Volume 40 | Number 6
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2025 CONTENTS
FEATURES
RESEARCH@DBTA
2 SURVEY: HOW AI IS INCREASINGLY BEING INTEGRATED INTO DATA ARCHITECTURE
BY JOE MCKENDRICK
FEATURE STORY
4 TRANSFORMING YOUR DATA AND ANALYTICS IN THE CLOUD
BY JOE MCKENDRICK
DEPARTMENTS
DBTA LIVE
9 UNIFIED ANALYTICS AS THE CATALYST FOR DATA-DRIVEN, REAL-TIME ENTERPRISE SUCCESS
10 UNDERSCORING AI/ML AND ADVANCED ANALYTICS WITH ROBUST DATA ENGINEERING
TRENDS
11 AI AND DATA GOVERNANCE: THE POWER DUO RESHAPING BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
BY CRAIG GRAVINA
21 TRUST, CERTIFY, SCALE: A SMARTER PATH TO AI READINESS
BY SUSAN LAINE
APPLICATIONS
18 UNLOCKING GENAI AND CLOUD EFFECTIVENESS WITH INTELLIGENT ARCHIVING
BY STEVE LEEPER
24 BUILDING A RESILIENT ENTERPRISE THAT COMBINES HIGH AVAILABILITY WITH DISASTER RECOVERY
BY SEAN TILLEY
MV SOLUTIONS
26 ENTRINSIK OFFICIALLY RELEASES INFORMER 2025.2 WITH BROAD ENHANCEMENTS
KORE AND LEADSMART COLLABORATE ON LEADSMART CHANNEL CLOUD FOR EPICOR ECLIPSE ERP
27 BLUEFINITY PROVIDES HIGHLY ADAPTABLE USER EXPERIENCE WITH EVOKE
COLUMNS
28 SQL SERVER DRILL DOWN > BY KEVIN KLINE
TOOLS, TEAMS, AND WORKFLOWS: THE RIGHT WAY TO BUILD RESILIENCE
29 EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES > BY TRACEY WILEN
SCHEMA SHIFT: FROM VEGAS LIGHTS TO SAN DIEGO BYTES
30 DBA CORNER > BY CRAIG S. MULLINS
NAVIGATING THE DATA SECURITY MINEFIELD
32 DATABASE ELABORATIONS > BY TODD SCHRAML
INTUITIVELY OBVIOUS TO THE MOST CASUAL OBSERVER