Thought Leadership July 2025 Trends Report: How Data Teams Are Structured and Staffed Findings from 104 data professionals on data team size, reporting lines, and challenges Introduction Each month, we run a brief survey through our newsletter and social channels to capture what’s... Donal Tobin Read More
Thought Leadership Finding Harmony in the Enterprise: Empowering IT and Business Teams to Maximize Revenue Impact In modern enterprises, every team is under pressure to deliver measurable results that directly impact revenue. IT and engineering teams are expected to build and maintain the core products that... Donal Tobin Read More
Thought Leadership The Rise of the Data Operator: Why the Future of AI Depends on Them We are entering a new era in enterprise data: the era of the Data Operator . As AI becomes core to every business process, every team is being asked to... Donal Tobin Read More
Thought Leadership Empowering Digital Teams to Own Data Integration: The End of the IT Bottleneck In today’s enterprise environment, digital transformation no longer lives solely in the domain of IT. Digital architects, digital technology teams, and cross-functional product leaders now carry critical responsibilities for building... Donal Tobin Read More
Thought Leadership Shadow IT in the AI Era: Why It's Time for Governed IT For years, “Shadow IT” was a warning sign, a red flag for CIOs, compliance officers, and data governance teams. It meant business users were spinning up their own tools and... Donal Tobin Read More
Thought Leadership The Future of Data Delivery is Decentralized - Here's How IT Stays in Charge For decades, IT has been the gatekeeper of data in the enterprise. Every data pipeline, integration, and sync request has traditionally gone through a centralized team of specialists. In the... Donal Tobin Read More
Thought Leadership Vibe Data Engineering? We’ve Been Delivering That Since 2012 A few years ago, if you asked someone to define “vibe data engineering,” you’d probably get a puzzled look. Today, it's a phrase that's beginning to surface in conversations across... Donal Tobin Read More
Thought Leadership ChatGPT Made AI a Tool for Everyone, Now Data Infrastructure Needs to Catch Up When ChatGPT entered the mainstream, it didn’t just change how people use artificial intelligence, it changed who gets to use it. By abstracting away the complexity and making the interface... Donal Tobin Read More
Thought Leadership Why ETL Pricing is Broken and Not Ready for the AI Era In this post, we explore why legacy ETL pricing models are fundamentally misaligned with the demands of modern AI workloads. Read more. Donal Tobin Read More