I am extremely excited to announce that TPG has given Denodo a profound “vote of confidence” in the form of a $336 million investment in Denodo’s Series B preferred equity. The investment underscores the strength of our solution, our successful growth trajectory, and our tremendous potential in the data management space. Read more in https://www.datavirtualizationblog.com. Originally published on September 13, 2023.

Like many small and mid-sized businesses, Denodo’s application and IT infrastructure had grown organically over several years. As the business grew, new applications were implemented, and new reports were needed. The applications were a mixture of home-grown applications created in the early days of the company, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS), and SaaS applications, and, more recently, external systems. As Denodo sold software subscriptions through the three major cloud service provider (CSP) marketplaces, i.e., Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), we also needed to get sales, customer, and usage data from these data marketplaces.

The data landscape has become more complex, as organizations recognize the need to leverage data and analytics for a competitive edge. Companies are collecting traditional structured data as well as text, machine-generated data, semistructured data, geospatial data, and more. …

Regulatory compliance is a critical consideration for businesses, especially in heavily regulated sectors such as financial services and pharmaceuticals, which require companies to frequently submit detailed reports about their operations to government agencies. Compliance often requires a significant investment of resources. Not only must organizations adhere to strict deadlines, but top executives, such as CEOs and CFOs, need to ensure that the submitted information is as accurate as possible. This challenge is further complicated by the fact that the data needed for these reports is usually scattered across many different systems, which may be in different countries.

The COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing war on Ukraine have directly impacted the global supply chain, resulting in bare shelves, long lines, unavailable necessities, and higher prices. Fortunately, the supply chain is now showing signs of recovery. On February 8, the United States White House released a two-year supply-chain report…

Open banking has promised a revolutionary transformation in the financial sector, aiming to empower consumers with greater control over their financial data. Introduced in the UK in 2018, open banking has the potential to reshape the way individuals interact with financial services. However, the reality of open banking’s impact has fallen short. In this post, I will explore some of the reasons behind the lack of adoption of open banking as well as the impact that this has on the ability to develop personalised financial products in the UK. I’ll end by discussing a technology that can enable financial organisations to realise all of the promises of open banking.

As the volume, variety, and velocity of data continue to surge, organizations still struggle to gain meaningful insights. This is where active metadata comes in. First I should explain what metadata is. Imagine you’re at a library looking for a book. You might refer to the catalog, right? This catalog, which tells you what books are available and where to find them, is a lot like metadata. It provides the essential context that helps both us and applications to interpret data accurately. It’s there, ready for reference, but it doesn’t play a more significant role.

In this post, I’m going to cover logical data management and its impact on data mesh architectures. But there’s a lot of confusion in the marketplace today between different types of architectures, specifically data mesh and data fabric, so I’ll begin by explaining the difference between these two. Read more in https://www.datavirtualizationblog.com. Originally published on July 20, 2023.

In my previous post in this series, I talked about the challenges and opportunities of decarbonization, and in this one, I focus on electrification. If decarbonization is the reduction of carbon-based fuels in the electricity generation process, electrification is the consumer transition from fossil-based fuels — used in gasoline-powered vehicles or heating systems, to electrical power — used in electric-powered vehicles, heating systems, heat pumps, and countless other products.