Volume 40 | Number 5
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2025 CONTENTS
FEATURES
RESEARCH@DBTA
2 SURVEY: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AT AN ENTERPRISE CROSSROADS
BY JOE MCKENDRICK
FEATURE STORY
4 SMARTER, MORE DISTRIBUTED, MORE DIVERSE—AND A NEW ROLE FOR RDMSES: THE NEXT REVOLUTION FOR DATABASES
BY JOE MCKENDRICK
READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS 2025 > SPECIAL SECTION
18 INTRODUCTION
19 DATABASE TRENDS AND APPLICATIONS READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS 2025
DEPARTMENTS
DBTA LIVE
9 MEETING MODERN DATA NEEDS WITH SIMPLICITY, INTELLIGENCE, AND SPEED
10 EVOLVING DATABASES IN THE AI ERA: STRATEGIES AND TRENDS
TRENDS
12 THE ROLE OF OPEN SOURCE IN DEMOCRATIZING DATA
BY MICHEL TRICOT, CEO AND COFOUNDER OF AIRBYTE
APPLICATIONS
24 WHY ‘PRODUCTION-READY’ DATA IS AN ORGANIZATIONAL IMPERATIVE FOR AI
BY CRAIG GRAVINA, CTO AT SEMARCHY
MV SOLUTIONS
26 ENTRINSIK INFORMER 2025.2 ARRIVES SOON WITH BOOST IN PERFORMANCE
KORE TECH OUTLINES HOW INTEGRATE CAN HELP COMPANIES STAY AHEAD OF FLUCTUATING TARIFFS
ROCKET SOFTWARE MAKES BROAD UPDATES TO ENTIRE PRODUCT PORTFOLIO, INCLUDING ITS MV SUITE
COLUMNS
28 SQL SERVER DRILL DOWN > BY KEVIN KLINE
WHY IT MODERNIZATION OCCURS AT THE INTERSECTION OF PEOPLE AND DATA
29 EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES > BY TRACEY WILEN
DATA-DRIVEN VINES: HOW TECHNOLOGY IS TRANSFORMING BORDEAUX’S WINE FUTURE
31 DBA CORNER > BY CRAIG S. MULLINS
THE EVOLUTION OF THE DBA—MORE THAN JUST A KEEPER OF DATABASES
32 DATABASE ELABORATIONS > BY TODD SCHRAML
HAULING DIMENSIONAL JUNK