Master Data Management Articles
Broadcom Inc., a global technology leader that designs, develops, and supplies semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions, is releasing VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1—a secure and cost-effective infrastructure platform for production AI workloads.
Posted May 08, 2026
Object First, the ransomware-proof on-premises backup storage company, announced the general availability of Object First Fleet Manager, a secure, cloud-based service that simplifies management of distributed Ootbi backup storage deployments for Veeam Software environments.
Posted May 08, 2026
In his closing keynote for the 2026 Data Summit conference, John O'Brien, principal advisor and industry analyst, Radiant Advisors, shared three insights he's gained from his initial analysis of data gleaned from a market study on AI-readiness in enterprise data architecture.
Posted May 07, 2026
The roles of information professionals are being redefined in the digital age, seamlessly bridging the gap between traditional knowledge management (KM) practices and cutting-edge AI applications. At Data Summit 2026, Fleur Levitz, principal consultant, FDL consulting NYC LLC, and former data governance executive on Wall Street and senior management consultant and data governance practice lead, IBM lead her session, "Information Professionals in the Age of AI," examining several classical approaches to organize and rationalize human thought, namely through catalogs, classification schemes, and taxonomies.
Posted May 07, 2026
The modern data stack was built for a world of dashboards and batch pipelines. But AI agents are breaking it. The scarcest resource is no longer compute or storage, but the talent to reduce platform complexity. Sanjeev Mohan, principal, SanjMo and former Gartner Research VP, data and analytics, opened the second day of Data Summit 2026 with his keynote, "The Stack Is Collapsing: Trends Reshaping Every Layer of AI-Driven Data Foundations." The annual Data Summit conference returned to Boston, May 6-7, 2026, with pre-conference workshops on May 5.
Posted May 07, 2026
As organizations embrace AI technologies, they face growing challenges related to fairness, privacy, and unpredictable system behavior. At Data Summit 2026, Nicole Janeway Bills, CEO and founder, Data Strategy Professionals, led the session, "AI Risks & Risk Mitigation Strategies," using real-world examples to help attendees recognize 10 critical AI risks, detect emerging issues early, and implement practical measures to mitigate them while maximizing business value.
Posted May 06, 2026
Organizations are looking to implement AI systems while safeguarding stakeholder privacy and maintaining trust. At Data Summit 2026, Uchenna Okezie, senior analyst, O Enterprises, covered the critical intersection of responsible artificial intelligence (RAI) and privacy protection in organizational contexts during her session, "Responsible AI & Privacy: Trusted Data for Analytics at Speed."
Posted May 06, 2026
Data fabric, data lakehouse, and data mesh have recently appeared as viable alternatives to the modern data warehouse. At Data Summit 2026, James Serra, data and AI Architect at Microsoft, held his session, "Choosing Between a Modern Data Warehouse, Data Fabric, Data Lakehouse, & Data Mesh," providing a guided tour of each architecture to examine common data architecture concepts.
Posted May 06, 2026
Executives are betting on agentic AI to drive growth, yet many enterprises still struggle to move from pilot to production. The hard part has never been the models. It is about building trust in underlying data assets, human-AI workflows, and outcome accountability. Cal Al-Dhubaib, principal technologist at Rubrik, opened the first official day of Data Summit 2026 with his keynote, "Engineering for Trust in the Era of Agentic AI." The annual Data Summit conference returned to Boston, May 6-7, 2026, with pre-conference workshops on May 5.
Posted May 06, 2026
Data has become the most valuable resource for modern enterprises. However, the people tasked with managing this valuable resource have one foot out the door. According to the recent State of Database report by SolarWinds, more than 1 in 3 database administrators (DBAs) are considering leaving their role due to burnout. This statistic points to consequences that affect multiple core business functions. Moreover, as a database expert for more than 3 decades, I fear these consequences can create a cascading effect that could limit future innovation, shrink the DBA workforce, and reduce operational resilience.
Posted May 06, 2026
Effective data modeling enables value creation, efficiency gains, risk reduction, and strategic alignment in an environment of uncertainty and disruption. At Data Summit 2026, Pascal Desmarets, CEO, Hackolade, led the pre-conference workshop, "From Strategy to Structure: Accelerating Business Impact Through Hands-on Data Modeling," moving from high-level strategy to concrete data models that power modern analytics platforms.
Posted May 05, 2026
Becoming truly data-driven requires more than adopting new tools—it demands clear alignment between business goals and data architecture. At Data Summit 2026, John O'Brien, principal advisor and industry analyst, Radiant Advisors, led the pre-conference workshop, "How to Evolve Your Data Architecture from BI to AI," guiding attendees through a proven, four-step methodology for designing modern data platforms that deliver real, scalable business value.
