6 modern data stack trends to look for in 2021

2020-12-21 14:54

"Forrester sees the data stack extending beyond the data fabric into data networks. Data management will be centralized and hyper-local to create in-moment intelligence and experiences," Goetz said.

Ali Siddiqui, chief product officer at BMC Software, noted that a key element of the future of the modern data stack will be the inclusion of AI/ML-driven intelligent and predictive analytics capabilities leveraging a broad range of both historical and real-time data.

In the IT Operations Management space, this involves analyzing data including metrics, events, logs, topology, incidents and changes, and requires platforms that are open and can integrate data from a myriad of tools and technologies, he said, adding that the stack will also need to support hybrid customers with data from on-premise data center infrastructure and applications as well as multiple cloud assets.

"The big fear that I always have is that people are using more and more of these SaaS tools. The average company has a ton of SaaS tools and all of them have data locked in. So Salesforce has some of your sales data but Slack has chat data and you've got all these systems that are holding data sets," Zima said.

Donal Tobin, CEO at data integration company Xplenty, said companies are "Essentially creating a ticking time bomb in your data warehouse." He said customers are seeking out more information on data security, so much so that companies like Xplenty are now highlighting their encryption capabilities as a way to assure customers that their data will be safe.

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