Today's Big Data Pulse
Data‑Engineering Bottlenecks Shift From Legacy Tech to Leadership Gaps
Three 2026 surveys of 1,629 data professionals show that weak leadership direction and poor requirements now account for 40% of top‑bottleneck votes, outpacing legacy systems at 25%. By April, 50% of respondents cite lack of clear ownership as the biggest pain point, while better tooling is mentioned by under 5%.
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By the numbers: Ampere Analysis acquires PlumResearch
How Navi Is Embedding AI as Infrastructure, Not an Add-On
Navi is treating artificial intelligence as core infrastructure rather than a peripheral feature, aiming to embed AI across its UPI, lending, insurance and mutual‑fund businesses within the next 12‑18 months. The company reports that its GenAI‑powered bot AISHA now resolves roughly 80% of customer support queries end‑to‑end, cutting response times and operating costs. AI also drives efficiency in collections, real‑time UPI scoring, and personalized reward schemes, while strict model‑drift monitoring safeguards risk discipline. CEO Rajiv Naresh says the next phase will deepen GenAI usage and expand organization‑wide intelligence to further compress complexity and scale decision‑making.
Turning Chaos Into Push-Button Provisioning with Dhiraj Suri| Ep. 14
In this episode, Viktor Gamov interviews Dhiraj Suri of Confluent about his journey from a software developer at NetApp to a systems engineering leader focused on stream governance. Dhiraj explains how he tackled the challenge of integrating fragmented tools at...
Choosing Build vs Buy AI Agents Impacts Strategy
Build Or Buy AI Agents: Why This Choice Matters More Than You Think #AI agents are moving fast from experimentation to everyday #business use, forcing #leaders to make critical #decisions about how they deploy them. This article explores the real...
Robot Dog Collects Data in US Chip Factories
Robot Dog Deployed for #Data Collection in U.S. Semiconductor Production by @TXInstruments #AI #Robotics #Technology #Engineering #Innovation https://t.co/wYgIfCiEe4
AI Agents and the Data Lake (W/ Lauren Anderson)
In this episode, Tristan Handy talks with Lauren Anderson, head of Okta's enterprise data platform, about how identity underpins the emerging challenges of AI agents and open data lakes. Lauren explains the need for central governance and a shared semantic...