Data Sips is a new video miniseries presented by Ippon Technologies and DATAVERSITY that showcases quick conversations with industry experts from last month’s Data Governance & Information Quality (DGIQ) Conference in Washington, D.C. The third episode of the series features Mathias Vercauteren, president and principal of Data Vantage Consulting, chatting with host Steve MacLauchlan, head of data at Ippon. (Steve also hosts a longer version of the series called The Data Pour,…

Read more about author Sean Martin. The most meaningful development in contemporary data architecture isn’t the growing interest in the concepts of the data mesh and the data fabric. Instead, it’s the potential for convergence of these two architectural approaches into a single architecture that supports both decentralization and centralization of integrated data, local data ownership, universal accessibility, and top-down and bottom-up implementation methods.  In reality, data meshes and data fabrics are more…

Read more about author Chakravarthy Kotaru. As AI continues to drive innovations in customer experiences, the need for better data management systems has become more evident. One such system, vector databases, is gaining traction as a key enabler of generative AI in industries like travel. These databases are specifically designed to store and process high-dimensional data in the form of vectors, allowing AI systems to better understand the context and…

Read more about author Andrew Wigmore. As extreme weather events become more frequent and severe, having accurate weather data is no longer just a luxury – it’s essential. In 2023 alone, the U.S. grappled with 28 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters – hardly a sign of smooth sailing for businesses operating in weather-sensitive industries. If you’re a data manager working in such an industry, integrating real-time and historical weather data into…