Database Trends and Applications Magazine: February/March 2025 Issue

Volume 40 | Number 2
FEB/MAR 2025 CONTENTS

FEATURES
RESEARCH@DBTA
2 DESPITE DATA AND ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES, COMPANIES PLOW AHEAD WITH GENAI
BY JOE MCKENDRICK

FEATURE STORY
4 THE AI ERA: CRAFTING THE PERFECT ENVIRONMENT FOR AI TO THRIVE
BY JOE MCKENDRICK

DEPARTMENTS

DBTA LIVE
10 DEFINING AND PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE OF ANALYTICS
11 CONFRONTING THE BENEFITS, CHALLENGES, AND SUBTLETIES OF OPEN DATA LAKEHOUSES
12 EXAMINING MODERN DATABASE MANAGEMENT WITH DATAVAIL AND ORACLE

TRENDS
19 IS THE ULTIMATE ‘DATA DELUGE’ FINALLY UPON US?
BY CHARLES YEOMANS

APPLICATIONS
25 RAG HAS A DIRTY LITTLE SECRET: HERE’S HOW TO CLEAN IT UP AND GET GENAI RIGHT
BY JENS DOERPMUND

MV SOLUTIONS
21 MV SPECIAL SECTION: MULTIVALUE CONTINUES TO THRIVE IN 2025
27 ROCKET SOFTWARE OFFERS HELP FOR SOLVING THE MULTIVALUE SKILLS GAP
KORE INTEGRATE AIMS TO BE THE MODERN FOUNDATION FOR DATA QUALITY AND AI
28 ZUMASYS OFFERS SIX-STEP MV MIGRATION PLAN

COLUMNS

29 SQL SERVER DRILL DOWN > BY KEVIN KLINE
COMBINING YOUR DATABASE AND DEVOPS WITH OBSERVABILITY

30 EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES > BY TRACEY WILEN
AI, BIG DATA, AND THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: NAVIGATING THE FUTURE OF WORK AND SKILLS

31 DBA CORNER > BY CRAIG S. MULLINS
TOP FIVE DBA CONCERNS IN THE AGE OF AI AND CLOUD

32 DATABASE ELABORATIONS > BY TODD SCHRAML
THE MANY FACES OF DENORMALIZATION