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News, ideas, and perspectives from The Modern Data Company.
Announcement
The Modern Data Company Announces Key Leadership Appointments to Support Continued Growth and Enterprise Adoption
January 29, 2026
Adding the Missing Layer: How Banks Are Activating the Data Stack They Already Built
Data Products
March 27, 2026
Context is the New Currency: How Understanding Your Data Unlocks AI-Readiness
AI Readiness
March 19, 2026
2026 Report Uncovers What's Holding Back Enterprise AI and Decision-Making
Insights
February 9, 2026
68% say their data isn't reliable enough for AI. The Modern Data Report 2026 explores what's blocking data activation and how to fix it.
Why Agentic AI Needs Data Products
Data Products
February 2, 2026
Data products are the foundation for agentic AI. Discover what makes data agent-ready and how DataOS enables you to build data products that agents can act on.
The Modern Data Company and Carahsoft Partner to Deliver Next-Generation Data Operating System Solutions to the U.S. Public Sector
Announcement
January 29, 2026
Discover how The Modern Data Company and Carahsoft are expanding public sector access to DataOS—helping government agencies modernize data, accelerate AI and analytics, and unlock value without costly data migration.
The Modern Data Company Announces Key Leadership Appointments to Support Continued Growth and Enterprise Adoption
Announcement
January 28, 2026
The Modern Data Company announced key leadership appointments, naming Saurabh Gupta as Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder Srujan Akula as head of product strategy and execution to accelerate enterprise adoption of DataOS®.
How to Organize Your Data Product Ecosystem
Data Products
January 7, 2026
Build data products that compound, not fragment. Learn the organizing principles for source-aligned, aggregate, and consumer-aligned products.
The Modern Data Company Appoints Rick Rosenburg as Head of Public Sector
Announcement
December 11, 2025
The Modern Data Company, creator of DataOS®, the fastest, most cost-effective way to build a foundation for enterprise- and AI-ready data, today announced the appointment of Rick Rosenburg as Head of Public Sector.
DataOS’ Data Movement: Built for Context and Speed
Announcement
November 24, 2025
DataOS' Data Movement captures metadata, provenance, and schema history at ingestion. AI-ready data from the first mile
Data Products 101: How Organizations Operationalize Data
Data Management
November 20, 2025
Learn what data products are, how they differ from datasets, and their essential characteristics. Expert guidance on when to create data products, key benefits, and how they drive business value in modern data architectures
New Report Reveals How Data Stack Complexity is Undermining Decision Making and AI Innovation
Announcement
August 21, 2025
The Modern Data Company, creator of DataOS®, the world's first data operating system built to accelerate AI at enterprise scale, released the 2024–2025 Modern Data Report, revealing that complex data architectures force teams to spend valuable time on infrastructure over strategic impact.
Why Decision-Ready Data Is the Key to Supply Chain Resilience
Supply Chain
August 5, 2025
Build resilient supply chains with DataOS. Turn fragmented data into decision-ready data products for faster decisions and real-time response to disruption.
How a Data Product Strategy Impacts Business and Tech Teams
Data Governance
July 22, 2025
Unite business and tech with a data product strategy that delivers trusted data, aligns to business goals, and empowers faster, smarter decisions at scale.
How to Build a Lean AI Strategy with Your Data
Insights
July 14, 2025
Lean AI helps enterprises cut cost and complexity by focusing on trusted, purpose-driven data. Learn how DataOS enables faster, smarter AI outcomes.
The Modern Data Company Announces Strategic Global Expansion
Announcement
July 1, 2025
The Modern Data Company, creator of DataOS establishes Middle East operations in UAE and Saudi Arabia, appoints industry veteran Kunwar Khehar to lead regional growth
The Faster Path to M&A Data Integrations: Get Clarity on Day One
M&A Integration
June 18, 2025
Learn how DataOS helps organizations navigate the post-M&A landscape to achieve Day 1 visibility, align business logic, and activate AI-ready data products without waiting on system consolidation.
