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What is data architecture? A framework to manage data

CIO Business Intelligence

Data architecture definition Data architecture describes the structure of an organizations logical and physical data assets, and data management resources, according to The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF). An organizations data architecture is the purview of data architects. Ensure security and access controls.

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Is your EA just IT? Unlocking the value of enterprise architecture

CIO Business Intelligence

Enterprise architecture (EA) has evolved beyond governance and documentation. Governance ensures that EA strategies arent just models on paper but actionable frameworks that drive results. Enhances IT-business alignment, ensuring that technology supports corporate strategy. IT and business strategy continue to operate in silos.

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Enterprises reevaluate virtualization strategies amid Broadcom uncertainty

Network World

Broadcoms decisions to replace perpetual VMware software licenses with subscriptions and to eliminate point products in favor of an expensive bundle of private cloud tools are driving longtime VMware customers to look for an exit strategy. Lets talk about platform strategy. That kind of strategic conversation hasnt happened for years.

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AI And GenAI Are Game-Changers For Enterprise Architecture Leaders

Forrester IT

AI and, most recently, generative AI (genAI) have uncovered the true power of automating tasks that previously were tedious to complete or difficult to improve the efficiency of the work within a singular domain of the business. But much more importantly, genAI has also started to drive new levels of business value as it cuts […]

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Microservices: The Dark Side

Speaker: Prem Chandrasekaran

In his best-selling book Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture, Martin Fowler famously coined the first law of distributed computing—"Don’t distribute your objects"—implying that working with this style of architecture can be challenging. How these strategies can be applied in different size engineering organizations.

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The key to operational AI: Modern data architecture

CIO Business Intelligence

People : To implement a successful Operational AI strategy, an organization needs a dedicated ML platform team to manage the tools and processes required to operationalize AI models. To succeed, Operational AI requires a modern data architecture.

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A blueprint for successfully executing business-aligned IT strategies

CIO Business Intelligence

In our fast-changing digital world, it’s essential to sync IT strategies with business objectives for lasting success. Effective IT strategy requires not just technical expertise but a focus on adaptability and customer-centricity, enabling organizations to stay ahead in a fast-changing marketplace.

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The Forrester Wave™: AI/ML Platforms: Vendor Strategy, Market Presence, and Capabilities Overview

As enterprises evolve their AI from pilot programs to an integral part of their tech strategy, the scope of AI expands from core data science teams to business, software development, enterprise architecture, and IT ops teams.

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Apache Cassandra® NoSQL for the Relational DBA

Gain insights into Cassandra's architecture, configuration strategies, and best practices. Learn from Lewis DiFelice, an experienced Professional Services Consultant at Instaclustr, as he shares his journey transitioning from SQL to managing a 40-node Cassandra cluster. Download now and revolutionize your database operations!

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Serverless and Containers: How to Choose the Right Application Strategy

Speaker: Tolga Tarhan, Senior Vice President, GM AWS Services at Onica

How to make the right architectural choices given particular application patterns and risks. We will hear about specific use cases where organizations leveraged serverless refactoring, containerization or a combination of both solutions, that resulted in improved performance, availability, and scalability.

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Your Team's Pragmatic Guide to Security

Speaker: Naresh Soni, CTO, Tsunami XR

As technology leaders, it's time to rethink some of your product security strategy. Whether you need to rework your security architecture, improve performance, and/or deal with new threats, this webinar has you covered. What methods and architectures you should consider to proactively protect your data.

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How to Democratize Data Across Your Organization Using a Semantic Layer

Speaker: speakers from Verizon, Snowflake, Affinity Federal Credit Union, EverQuote, and AtScale

Each panelist will present and discuss actionable strategies for making data as consumable as possible by everyone in the organization and for increasing data velocity for faster insights using a semantic layer. Avoiding common analytics infrastructure and data architecture challenges.

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The Unexpected Cost of Data Copies

Fortunately, a next-gen data architecture enabled by the Dremio data lake service removes the need for replicated data, helping organizations to minimize complexity, boost efficiency and dramatically reduce costs. What to consider when implementing a "no-copy" data strategy.