Database Trends and Applications Magazine: December 2024/January 2025 Issue

Volume 39 | Number 1
DEC 2024/JAN 2025 CONTENTS

FEATURES
RESEARCH@DBTA

2 SURVEY: RAG EMERGES AS THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE OF ENTERPRISE AI
BY JOE MCKENDRICK

FEATURE STORY

4 THE TOP INFORMATION MANAGEMENT TRENDS FOR 2025
BY JOE MCKENDRICK

TREND-SETTING PRODUCTS 2025 > SPECIAL SECTION
17 INTRODUCTION
18 DATABASE TRENDS AND APPLICATIONS TREND-SETTING PRODUCTS FOR 2025

DEPARTMENTS

DBTA LIVE

10 FACILITATING AI SUCCESS WITH TOP TECHNOLOGIES AND BEST PRACTICES
11 FROM REACTIVE TO PREDICTIVE AND PRESCRIPTIVE MAINTENANCE WITH OPENTEXT
12 PREPARING DATA FOR TRUE MODERNITY IN THE CLOUD

APPLICATIONS

34 IS YOUR BW/4HANA SYSTEM TRULY CYBER-RESILIENT?
BY BARRY SNOW

TRENDS

36 WHAT TO EXPECT IN AI DATA GOVERNANCE: 2025 PREDICTIONS
BY KRISHNA SUBRAMANIAN

MV SOLUTIONS

38 ENTRINSIK LAUNCHES INFORMER 5.10, BOOSTING AI ASSISTANTS AND MORE
REVELATION SOFTWARE PREPARES OPENINSIGHT 10.2.2
MAVERICK SYSTEMS UNITES WITH RDM INFINITY

COLUMNS

40 SQL SERVER DRILL DOWN > BY KEVIN KLINE
AFTER 50 YEARS, WHAT’S NEXT FOR SQL?

42 EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES > BY GUY HARRISON
SO LONG, AND THANKS FOR ALL THE TECH

43 DBA CORNER > BY CRAIG S. MULLINS
THE DATABASE MANAGEMENT OPEN SOURCE REVOLUTION

44 DATABASE ELABORATIONS > BY TODD SCHRAML
REALLY, VIEWS ‘DON’T EXIST’