Have you ever wondered why the most critical step in AI, retrieving the right data, is still tied to centralized cloud systems? Even as models move closer to users, the systems that supply them with context remain largely cloud dependent. Data management and analytics software provider Actian is challenging that assumption with VectorAI DB. It…
I was in a meeting recently with a VP of Data at a mid-size enterprise when she said something that stopped me. We were talking about her team’s quarterly roadmap, and she paused and said, almost to herself: “We have faster pipelines than we’ve ever had, and somehow decisions still take a week.” She wasn’t…
If you’ve been following BigDATAwire coverage, you would have noticed the data and AI industry leaning toward real-time systems. Aligned with that trend, the enterprise intelligence platform Starburst has launched a new AI data assistant called AIDA that connects AI to governed enterprise data across distributed systems. The aim is to replace delayed reporting with…
According to the State of Analytics Engineering 2026, the modern data stack is scaling fast, but unevenly. It is also growing faster than the trust and governance mechanisms designed to support it. AI is no longer experimental. It is embedded. 72% of teams now prioritize AI-assisted coding, and more than 77% of leaders are already…
For the past few years, the corporate world has been locked in an AI race. Every company is trying to move faster, invest more and keep up with the pace set by Big Tech. But speed isn’t the only challenge. We’ve reached a point where capital investment is outpacing organizational confidence. A new survey from Collibra,…
The most dangerous data problems don’t trigger alerts or cause catastrophic failures. They look fine on the surface until the business realizes the damage they’ve done. AI-assisted development has increased in popularity, however, and this approach is only making the problem worse. Consider a dashboard built for workforce capacity planning. The person building the tool…
AI took center stage at Reltio DataDriven 2026, where global data and AI leaders aligned on one urgent priority: turning trusted, real-time, contextual data into scalable AI and measurable business impact. Reltio made a clear strategic bet: The next enterprise AI bottleneck isn’t model choice or orchestration but shared context — rebranding its platform around…
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…
Pure Storage made a two-part announcement this week: it is rebranding as Everpure and acquiring data management startup 1touch. This is a signal that storage vendors are racing into data management. One reason for this is that AI has shifted value from raw capacity to control over how data is activated. Owning the data layers…
When an enterprise agent gives an incorrect or illogical output, most people assume it’s a problem with the model, or the prompt wasn’t clear enough. In some cases, they might just blame the data platform vendor. Too technical. Too complicated. However, what if the model did exactly what it was told and there was nothing…
