Database Trends and Applications Magazine: April/May 2025 Issue

Volume 40 | Number 3
APRIL/MAY 2025 CONTENTS

FEATURES
RESEARCH@DBTA
2 SURVEY: SOFTWARE LICENSING AUDITS ON THE RISE, EXACERBATED BY THE CLOUD
BY JOE MCKENDRICK

FEATURE STORY
4 REIMAGINING DATA GOVERNANCE AND SECURITY IN THE ERA OF AI AND FAST-MOVING DATA
BY JOE MCKENDRICK

DEPARTMENTS

DBTA LIVE
10 WHAT’S NEXT IN DATA ENGINEERING FOR 2025
11 SUCCESSFULLY PREPARING FOR AI AND THE EDGE WITH A MICROSERVICES ARCHITECTURE

TRENDS
20 INSIDE A CYBERATTACK: HOW HACKERS STEAL DATA
BY DAVID GRAY AND GLENN WILKINSON

APPLICATIONS
22 MASTERING MDM: HOW TO GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME
BY JOSHUA STOCK

24 PARTNERING TO OVERCOME THE SKILLS GAP IN CLOUD COMPUTING
BY SAM WOODCOCK

MV SOLUTIONS
26 ROCKET SOFTWARE INTRODUCES UPDATES TO THE U2 SYSTEM BUILDER EXTENSIBLE ARCHITECTURE (SB/XA) 6.6.2
ENTRINSIK PREPARES TO LAUNCH INFORMER 2025.1.0
27 KORE INTEGRATE ENHANCES DATA QUALITY MANAGEMENT FOR AI

COLUMNS
29 SQL SERVER DRILL DOWN > BY KEVIN KLINE
THE SMART AUTOMATION PLAYBOOK: ELEVATING SQL SERVER PERFORMANCE

30 EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES > BY TRACEY WILEN
GROWING TOMORROW’S LEADERS: HOW TO CULTIVATE THE NEXT GENERATION OF CHANGE-MAKERS

31 DBA CORNER > BY CRAIG S. MULLINS
MAINFRAMES, COBOL, AND THE FUTURE OF LEGACY DATABASES

32 DATABASE ELABORATIONS > BY TODD SCHRAML
PUTTING FUN IN FUNCTIONAL DEPENDENCY