Tristan Handy’s Audacious Vision of the Future of Data Engineering

Tristan Handy is a lot of things: co-creator of dbt, founder and CEO of dbt Labs, and self-described “startup person.” But besides leading dbt Labs to a $4 billion valuation, he is one more thing: An audacious dreame Read more…

Wanted: An Integration Layer for Data Management That Actually Works

As data silos continues to expand and data management difficulties continue to compound, a consensus is starting to build that what the industry needs now is a standard, repeatable, and efficient way of managing all that Read more…

Inside Nextdata’s Plans for a Data Mesh Offering

Organizations that are struggling to build data products in a controlled and repeatable fashion may want to keep an eye on Zhamak Dehghani’s startup Nextdata, which is currently developing software that will automate m Read more…

Data Mesh Creator Takes Next Data Step

Zhamak Dehghani, who is credited with popularizing the data mesh concept, announced earlier this month the founding of Nextdata. The new outfit will develop software designed to help customers implement “data product c Read more…

Mastering the Mesh: Finding Clarity in the Data Lake

Data lakes are great in theory, but their application in the real world often leaves the user wanting more. A data mesh is one approach to cleaning up chaos left by data lakes and the resulting swing back to data decentr Read more…

Meet Zhamak Dehghani, a 2022 Datanami Person to Watch

In the struggle to manage big data in a world full of data silos, few ideas have garnered as much support as quickly as the data mesh concept. Data meshes have sprung up everywhere over the past few years, which is the m Read more…

Starburst Nabs $250M for Open Analytics on Data Mesh

Starburst today announced the completion of a $250 million Series D round of financing that values the analytics company at $3.35 billion. It also unveiled new product feature as it kicked off its virtual Datanova: Data Read more…

Data Meshes Set to Spread in 2022

Faced with an ongoing data generation explosion that refuses to quit, organizations are coming to grips with the realization that data silos will be a fixture in their IT estates for the foreseeable future. One design pa Read more…

Data Mesh Vs. Data Fabric: Understanding the Differences

In your quest to build the best data architecture for your organization’s current and future needs, you have many options. Thanks to the mailability of software, those options are nearly infinite. But luckily for you, Read more…

The Data Mesh Emerges In Pursuit of Data Harmony

The data mesh is a new concept that’s emerging in big data circles. Similar in some respects to data fabrics, the data mesh provides a way to reconcile and hopefully overcome the challenges posed by previous data archi Read more…