BIG DATA QUARTERLY
CONTENTS
Spring 2026
editor’s note | Stephanie Simone
2 Welcome to 2026: AI Continues Its Disruption
departments
3 BIG DATA BRIEFING
Key news on big data product launches, partnerships, and acquisitions
6 INSIGHTS | Paul Romano
The New Demands on Data Center and Storage Leaders
20 TRENDING NOW | Gal Naor
Flash Isn’t Just Expensive— It’s a Supply-Chain Risk
features
4 THE VOICE OF BIG DATA
A Call for the Evolution of MySQL: Q&A With Percona’s Vadim Tkachenko
8 FEATURE ARTICLE | Joe McKendrick
Laying the Perfect Data Foundation for AI
18 BIG DATA BY THE NUMBERS
Resolving the Data Activation Gap
columns
22 DATA DIRECTIONS | Michael Corey & Don Sullivan
Oracle—The 100-Year Plan
24 THE IOT INSIDER | Bart Schouw
The Dawn of the Agent Era: From Prompt Engineering to Digital Orchestration
26 GOVERNING GUIDELINES | Kimberly Nevala
Governing Perception