Volume 41 | Number 1
DEC 2025/JAN 2026 CONTENTS
FEATURES
RESEARCH@DBTA
2 SURVEY: TRACKING THE DIVERSIFICATION AND DECENTRALIZATION REVOLUTION IN DATABASES
BY JOE MCKENDRICK
FEATURE STORY
4 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT TRENDS IN THE YEAR AHEAD
BY JOE MCKENDRICK
TREND-SETTING PRODUCTS > SPECIAL SECTION
18 INTRODUCTION
19 DATABASE TRENDS AND APPLICATIONS TREND-SETTING PRODUCTS FOR 2026
DEPARTMENTS
DBTA LIVE
15 THE KEYS TO AI ENABLEMENT: DATA INTEGRATION AND GOVERNANCE
THE POWER OF KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS IN DRIVING POSITIVE OUTCOMES WITH AI
16 SUPPORTING MODERN DATA APPS FOR THE DATA-DRIVEN, HIGHLY PERFORMANT ENTERPRISE
TRENDS
32 THE FUTURE OF ANALYTICS: CLOUD DATA WAREHOUSES, DATA LAKEHOUSES, AND MORE
BY JOE MCKENDRICK
MV SOLUTIONS
34 RDM INFINITY UNVEILS WEBTERM, A MODERN, BROWSER-BASED TERMINAL EMULATOR FOR THE MULTIVALUE COMMUNITY
ROCKET SOFTWARE PROVIDES OVERVIEW OF AI TOOLS FOR MV CUSTOMERS
ENTRINSIK EXPANDS FOCUS ON PRODUCT INNOVATION WITH PROMOTION OF MADHAVI CHANDRA AS CHIEF PRODUCT AND STRATEGY OFFICER
COLUMNS
36 SQL SERVER DRILL DOWN > BY KEVIN KLINE
INTRODUCING THE AI AGENT: THE NEWEST MEMBER OF YOUR IT TEAM
38 EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES > BY TRACEY WILEN
CAREER GPS: ENDING THE YEAR WITH DIRECTION IN AN UNPREDICTABLE WORLD
39 DBA CORNER > BY CRAIG S. MULLINS
WHEN THE CLOUD COMES HOME: WHAT DBAS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CLOUD REPATRIATION
40 DATABASE ELABORATIONS > BY TODD SCHRAML
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OPERATIONAL AND ANALYTICAL DATA STRUCTURES