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  Image by DC Studio on Freepik Dear friends, Yes, it’s true, organizations worldwide are racing to adopt artificial intelligence (AI), but many are tripping over a surprising obstacle: their data. But why? Well, because the very fuel AI relies on, the business data that should inform decisions, is often fragmented, inconsistent, or simply unreliable. This is not a niche issue; surveys consistently show that more than half of business and technology leaders cite poor data quality as a top barrier to AI adoption. The paradox seems clear: companies invest in sophisticated AI models without first ensuring their data is ready to support them. The result? AI projects stall, insights are misleading, and innovation slows. But fixing this doesn’t mean just collecting more data; it means rethinking how data is structured, connected, and understood. So, below are five takeaways that challenge conventional wisdom and reveal how organizations can, potentially, turn data from a liability into a...

  As the year winds down, I just wanted to pause and say thank you . DoT exists to make sense of complex topics: analytics, AI, data, and enterprise software. Without the hype, the fear, or the empty buzzwords.  This year brought no shortage of noise, and the fact that you’re still here reading, questioning, and connecting the dots means everything. The holidays are a good moment to step back, disconnect a bit, and think more deeply about where technology is actually taking us and where we want it to go. Wishing you a restful holiday season and a thoughtful start to the new year. We’ll be back soon with more analysis, sharper questions, and more dots to connect. — Jorge 🎅 AI Santa: How the North Pole Adopted Automation | A Holiday Tale from D of Things

  Image by Geralt (Pixabay) In the last couple of years, I have seen one of the most consequential shifts in the modern data platform  landscape market happening quietly but decisively: the point of control is moving away from the database management system (DBMS) and toward the governance catalog. This transition is not accidental. It seems to be driven by three reinforcing forces: the industry’s move toward open data models, the growing necessity of governance in the AI era, and the strategic positioning of major players such as Databricks and Snowflake,   among others. Together, these forces are redefining where power, control, and differentiation sit in the data stack. What follows is a brief look at why these matter and why it is happening now. From Execution Control to Governance Control Traditionally, the DBMS served as the primary control plane of the data platform. It enforced access policies, managed read-write operations, and effectively functioned ...

  Credit: MrWashingt0n on Pixabay If you’ve been in tech long enough, you eventually realize that the universe is held together by two things: duct tape and Murphy’s Law.  Years ago, I wrote the “Murphy’s BI Laws,” which sadly still hold true (and in my view, remain truer with each release cycle). Now that we’ve entered the AI-everywhere era, where everything from your fridge to your accounting system thinks it’s a master philosopher, it’s time to face the truth:  Murphy followed us into AI, and he’s having the time of his life. So, here are the brand-new, fully field-tested Murphy’s AI Laws, written with love, pain, and several hours lost talking to a chatbot that insisted 2 + 2 “felt like 5.” 1. If an AI system can hallucinate, it will, and at the worst possible moment. Corollary : The confidence level of the hallucination will rise in direct proportion to the importance of the meeting where it is presented.   2. Any AI model you deploy is obsolete the moment you p...

  SAP TechEd 2025 (Credit: SAP/Rücker) SAP’s 2025 TechEd event in Berlin served SAP as a platform to deliver a message that landed with unusual clarity: developers are now the architects of intelligent systems , and enterprise AI is shifting decisively from insights to agentic action . Although, SAP isn’t alone in this direction, its announcements carve out a distinct role in the emerging AI landscape, one where business applications, data, and autonomous agents converge.   SAP’s Big Bet: Developers + Agentic AI So, during the event, SAP framed the future of enterprise software around agentic AI , AI that doesn’t just answer questions but performs tasks , makes decisions, and automates workflows with context, yet this is somehow not a new message in the industry. Yet, what’s new is SAP’s insistence that developers, not data scientists alone, will be the ones shaping how this works inside organizations. So, to put SAP’s message in context, let’s explore SAP’s key announcements...

Brief disclaimer: Given Denodo’s long-standing leadership in data virtualization, it’s no surprise to see them backing this particular data strategy. That said, the focus here is strictly on the methodology and the strategy itself, approached from an independent, vendor-agnostic point of view. As data ecosystems stretch across clouds, regions, and business domains, yes, and GenAI starts demanding fresher, smarter, more context-aware data, the pressure on organizations is reaching a breaking point. The question everyone is quietly asking in boardrooms and architecture meetings is simple: How do we deliver governed, timely, business-ready information without drowning in complexity? Christopher Gardner’s new book, The Rise of Logical Data Management: An Essential Data Strategy for Transforming Your Business in the Age of AI , jumps right into that tension. It’s written as a practical playbook for business leaders and senior technologists trying to navigate today’s messy, distributed lands...

  Logo Image Courtesy of Informatica When Informatica announced its Fall 2025 release of the Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) , it didn’t just add another version number to its long history of updates. It made a clear statement about where data management is headed and where Informatica intends to take it. The release, unveiled earlier this month, is packed with new features and previews, but the real story lies in its shift in purpose: from providing AI-ready data to enabling agent-ready enterprises. In other words, Informatica is not only managing data anymore; it’s preparing organizations for a world where AI systems act, not just analyze. From Data Management to “Agentic Enablement” Informatica’s new additions build around its CLAIRE engine , which now powers a collection of “CLAIRE Agents.” These range from Data Exploration Agents that let users query and navigate datasets through natural language to Data Quality Agents that automatically assess and fix issues witho...