BIG DATA QUARTERLY
Summer 2026 CONTENTS
editor’s note | Stephanie Simone
2 A Reminder to Make Sure Data Is Complete, Timely, and Accurate
departments
3 BIG DATA BRIEFING
Key news on big data product launches, partnerships, and acquisitions
6 INSIGHTS | Keith Belanger
From Best Practice to Business Risk: Why Manual DataOps Is No Longer Defensible
16 TRENDING NOW | Rob Brown
When the Clock Starts, Your Data Has to Be Ready
features
4 THE VOICE OF BIG DATA
Closing the Observability Gap Between Data and AI: Q&A With Imply’s Eric Tschetter
8 FEATURE ARTICLE | Joe McKendrick
Connecting Insights From the Internet of Things
14 BIG DATA BY THE NUMBERS
Reframing Data Infrastructure: AI and the Cloud Go Hand in Hand
columns
18 DATA DIRECTIONS | Michael Corey & Don Sullivan
Is That Job Opening You Just Applied to Even Real?
22 THE IOT INSIDER | Bart Schouw
Before the Wall Falls: Rail’s Digital Reckoning
24 GOVERNING GUIDELINES | Kimberly Nevala
Back to Basics: Decision Design