Five Minute Briefing - MultiValue
May 27, 2026
A comprehensive monthly publication filled with news and insight serving the MultiValue database community.
News Flashes
Entrinsik, a leader in data analytics and business intelligence solutions, announced it was selected by Ellucian, the leading higher education technology solutions provider, as a winner in the 2026 Experience Idol award program. Experience Idol is an annual program celebrating institutions and partner organizations using the Ellucian Platform and SaaS-native capabilities to deliver innovative, data-driven experiences that improve outcomes for students, faculty, and staff across the higher education lifecycle.
In a recent blog post, Mike Wright, CTO at Zumasys noted that the rise of AI has changed PICK MultiValue Modernization ultimately for the better. AI assisted development has changed the economics of modernization. It does not remove the need for strong leadership, experienced teams, sound architecture, or careful planning. It does not make legacy modernization easy. But it does reduce the cost and effort of some of the hardest parts of the work, he writes.
Following the MultiValue World Conference in April, Jay LaBonte, founder and chairman, MultiValue World Foundation, and president, Paradigm Systems, said the future is bright for the MultiValue space.
Think About It
Most organizations spend a great deal of time thinking about database performance. DBAs tune SQL, design indexes, and monitor workloads to ensure that applications run quickly and efficiently. Performance is important, of course, but there is another attribute that can be even more critical: resilience.