Although it’s a rewarding career, the job of chief data officer (CDO) comes with a long list of challenges, including massive data volumes and complexity, lack of high-quality data, privacy regulations, executive alignment, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning integration, and bridging the gap between technical data expertise and business objectives. What’s more, CDOs struggle […]
Data Fabresh: The Fusion Between Data Fabric and Data Mesh
In a world where data is the most valuable asset for decision-making, companies are looking for approaches that allow them to optimally manage, govern, and leverage information. Data “fabresh” has emerged as an innovative model that combines the best of data fabric and data mesh, fusing technological robustness with a decentralized organizational approach. What Is […]
AI and High Availability Clustering – The Future of Self-Managing Systems
Artificial intelligence is changing everything – and its impact on high availability (HA) clustering is no exception. The way in which AI and HA are coming together is making clusters more resilient, self-sustaining, and increasingly smarter at handling workloads. In other words, instead of IT professionals continuously putting out fires – constantly adjusting and working […]
Thriving in the “Second Wave” of Big Data Modernization
The idea of managing data at tremendous scale is hardly new. Most businesses embraced the concept of “big data” and associated technologies (like data lakes) at least a decade ago. However, the adoption of modern AI technology has introduced major new challenges to the big data world – so many, in fact, that it feels […]
How IT Leaders Can Fight Back Against Vendor Lock-In
Enterprise IT leaders are experiencing growing frustration with software vendors who wield excessive control over their technology roadmaps. From restrictive licensing agreements to forced upgrades and shifting support models, IT departments often find themselves at the mercy of vendors rather than in control of their own digital strategies. With so-called vendor lock-in on the rise, […]
The Biggest Data Backup Disasters of 2024 – and How to Avoid Them in 2025
For businesses everywhere, 2024 was a wake-up call – and not the gentle kind. Major data breaches and catastrophic outages made headlines, reminding us all that data backup isn’t a “nice-to-have” but rather a mission-critical strategy. Let’s recap the year: These high-profile failures weren’t just cautionary tales; they were full-blown cautionary sagas. The key takeaway? […]
It’s Essential – Verifying the Results of Data Transformations (Part 3)
Unexpected (and unwanted) data transformation problems can result from 50 (or more) issues that can be seen in the table that’s referenced in this blog post (see below). This post is an introduction to many causes of data transformation defects and how to avoid them. Data transformations are a process of altering data and data-related […]
Reinvigorating AI Data Security to Drive Success
AI’s transformative capabilities have spurred widespread adoption across sectors since ChatGPT’s groundbreaking debut in 2022. From using AI assistants to manage calendars to leveraging generative tools for content creation, technological integration has accelerated rapidly. However, this swift embrace of artificial intelligence has unveiled critical AI data security concerns. Researchers have revealed how large language models […]
Navigating the Path to ZeroOps: Overcoming Complexity and Legacy System Challenges
Forrester’s 2025 predictions anticipate that 75% of technology decision-makers will see their technical debt rise to a moderate or high level of severity by 2026 largely due to the rapid development of AI solutions, which are adding complexity to IT landscapes and legacy systems. As Forrester states, “to stem the tsunami of technical debt, tech leaders will […]
The Aftermath of a Data Breach
For organizations, the aftermath of a data breach can be highly devastating. In an interconnected world, a single data vulnerability can cascade into decades of irreversible loss – intellectual, monetary, and reputational. The consequences paralyze even the most established businesses, uprooting them from their foundation. A classic example is that of a Delaware corporation, Blackbaud, […]