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Shadow AI Doesn’t Knock First

Shadow AI Doesn’t Knock First

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Signal Over Noise: How AI Finds the Drugs Hiding in Plain Sight

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The Last Mile of the Lakehouse

Switch To Production: Building An AI-Ready Data Foundation

Switch To Production: Building An AI-Ready Data Foundation

Reimagining the Enterprise in the Age of AI

As we enter a new year, I’ve been reflecting on a question nearly every CEO, CIO, and CTO is grappling with today: Over the past two years, enterprises have invested…
Sai Gundavelli

Factors to Consider When Choosing Data Analytics Software: A Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Perspective

Barry Kunst0

Transparency note: This article is provided for informational purposes and does not constitute legal, compliance, or financial advice. For requirements specific to your organization, consult your legal, compliance, and security teams. Key Takeaways The true cost of analytics software is rarely the license. Long-term Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) is driven by integration effort, data […]

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Criteria for Comparing Data Analytics Solutions

Barry Kunst0

Selecting a data analytics solution is no longer a tooling decision. It is a strategic choice that directly impacts speed to insight, regulatory risk, operational cost, and AI readiness. With dozens of platforms claiming to be “end-to-end,” enterprises need a clear, practical framework to compare analytics solutions objectively. This guide outlines the most important criteria […]

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Best Digital Archiving Software for Long Term Data Storage

Barry Kunst0

Key Takeaways Archiving is not backup: Backups are for restore. Archives are for long term retention, immutability, search, and audit readiness. Best-fit depends on your goals: Compliance and eDiscovery needs point to enterprise archiving platforms. Preservation needs point to digital preservation tools. Key features to prioritize: retention automation, legal hold, immutable storage (WORM), full-text indexing, […]

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The Real Enterprise Shift Is Not RAG vs CAG

Barry Kunst0

Enterprise AI is failing not because models are not smart enough, but because they cannot remember what they already proved to be true. Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) creates AI amnesia. Cache-Augmented Generation (CAG) creates institutional memory. That distinction is what determines whether AI can operate in regulated, high-risk environments. Key Definitions Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG): An AI […]

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5 mins read

Governance, Auditability, and Policy Enforcement Are the Real Moats in Enterprise AI

Barry Kunst0

Enterprise AI is not failing because models are weak. It is failing because organizations cannot prove AI decisions complied with policy and law. In regulated industries, the winning moat is governance: lineage and provenance, RBAC and ABAC, least privilege, retention and legal hold, and audit trails that show what the model saw and why it […]

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When Backup Systems Lose Track of Your Data: Why Enterprises Need a Data Control Plane

Barry Kunst0

Backup and snapshot systems create copies of data they cannot govern. That leads to compliance exposure, storage bloat, and untrustworthy AI training datasets. A data control plane provides cross-platform discovery, classification, policy enforcement, and defensible deletion across every copy, wherever it lives. Key Takeaways The core problem: Copy sprawl grows across snapshots, backups, replicas, and […]

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