Posted May 05, 2026
IBM is expanding its collaboration with Google Cloud to bring together AI capabilities from both companies. According to both companies, rather than forcing a single path, this creates a more open, secure, and flexible foundation for hybrid cloud and AI transformation. It also aims to make it easier for clients to connect data, models, infrastructure, and operations across environments.
Posted May 04, 2026
PDQ is introducing new features that deliver new capabilities to help IT teams standardize software, organize deployments more effectively, and act faster without adding complexity.
Posted May 01, 2026
Collate Inc., the semantic intelligence company, is introducing Collate AI Analytics, a new capability that enables data analysts to talk with their data to discover sources, build queries, create charts and dashboards, and extract key business insights.
Posted April 30, 2026
Cloudflare, a leading connectivity cloud company, is expanding its Agent Cloud with new features to help developers build, deploy, and scale agents. According to the company, this suite of infrastructure, security, and developer tools is designed to move AI agents from experimental demos on local laptops to robust, production-grade workloads running across Cloudflare's global network.
Posted April 30, 2026
While 85% of organizations have deployed AI agents, most remain stalled by a "productivity paradox" of constant human coordination. Reaching the autonomous enterprise requires agents that automate manual data operations, freeing data professionals for strategic innovation.
Posted April 29, 2026
Actian, the data and AI division of HCLSoftware, is unveiling Actian VectorAI DB, a portable vector database purpose-built to power production AI in regulated, disconnected, and edge environments.
Posted April 29, 2026
Global provider of fully managed hosting solutions, Hyve Managed Hosting, is partnering with Red Hat to give Hyve customers a modern, fully managed platform built on Red Hat OpenShift—enabling containerized applications and existing virtualized workloads to run side by side.
Posted April 24, 2026
NetApp, the Intelligent Data Infrastructure company, is unveiling new innovations that help customers better leverage their enterprise data, by tapping into the benefits of AI with Google Cloud.
Posted April 24, 2026
The modern data stack was built for a world of dashboards and batch pipelines, but AI agents are breaking it. The scarcest resource is no longer compute or storage, but the talent to reduce platform complexity. At Data Summit 2026, on May 6 - 7 in Boston, with pre-conference workshops on May 5, Sanjeev Mohan, principal, SanjMo and former Gartner Research, VP, data and analytics, will examine trends reshaping every layer of the AI-driven data foundation, from storage to governance to operations, during his keynote speech.
Posted April 22, 2026
Pinecone is announcing the general availability of its Dedicated Read Nodes (DRN), designed for workloads that need predictable performance, high throughput, and cost-efficient scaling under sustained load.
Posted April 20, 2026
Percona, the open source database software, support, and services company, is launching a "bold new brand identity" built around a single, non-negotiable idea: The Way Is Open.
Posted April 17, 2026
Executives are betting on agentic AI to drive growth, yet many enterprises still struggle to move from pilot to production. The difficult part has never been about the models, it is about building trust in underlying data assets, human-AI workflows, and outcome accountability. At Data Summit 2026, on May 6 - 7 in Boston, with pre-conference workshops on May 5, Cal Al-Dhubaib, principal technologist at Rubrik, will dive into Trust Engineering—the emerging discipline needed to consistently scale AI beyond pilots—during his keynote speech.
Posted April 16, 2026
AI is capturing the market in the startup space in 2026, with Crunchbase reporting that AI landed 80% of venture dollars. That means $242 billion went to AI startups and four of the five largest venture capital rounds in history closed in Q1 of 2026. Startups continue to emerge that bring fresh approaches to accelerating digital transformation, expanding what's possible with AI and analytics, breaking down silos, enhancing security, improving data observability, introducing new types of databases, maintaining data at the edge, advancing Web3, and more. Here are 30 startups DBTA thinks are worth watching in 2026.
Posted April 15, 2026
In April 2009, Larry Ellison said, as reported in The New York Times and The Guardian, that Java—then a freeware programming language—was "the single most important software asset we have ever acquired." Despite that bold praise, Oracle made no immediate effort to monetize Java, and that omission alone should raise eyebrows.
Posted April 14, 2026
Organizations are spending millions building data products that get used once and then are forgotten. It's a cycle that drains budgets, delays AI initiatives, and erodes trust in data. Experts recently convened for DBTA's webinar, Stop Rebuilding What You Already Have: Why Data Product Reusability Is the Key to AI-Ready Data, to make the case that reusability isn't just a "nice-to-have," it's the economic engine behind successful data strategy.
