Volume 41 | Number 5
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2026 CONTENTS
FEATURES
RESEARCH@DBTA
2 SURVEY: THE GREAT VIRTUALIZATION MIGRATION COMMENCES
BY JOE MCKENDRICK
FEATURE STORY
4 AI SPURS A REVIVAL IN DATA MESH AND DATA FABRIC
BY JOE MCKENDRICK
READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS > SPECIAL SECTION
8 INTRODUCTION
9 DATABASE TRENDS AND APPLICATIONS READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS
DEPARTMENTS
DBTA LIVE
16 DISMANTLING DATA SILOS TO UNLOCK THE FULL POWER OF SELF-SERVICE ANALYTICS
DATA TRUST IS THE FOUNDATION OF AI ADOPTION READINESS
17 BUILDING MODERN DATA PLATFORMS TO POWER NEXT-GENERATION ANALYTICS AND AI
18 REALIZE UNIFIED ANALYTICS WITH EDB
TRENDS
23 SIGNS IT MAY BE TIME TO REASSESS YOUR IT INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGY
BY MARK CHRISTIE
APPLICATIONS
14 BEYOND ETL: BUILDING A DATA TRUST FRAMEWORK FOR ENTERPRISE ANALYTICS
BY PRATHAM YADAV
25 BEYOND DASHBOARDS: BUILDING ‘OPERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE’
BY RANJAN EBENEZER
MV SOLUTIONS
27 MULTIVALUE WORLD CONFERENCE IS ‘SMASHING SUCCESS’
ZUMASYS’ WRIGHT OUTLINES HOW AI IS HELPING THE MV SPACE
28 ENTRINSIK SECURES MORE RECOGNITION FOR INFORMER, RECEIVES ELLUCIAN EXPERIENCE IDOL AWARD
COLUMNS
29 SQL SERVER DRILL DOWN > BY KEVIN KLINE
THE DANGERS IN REPLACING THE HUMAN WORKFORCE WITH AI
30 EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES > BY TRACEY WILEN
RESUMES, DATA PARSING, AND HOW CANDIDATES GET NOTICED IN DATABASE DRIVEN HIRING
32 DBA CORNER > BY CRAIG S. MULLINS
FLEXIBLE PROVISIONING: THE MISSING LINK IN TEST DATA MANAGEMENT