From Pipelines to Platforms: Google’s Data Strategy at Cloud Next 2026

The last decade of data infrastructure was built around pipelines. Move the data, transform it, store it, then do something useful with it. That approach became so normal that most teams stopped questioning it.  At Cloud Next 2026, Google seemed to be leaning toward a different way of working with data, one built more around…

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Beyond the Hype: 5 Surprising Realities of Enterprise AI

The AI fatigue that defined the late 2023 and 2024 business cycles was, in hindsight, a necessary correction. During that period, many organizations found themselves trapped in what industry observers called “pilot purgatory.” Millions were poured into experimental generative AI pilots, comprised mostly of chatbots designed to summarize meetings or draft internal emails. While these…

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