities/excels/gaps — full rewrite to reflect T1 AMBER via dbt SCA; T2/T5/T6 remain RED

Cloud STATIC_NARRATIVES:

competitiveLandscape.aws.oneline — updated; weakest now "Translation" (not "Translation (RED)")
strategicFindings[1] — "AWS's entire Translation Layer remains RED" → "T1 AMBER via dbt SCA; T2/T5/T6 remain RED"
execSummaryTakeaways[1] — "AWS has no semantic layer at all" → "AWS improved T1 to AMBER via dbt SCA"

On-Prem VLN:

VLN.ibm.knowledge.why/excels/gaps — updated K1 GREEN via Unstructured OEM; removed storage-assembly gap language
VLN.oracle.agentic.why/excels/gaps — updated A1 GREEN via OCI EA Agents GA; removed "OCI GenAI Agents is less mature" language
VLN.cloudera.agentic.why/capabilities/gaps — updated A3 AMBER via iceberg-mcp-server; added single-component MCP framing

On-Prem STATIC_NARRATIVES:

execSummaryTakeaways[3] — Oracle finding updated to include OCI EA Agents GA (A1 GREEN)
strategicFindings[3] — Oracle finding updated to include OCI EA Agents GA

Partnership Registry (`Data/partnerships.md`)

21 rows written covering: 4 Dell (pre-existing), Teradata/Unstructured.io, IBM/Unstructured.io, Databricks/Neo4j, Google/Neo4j, AWS/dbt Labs, Oracle/LangChain, Cloudera/iceberg-mcp-server, SAP/LangChain, SAP/A2A, Databricks/Arize, Databricks/Aporia, Microsoft/Arize, Snowflake/Neo4j (not-found), SAS/LangChain (not-found), SAS/LlamaIndex (not-found), IBM/LangChain (incidental), Oracle/Unstructured.io (not-found).

[2026-04-27] — On-prem references restructured to three-tier layout

🔴🟡 Red/Amber update

Files: Knowledge Platform Comparison - On-Premise & Hybrid Platforms [2026-04-27].html

Structural Change — On-Prem References Tab

The on-premise References tab now uses the same three-tier layout as the cloud version:

Tier	Heading	Cards
1	Primary Analyst Research (directly factored into requirements & ratings)	8 analyst reports (Gartner, Forrester)
2	Supporting Analyst Research & Vendor Documentation	6 vendor documentation entries (IBM, Oracle, SAP, Cloudera, SAS, Dell)
3	Industry Standards & Frameworks	1 card (MCP — Anthropic)

No rating changes. No content added or removed — existing 15 reference cards redistributed into tiers. Template updated with renderRefCards() helper function matching the cloud template. SKILL.md schema comment updated to reflect unified structure.

[2026-04-27] — April 2026 cloud assessment update (P1 + P2 guardrails corrections)

🔴🟡 Red/Amber update

Files: Knowledge Platform Comparison - Cloud [Initial].html · Knowledge Platform Comparison - On-Premise & Hybrid Platforms [Initial].html

Cloud Assessment

Req	Vendor	Old	New	Evidence
P1	Microsoft	A	G	OneLake security GA announced at FabCon/SQLCon 2026, March 19, 2026 — unified row/column security across all Fabric engines
P2	Snowflake	R	A	Cortex Guard GA July 24, 2024 (harmful content filtering); Cortex AI Guardrails prompt injection + jailbreak detection (Feb 2026)

On-Prem Assessment

Req	Vendor	Old	New	Evidence
—	—	—	—	No changes this run

No Change (verified accurate)

A3/databricks (cloud): MCP still Public Preview → AMBER confirmed
A7/snowflake (cloud): No agent memory product → RED confirmed
K4/google (cloud): Enterprise Knowledge Graph + BigQuery Graph still Preview → RED confirmed
A4/teradata (cloud): AgentStack private preview, cloud GA targeting Q2 2026 → AMBER confirmed
IBM A4/on-prem: Watson Orchestrate multi-agent GA → GREEN confirmed
Oracle A3/on-prem: Oracle DB MCP Server GA → GREEN confirmed
Oracle A7/on-prem: Oracle 23ai Unified Memory Core GA Jan 2026 → GREEN confirmed
SAP A1/on-prem: Joule Studio Agent Builder GA Q1 2026 → GREEN confirmed

Narrative Updates

VLN.snowflake.vision (cloud) — updated RED count from 5 to 4; noted AI guardrails upgraded to AMBER (Cortex Guard GA)
VLN.snowflake.policy.why/capabilities/excels/gaps (cloud) — replaced "weakest of any major vendor (P2 rated RED)" with AMBER framing; added Cortex Guard GA Jul 2024 and Cortex AI Guardrails to capabilities
VLN.microsoft.policy.why/capabilities/excels/gaps (cloud) — updated to reflect P1 GREEN: "OneLake security GA Mar 2026 closes the last Preview-stage gap"; removed "OneLake security still in Preview" from gaps
STATIC_NARRATIVES.competitiveLandscape.snowflake (cloud) — updated oneline from "5 RED ratings (K4, K5, T2, A7, P2)" to "4 RED ratings (K4, K5, T2, A7); AI guardrails upgraded to AMBER"
STATIC_NARRATIVES.fieldGuidance (cloud) — updated Snowflake bullet from "5 RED ratings: no AI guardrails" to "4 RED ratings; AI guardrails now AMBER"
VLN.google.knowledge.why/capabilities/excels/gaps (cloud) — updated "Dataplex Universal Catalog" to "Knowledge Catalog (GA Apr 2026, formerly Dataplex)"; added GA data products + high-precision semantic search; noted BigQuery Graph still Preview
REQUIREMENTS.K7.details.google (cloud) — same Knowledge Catalog rename and GA status

References Added

(No new reference cards added this run — evidence sourced from official Snowflake release notes (Jul 2024), Microsoft Fabric blog (Mar 2026), and Google Cloud Next 2026 blog (Apr 2026), all within existing source categories.)

