In 2025, organizations face a pivotal moment in data management evolution. While core principles endure, their implementation is undergoing a radical transformation. Data management – the comprehensive collection of practices governing data – must now balance unprecedented opportunity with mounting risk. The potential impact is massive. The data and analytics market could reach $17.7 trillion, with an additional $2.6 to […]
Data Architecture Trends in 2025
A modern data architecture is required to support the data-driven organization that every enterprise wants to be. Without a solid data architecture – composed of the models, policies, rules, and standards you set for how data is collected, stored, managed, and used – your ability to attain a holistic view of your business, make informed […]
Strategies for Managing Data Debt in Growing Organizations
As organizations scale, data debt can accumulate silently, affecting productivity, efficiency, and decision-making quality. Data debt refers to the accrued cost of shortcuts and inefficiencies in data management that may have once seemed expedient but ultimately hamper long-term growth. Over time, whether it’s due to process changes, platform switching or growth, organizations find themselves boggled down […]
2024 DATAVERSITY Top 20
As we approach the end of another year, we here at DATAVERSITY have been busy analyzing our data and answering the big questions: What was the most popular content on our website and training center over the past 12 months? Which data management topics did you – our readers and students – seek out again […]
Technical and Strategic Best Practices for Building Robust Data Platforms
In the AI era, organizations are eager to harness innovation and create value through high-quality, relevant data. Gartner, however, projects that 80% of data governance initiatives will fail by 2027. This statistic underscores the urgent need for robust data platforms and governance frameworks. A successful data strategy outlines best practices and establishes a clear vision for data architecture, […]
Data Architecture Online – Free Conference
DATE: July 23, 2025 LOCATION: Online ABOUT THE EVENT: The annual Data Architecture Online (DAO) event will cover key strategies and technologies you need to know in order to build and manage a modern Data Architecture. Tap into the combined expertise of several industry-leading professionals and connect with hundreds of data peers during this day […]
The Impact of Advanced Data Lineage on Governance
In today’s data-driven business landscape, data quality – the availability of usable and business-ready information – remains a significant and worsening challenge for many organizations. To mitigate these effects, businesses need swift resolution of data issues with transparent and trustworthy information. However, in our fast-paced digital environment, complex data architectures with more system variables make it difficult to understand the problems. […]
Innovating with Data Mesh and Data Governance
Large organizations want to create a flexible environment to innovate and respond quickly based on new data insights. But at the same time, these businesses want some structure for good Data Quality, data fit for consumption, simplifying and speeding up data access. Using a data mesh, which is a decentralized data architecture (collecting, integrating, and analyzing […]
Achieving Cost-Efficient Observability in Cloud-Native Environments
Cloud-native environments have become the cornerstone of modern technology innovation. From nimble startups to tech giants, companies are adopting cloud-native architectures, drawn by the promise of scalability, flexibility, and rapid deployment. However, this power comes with increased complexity – and a pressing need for observability. The Observability Imperative Operating a cloud-native system without proper observability […]
Women in Data: Meet Enterprise Data Architecture Manager Shannon Hughes
The latest installment in our Q&A series with women leaders in data features Shannon Hughes, enterprise data architecture manager at ExxonMobil’s Central Data Office. (Read our previous Q&A here.) Shannon Hughes became fascinated with data and technology as a kid, inspired by her dad – a technical data analyst for the U.S. Air Force. She now […]