Volume 38 | Number 2
APRIL/MAY 2024
CONTENTS
FEATURES
RESEARCH@DBTA
2 WHERE’S THE DATA? THREE-FOURTHS OF SUPPLY CHAINS SUFFER FROM DATA BLIND SPOTS
BY JOE MCKENDRICK
FEATURE STORY
4 REIMAGINING DATA MANAGEMENT FOR THE REAL-TIME, AI-POWERED FUTURE
DEPARTMENTS
DBTA LIVE
19 THE JOURNEY TOWARD MODERNIZATION: 2024 DATA ARCHITECTURE TRENDS
20 NAVIGATING MICROSERVICES AND SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION
21 THE ROLE OF THE DBA IN 2024: EVOLUTION, ADAPTATION, AND INNOVATION
TRENDS
22 THE DATA ANALYTICS STACK: PAST, PRESENT, AND THE AI-DRIVEN FUTURE
> BY ARTYOM KEYDUNOV
APPLICATIONS
24 THE AI REVOLUTION: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN POTENTIAL AND READINESS IN THE DATA-DRIVEN ERA
> BY ANDRE ZAYARNI
MULTIVALUE SOLUTIONS
26 ZUMASYS DEBUTS AI ASSISTANT FOR ROVER ERP AND ROVER BUSINESS SUITE
ROCKET SOFTWARE RELEASES ENHANCED VERSION OF ROCKET JBASE WITH UPGRADED SECURITY FEATURES
27 RDM INFINITY HIRES TIM RUDE TO MENTOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF MV DEVELOPERS
COLUMNS
29 NEXT-GEN DATA MANAGEMENT > BY KEVIN KLINE
BUILDING MODERN DATA PIPELINES USING DBT—TIPS AND TRICKS
30 EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES > BY GUY HARRISON
CAN AI WRITE MY COLUMN?
31 DBA CORNER > BY CRAIG S. MULLINS
MANAGING TEST DATA IS A CONSTANT STRUGGLE
32 DATABASE ELABORATIONS > BY TODD SCHRAML
RELATIONAL VS. RELATIONAL