DataOS Recognized as Data Solution of the Year - Marketing for 2025
Announcement
April 21, 2025
DataOS is the "Data Solution of the Year - Marketing" in the 6th annual Data Breakthrough Awards.
The Modern Data Company and CoffeeBeans Partner to Supercharge Enterprise AI Readiness with Modern’s DataOS Platform
Announcement
March 12, 2025
Discover how The Modern Data Company and CoffeeBeans accelerate AI/GenAI readiness with DataOS—cutting AI development cycles by 90% and delivering results from months to weeks.
The Modern Data Company and Acies Global Partner to Accelerate Enterprise Data Readiness with the DataOS platform
Announcement
February 13, 2025
The Modern Data Company and Acies Global Partner to Accelerate Enterprise Data Readiness with the DataOS platform. Partnership enables enterprises to build the trusted data layer needed to drive marketing effectiveness, deepen customer insights and set a strong foundation for AI
Data Products, AI and the DeepSeek Mindset: A Paradigm Shift in Efficiency
Insights
February 6, 2025
Modern Data’s approach to data products mirrors DeepSeek’s AI efficiency—prioritizing targeted outcomes over processing everything. By focusing on lean, purpose-driven solutions, enterprises can reduce complexity, cut costs, and accelerate value creation in both data management and AI.
Resource Realities: How Maintenance and Misalignment Consume Data Teams’ Time
Insights
December 17, 2024
Discover how data teams are trapped in maintenance, rework, and integration challenges, preventing them from delivering business value. Insights from 232 global data practitioners reveal the hidden costs and a path to breaking the cycle.
The Modern Data Company Launches Industry's First Business-Ready Data Product Hub
Announcement
October 31, 2024
The Data Product Hub transforms how organizations activate their data by making trusted data products easily discoverable and immediately usable for business teams
Lobos 1707 Tequila Boosts Sales and Marketing Efficiency with DataOS
Announcement
October 8, 2024
Lobos 1707 Tequila amplifies its sales and marketing efficiency with DataOS, unlocking data-driven insights that boost performance and decision-making.
Beyond the Data Complexity: Building Agile, Reusable Data Architectures
Data Management
July 29, 2024
Improve LLM Accuracy & Reliability with Data Products
Data Management
July 24, 2024
Boost LLM accuracy and reliability by pairing them with high-quality, contextual data products that enhance context, reduce errors, and improve trust in AI.
Solving The Persistent Challenges of Data Modeling
Data Governance
April 16, 2024
Building Your Data Product Machine: Less Tech, More Strategy
Data Governance
April 15, 2024
Why Evolutionary Architecture is Important in a Data-Driven World
Data Governance
March 27, 2024
The Just-In-Time Revolution for Data-Driven Enterprises
Data Governance
March 1, 2024
The Accelerated Path to Innovation with Data Products and DataOS
Data Governance
February 2, 2024
How DataOS Nails Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Data Integration
Data Governance
January 22, 2024
Empowering Wine and Spirits Businesses for Growth
Data Management
January 18, 2024
The complexity of integrating various data sources like CRM, financials, POS, and third-party data often demands specialized skills and significant investment.
Data-Driven Sales to Beat The Competition in The Spirits & Wine Industry
Data Management
January 18, 2024
There have been constant shifts in alcohol drinking trends across the global markets, and with each new year, a new set of alcohol beverage consumption statistics, trends, and predictions follow.
Modern Overview of the MIT CDOIQ Symposium
Data Management
July 31, 2023
Unleashing Data Potential: Chaining Data Products for Powerful Use Cases
Data Management
July 25, 2023
Unlocking the Power of Data: Key Aspects of Effective Data Products
Data Management
July 18, 2023
How Can You Boost Retail Loyalty with Customer Data? DataOS Has the Answer
Data Governance
June 26, 2023
How to Choose the Right Data Management Solution
Business Analytics
May 11, 2023
The Pros and Cons of Leading Data Management and Storage Solutions
Business Analytics
May 8, 2023
DataOS is the Only Real Data Operating System on the Market
Business Intelligence
April 20, 2023
It typically provides a scalable and flexible infrastructure for storing, processing, and analyzing big data and should also include features that support data management, data protection, and data governance.
