Thriving In The Second Wave Of Big Data Modernization
BigDATAwire, Tuesday, April 1st, 2025
The idea of managing data at tremendous scale is hardly new. Most businesses embraced the concept of 'big data' and associated technologies (like data lakes) at least a decade ago.
However, the adoption of modern AI technology has introduced major new challenges to the big data world - so many, in fact, that I like to think we've entered a 'second wave' of large-scale data management and modernization. The technologies and practices that sufficed to manage vast volumes of data over the past ten or fifteen years can no longer keep up with the demands of AI.
As a result, businesses seeking to build the data infrastructure and practices necessary to take full advantage of AI must fundamentally rethink their data management strategies. They need, in effect, to modernize their approach to data all over again.