[2026-04-27] — Q2 2026 agentic layer and semantic layer update

🔴🟡 Red/Amber update

Files: Knowledge Platform Comparison - Cloud [Initial].html · Knowledge Platform Comparison - On-Premise & Hybrid Platforms [Initial].html

Cloud Assessment

Req	Vendor	Old	New	Evidence
A3	Snowflake	A	G	Snowflake-managed MCP Server GA, Nov 4 2025 (docs.snowflake.com)
T1	Snowflake	A	G	Semantic Views GA Oct 2025; Cortex Analyst GA Mar 2025
T1	Databricks	A	G	Unity Catalog Business Semantics GA early 2026 (databricks.com/blog)
A4	Snowflake	R	A	Cortex Agents GA Nov 2025; multi-agent orchestration guide published
A4	Teradata	R	A	Enterprise AgentStack private preview April 2026; cloud GA Q2 2026
A7	Databricks	R	G	Lakebase GA on AWS Feb 2026; agent memory API (LangGraph checkpointers)

On-Prem Assessment

Req	Vendor	Old	New	Evidence
K6	Dell	A	G	Dell Data Orchestration Engine GA Q1 2026 (GTC announcement Mar 16 2026)
A3	SAP	A	G	SAP HANA Cloud MCP Server GA Q1 2026; Joule Studio MCP GA Dec 2025

No Change (verified accurate)

A3/teradata (cloud): Community Edition MCP only; no enterprise GA — stays A
A3/databricks (cloud): Public Preview Jan 2026 — stays A
A7/snowflake (cloud): No native agent memory product — stays R
K4/google (cloud): Enterprise Knowledge Graph still Pre-GA April 2026 — stays R
K7/dell (onprem): DOE adds discovery but unified catalog gap persists — stays A
T1/dell, T5/dell (onprem): AI Assistant targeted 1H CY26, not yet GA — stays A
A4/sas, A4/cloudera (onprem): No multi-agent products in portfolio — stays R

References Added

Cloud:

Snowflake Product Release Notes — Snowflake, 2025: GA dates for Semantic Views (Oct 2025), Cortex Agents (Nov 2025), MCP Server (Nov 2025). Informed T1, A1, A3 Snowflake ratings.
Databricks Unity Catalog Business Semantics GA — Databricks, 2026: GA announcement blog for Metric Views / UC Business Semantics. Informed T1 Databricks upgrade (A→G).
Databricks Lakebase GA — Databricks, 2026: GA announcement blog for managed Postgres agent memory. Informed A7 Databricks upgrade (R→G).

On-Prem:

Dell AI Factory documentation card updated: added Data Orchestration Engine GA Q1 2026 (GTC Mar 16 2026). Informed K6 Dell upgrade (A→G).
MCP card updated: SAP entry revised to reflect HANA Cloud MCP Server GA Q1 2026 + Joule Studio MCP GA Dec 2025. Informed A3 SAP upgrade (A→G).

Change Log

[2026-06-12] — June 2026 cycle: Snowflake CoWork multi-agent GA; SAP & Cloudera agentic updates; vendorDiffs integrity fixes

Cloud Assessment

On-Prem Assessment

No Change (verified accurate)

Narrative Updates

References Added

[2026-05-20] — Snowflake agent memory R→A; Databricks MCP + FinOps details updated; IBM MCP GA confirmed

Cloud Assessment

On-Prem Assessment

No Change (verified accurate)

Narrative Updates

References Added

[2026-05-08] — Teradata Autonomous Knowledge Platform announced; cloud A4/Microsoft + A6/Snowflake + on-prem A6/IBM upgraded to GREEN

Cloud Assessment

On-Prem Assessment

No Change (verified accurate)

Narrative Updates

References Added

Partnership Registry additions (Data/partnerships.md)

[2026-04-27] — Databricks agentic layer reaches GREEN: Agent Bricks GA (A1 + A4)

Cloud Assessment

On-Prem Assessment

Narrative Updates

Partnership Registry additions (Data/partnerships.md)

[2026-04-27] — Partnership ecosystem scan: 8 rating changes across cloud + on-prem

Skill Enhancement

Cloud Assessment

On-Prem Assessment

Details-only updates (no rating change)

No Change (confirmed not-found)

Narrative Updates

Partnership Registry (Data/partnerships.md)

[2026-04-27] — On-prem references restructured to three-tier layout

Structural Change — On-Prem References Tab

[2026-04-27] — April 2026 cloud assessment update (P1 + P2 guardrails corrections)

Cloud Assessment

On-Prem Assessment

No Change (verified accurate)

Narrative Updates

References Added

[2026-04-27] — Q2 2026 agentic layer and semantic layer update

Cloud Assessment

On-Prem Assessment

No Change (verified accurate)

References Added

Partnership Registry additions (`Data/partnerships.md`)

Partnership Registry additions (`Data/partnerships.md`)

Partnership Registry (`Data/partnerships.md`)