How DataOS Reinvigorates Analytics for Healthcare
Data Engineering
April 12, 2023
Do You Manage Your Data Debt Alongside Your Technical Debt?
Data Engineering
April 7, 2023
A Better Way to Plan the Payoff of Technical Debt
Business Intelligence
March 23, 2023
Start Paying Down Your Technical Debt Today
Data Engineering
March 15, 2023
Data Governance Series: Part 2 - The Importance of Data Taxonomy
Data Engineering
March 7, 2023
A data taxonomy uses a system of unambiguous metadata terms (such as a filename or tags attached to a file) that allow an enterprise to classify a file or dataset into important business categories.
Are Healthcare Organizations Setting the Right 2023 Goals?
Business Intelligence
March 2, 2023
It prohibited states from disenrolling individuals from Medicaid while the public health emergency (PHE) was in effect, a condition of a temporary increase in the federal Medicaid match rate.
Is Your Head Too High up in the Cloud?
Business Intelligence
February 28, 2023
The cost structure of the cloud is fundamentally different than that of on-premise platforms, and the difference is not always guaranteed to be in favor of the cloud platform.
Lessons in Technical Debt from Southwest Airlines
Data Engineering
February 14, 2023
One last factor that is tied to the prior two is that Southwest ends up with planes, pilots, and crew scattered everywhere to support its unique style of operation.
Self-Service as a Productivity Enabler for Experts
Data Governance
February 8, 2023
The tools are used as a way to enable non-experts to do more for themselves and to free up experts to focus on other things than supporting users’ basic needs.
Is Self-Service Analytics All Hype?
Business Intelligence
February 2, 2023
A Year of Modern: Our Top 2022 Blog Posts — Chosen by You
Business Intelligence
January 31, 2023
Improve Your Customer Data Platform with DataOS
Data Engineering
January 17, 2023
Building a Future in Banking and Capital Markets
Business Analytics
December 29, 2022
Holiday Downtime, Without Data Downtime
Data Engineering
December 27, 2022
How Wrong Was Gartner’s Automation Prediction?
Business Intelligence
December 21, 2022
How to Create a Public Health Infrastructure Using a Data Operating System
Digital Transformation
December 15, 2022
A Look Back: How DataOS Enabled Gartner’s 2022 Trends
Data Management
December 7, 2022
A Secure HIPAA-Compliant Cloud Drives Healthcare’s Newest Innovations
Data Governance
December 1, 2022
How Companies Can Leverage Each of Gartner’s 2023 Strategic Technology Trends
Data Governance
November 29, 2022
$44 Billion: The Cost or Return on Data
Data Engineering
November 22, 2022
Is It AI or Automation – And Does It Matter?
AI/ML
November 16, 2022
Digital Transformation in Manufacturing With a Data Operating System
Data Management
November 10, 2022
Big Data for Manufacturing: The Machine of the Future
Digital Transformation
November 8, 2022
Stronger Cybersecurity Starts With a Data Operating System
Data Fabric
October 28, 2022
How to Increase Supply Chain Visibility for True Resilience
Data Management
October 27, 2022
Cybersecurity in Financial Services Requires a Fresh Data Management Approach
Cybersecurity
October 26, 2022
Despite financial services changing rapidly in response to global disruption and new technology, the industry’s data remains a key protected category in privacy regulations.
Aligning Data Strategy with Business Strategy
Data Governance
October 18, 2022
Modern at the North America AI & Big Data Expo
Data Management
October 14, 2022
Supply Chain Data Management — From Visibility to Value
Data Management
October 11, 2022
Data Democratization – No, Really!