Posted April 13, 2026
It's time to vote for the annual Database Trends and Applications Readers' Choice Awards, a competition in which the winning information management solutions, products, and services are selected by you, the readers. The voting period will be open through May 22.
Posted April 10, 2026
Everyone wants AI, and they want it now—from the C-suite to the production floor. But are their data environments ready to support a full-bore AI effort? Data industry leaders and experts we spoke with say there has been a lot of progress fulfilling AI needs, but there's still a lot of work that needs to be done before today's data platforms are capable of supporting robust, AI-driven organizations.
Posted April 09, 2026
If you aspire to be a chief data and analytics officer (CDAO) or a leader of your data team, you will be pleased to know these roles are gaining influence and meeting the challenges of the AI evolution. These are some of the insights from Deloitte's 2026 CDAO Survey, which asked data and AI leaders about how their influence is changing amid the AI revolution: 94% expect their influence to grow within the next 12 months, and 36% say this influence will expand significantly.
Posted April 09, 2026
Artificial intelligence has shifted from an emerging technology to a core component of modern data ecosystems. For data and database professionals, AI now powers analytics platforms, cloud services, automation tools, and development workflows. This rapid integration is transforming how teams operate—accelerating productivity while raising new expectations around governance, ethics, and strategic alignment.
Posted April 09, 2026
AWS is announcing the release of Amazon S3 Files, a new file system that seamlessly connects any AWS compute resource with Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). With S3 Files, Amazon S3 is the first and only cloud object store that offers fully-featured, high-performance file system access to your data, the company said.
Posted April 08, 2026
Data Summit 2026 is rapidly approaching on May 6 - 7 in Boston, with pre-conference workshops on May 5, delivering a high-impact learning experience for data and AI professionals at every level. Attendees will gain practical strategies and forward-looking perspectives from industry leaders who are addressing the challenges and opportunities shaping the future of data. DBTA recently spoke to John O'Brien, program chair for the event and principal advisor, industry analyst at Radiant Advisors, about what to expect at this year's event.
Posted April 08, 2026
Vectra AI, a leader in modern network observability, signal, and control, is making major advancements to the Vectra AI Platform to provide exposure management built for AI enterprises.
Posted April 06, 2026
IBM announced that 11 of its artificial intelligence (AI) and automation software solutions—including several products from the watsonx portfolio—have received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) authorization. The 11 solutions are deployed exclusively on AWS GovCloud (U.S.), giving agencies secure access to these capabilities without having to manage the underlying infrastructure, and while meeting government compliance requirements, according to IBM.
Posted April 06, 2026
For modern enterprises, regulatory compliance means financial management, data protection, AI governance, sustainability, resilience, and more. It calls for a tight grip on data to meet regulatory requirements, report efficiently, avoid disruption to business, and satisfy customers. Leaders build trust with regulators and customers through ethical and transparent practices.
Posted April 06, 2026
Kestra, the open-source orchestration platform unifying data, AI, infrastructure and business workflows, announced $25 million in a Series A funding round, enabling the company to continue to grow its open-source orchestration platform with the launch of Kestra 2.0.
Posted April 03, 2026
AI initiatives rarely fail because of model quality. They fail because the underlying data systems were never designed for reliability, context retrieval, or operational consistency.
Posted April 02, 2026
Profisee, a leader in cloud-native master data management (MDM), is introducing the general availability of Profisee 2026 R1—establishing comprehensive AI leadership across the MDM category with capabilities spanning automated agents, semantic matching, and natural language data interaction through the new MCP (Model Context Protocol) Server.
Posted March 31, 2026
Fivetran, the global leader in data movement, announced it is donating SQLMesh, its open source data transformation framework, to the Linux Foundation to support a community-governed approach to developing and maintaining SQLMesh as part of the modern data stack.
Posted March 30, 2026
Panzura is launching the latest release of the Panzura CloudFS hybrid cloud file platform—offering capabilities that lower both infrastructure and management costs as firms scale across offices, transfer control to customer IT teams, and begin to deploy agentic AI across their enterprise.
Posted March 26, 2026
MariaDB plc announced the successful completion of its acquisition of GridGain Systems, Inc., a pioneer of in-memory computing and the force behind Apache Ignite—marking MariaDB's move toward delivery of an AI-Ready Operating Platform, a unified system designed to handle the extreme-velocity data requirements of autonomous AI agents.
Posted March 25, 2026