Trends and strategies for 2025: Building agile and efficient IT ecosystems for consumer data


As we move into 2025, the information technology landscape surrounding consumer databases is evolving rapidly.
Organizations must build ecosystems that support seamless, real-time data integration while ensuring enhanced governance and agile decision-making. Success in this environment requires robust, interoperable platforms that can adapt to technological shifts and anticipate future challenges.
The essential role of an open data stack in building an open lakehouse [Q&A]


There is a movement underway to bring about a set of intelligent data apps that will require a new type of modern data platform to support them. TheCube Research identifies this as the 'Sixth Data Platform' -- an open, multi-vendor, modular platform.
We spoke to Justin Borgman, co-founder and CEO of Starburst, who believes an Icehouse architecture is the ideal foundation for building an open data lakehouse, underpinned by flexibility and open technologies.
How to build a successful data lakehouse strategy [Q&A]


The data lakehouse has captured the imagination of modern enterprises looking to streamline their architectures, reduce cost and assist in the governance of self-service analytics.
From data mesh support to providing a unified access layer for analytics and data modernisation for the hybrid cloud, it offers plenty of business cases, but many organizations are unsure where to start building one.