Business Intelligence
October 3, 2022
This article examines some of the goals and roadblocks on the way to data democratization and shows how DataOS makes the process simpler and, above all, genuine.
The Six Essential Functions of the Modern Data Platform
Data Management
September 22, 2022
Data ROI Starts at the Source
Data Management
September 21, 2022
This loss of revenue comes from insufficient data to inform and drive business goals. Data quality starts at the source — which is why it’s so important how data is selected, sourced, and moved.
The Story of Our Brand is the Story of Modern
Business Intelligence
September 14, 2022
Modern: A Brand Big and Bold
Data Quality
September 2, 2022
Want a Model for Digital Transformation? First, You Need a Data Model.
Digital Transformation
August 26, 2022
Improve Customer Lifetime Value with a Unified Data Platform
Business Intelligence
August 17, 2022
MIT CDOIQ: The Modern Data Company Introduces DataOS
Data Management
August 9, 2022
The Lack of Unified Data Operations Is Limiting Your Customer Experience Innovation
Business Intelligence
July 28, 2022
CPG Data Trends for 2022 Come Down to One Thing: Simplify
Data Management
July 25, 2022
Creative Ways Retail Business Intelligence Delivers Value to Customers
Business Intelligence
July 13, 2022
The Modern Guide to Finding the Hidden Value of Data
Business Intelligence
July 5, 2022
Creating A New Governance Era with A Data Operating System
Data Governance
June 30, 2022
Forget ELT and ETL Pipelines – You Need DataOS
Digital Transformation
June 27, 2022
Not all organizations are ready to offload their ETL pipelines. Unless decision-makers are also tech experts, they may not realize that ETL pipelines continue to exist within their data stack.
Scaling Analytics Through DataOps
Business Intelligence
June 10, 2022
While this progress will be a great thing in the long run, it has also eclipsed companies’ abilities to effectively scale their current approaches for developing and deploying analytics processes.
How A Data Operating System Disrupts in the Right Way
Data Management
May 25, 2022
Disruptive technology can be a boon for the enterprise, but the implementation approach could be the difference between failure and transformation.
DataOS: Metadata and the Data Catalog for the Modern Data Stack
Data Governance
May 17, 2022
Metadata is a solution to enable collaboration across business units and to make data easier to find and use. Metadata (documentation, queries, history, glossaries, etc.) makes data understandable.
Data Access is (Almost) More Important Than Data Itself
Digital Transformation
May 12, 2022
Companies must make strategic decisions to unlock their data for real-time use to everyone—yes, everyone—in the company that needs it. Here's what to know.
3 Ways The Modern Data Company Thinks Differently About Data
Business Intelligence
May 4, 2022
Legacy Systems Aren’t the Enemy — Your Current Architecture Is
Data Governance
April 25, 2022
The Core Principles of a Modern Data Platform
Data Management
April 13, 2022
Why Data Sharing is the Key to Evolved Distribution Processes
Data Governance
April 5, 2022
How to Unlock Data for Operational Reporting
Data Management
March 30, 2022
The Secret to Successful Inventory Management? Real-Time Data
Business Intelligence
March 22, 2022
How Retail Can Build a Security-First Data Architecture
Business Intelligence
March 4, 2022
Transforming Retail Legacy Systems with a Data Operating System
Business Intelligence
February 23, 2022
You Don’t Have to Abandon Customer 360
Business Intelligence
February 11, 2022
Most advice centers around internal silos, i.e., departments not sharing their data with each other. For retail and CPG, the equation also includes external silos.For
Harnessing the Power Behind the Healthcare Data Boom
Data Fabric
February 8, 2022
The Key to Digital Transformation in Healthcare — Data Integrity
Data Management
January 27, 2022
Building the Next Phase of the Data Lake
Data Quality
January 17, 2022
The Four Pillars of DataOS
Data Fabric
January 7, 2022
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